Addition to araneofauna of Andhra Pradesh, India: occurrence of three species of <i>Argyrodes</i> Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Theridiidae)
We report three spider species, namely, Argyrodes nephilae Taczanowski, 1872, A. argentatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1880 and A. flavescens O.P.-Cambridge, 1880 from the family Theridiidae from Andhra Pradesh for the first time. A. nephilae constitutes the first record of this species from India. All the spe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2010-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
Online Access: | http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/513 |
Summary: | We report three spider species, namely, Argyrodes nephilae Taczanowski, 1872, A. argentatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1880 and A. flavescens O.P.-Cambridge, 1880 from the family Theridiidae from Andhra Pradesh for the first time. A. nephilae constitutes the first record of this species from India. All the species have been recorded from the webs of Araneidae spiders. |
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ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |