The Spiders Diversity from Different Habitats around Biosciences, Vallabh Vidyanagar

B. M. Parmar

Abstract: A preliminary study of spiders was carried out in June 2012 to July 2013 from five sites around Biosciences, Vallabh Vidyanagar. As the results of collected spiders, total 90 species belonging to 66 genera spread over 24 families are recorded from five sites of Vallabhvidyanagar. The dominant family Araneidae had the highest number of species (18), followed by Salticidae (13), Thomisidae (10) and Tetragnathidae (7), Oxyopidae (5). Most of the other families had less than 5 species. This small region has detected more than 5 % of Indian spiders.

Keywords: Spiders, diversity, Anand, Gujarat

How to Cite?: B. M. Parmar, "The Spiders Diversity from Different Habitats around Biosciences, Vallabh Vidyanagar", Volume 4 Issue 10, October 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1985-1988, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB159203, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB159203