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Preliminary Investigation on Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur-482002, India
2 Government Autonomous Model Science College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
     

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The present paper is based on preliminary investigation of the spider fauna of Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary spread in Sagar, Narsinghpur and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. There is no report on the spider fauna from this sanctuary. Altogether 51 species of spiders belonging to 25 genera under 12 families from the sanctuary are studied and reported for the first time in the present paper.

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Araneae, Spider, Diversity, Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh.
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Sachin R. Patil
Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur-482002
India

Rita Bhandari
Government Autonomous Model Science College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
India

Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
India


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Authors

Sachin R. Patil
Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur-482002, India
Rita Bhandari
Government Autonomous Model Science College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India

Abstract


The present paper is based on preliminary investigation of the spider fauna of Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary spread in Sagar, Narsinghpur and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. There is no report on the spider fauna from this sanctuary. Altogether 51 species of spiders belonging to 25 genera under 12 families from the sanctuary are studied and reported for the first time in the present paper.

Keywords


Araneae, Spider, Diversity, Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh.

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