Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status

Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status

The male sex of Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 is described based on specimens from the type locality. The distinguishing characters from its closest species Tylorida ventralis (Thorell, 1877) are detailed. An interesting behaviour of going underwater by T. sataraensis, on disturbance is record...

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Main Authors: Siddharth Kulkarni, Todd Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-02-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
Subjects:
Tetragnathid spider
laterite rocks
streams
seasonal surveys
population marginalisation
endangered species
Online Access:http://bdj.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4451
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Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
Biodiversity Data Journal
Tetragnathid spider
laterite rocks
streams
seasonal surveys
population marginalisation
endangered species
author_facet Siddharth Kulkarni
Todd Lewis
author_sort Siddharth Kulkarni
title Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
title_short Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
title_full Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
title_fullStr Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
title_full_unstemmed Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
title_sort description of male tylorida sataraensis kulkarni, 2014 (araneae, tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series Biodiversity Data Journal
issn 1314-2836
1314-2828
publishDate 2015-02-01
description The male sex of Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 is described based on specimens from the type locality. The distinguishing characters from its closest species Tylorida ventralis (Thorell, 1877) are detailed. An interesting behaviour of going underwater by T. sataraensis, on disturbance is recorded and tested for significance. The surveys have shown sighting of this species only to the perennial streams of the rocky outcrops in Satara region. The potential threats to this species and the possible conservation status based on known distribution are discussed.
topic Tetragnathid spider
laterite rocks
streams
seasonal surveys
population marginalisation
endangered species
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