Species Diversity of Spiders from Bidhuna Tehsil of Auraiya District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

A total of 37 species of spiders belonging to 12 families and 27 genera were recorded in the Bidhuna tehsil of district Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, India during the present study. Among them, the family Araneidae included almost half of the species (46.94%) followed by Salticidae (12.24%) and rest of the families comprised less than 10% of the species. This is the first attempt to report the spider assemblages from one of the southwestern district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Such surveys are vital for conservation of these creatures which are helpful for natural pest control and regarded as good indicators of habitat quality.