This study documents the first recorded occurrence of the mirror cobweb spider Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 in Chhattisgarh, India, and the first record of the genus Thwaitesia in the state. Two adult female specimens were collected by hand from the foliage...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i3299
This study reports new distributional information for three spider species representing three families from the forest region of Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh, India. The specimens examined comprised one female Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Araneidae), two females Hamataliwa pe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i3289
Epocilla aura (Dyal, 1935), (Family: Salticidae) is a medium sized jumping spider species described in 1935 by Dyal. It is found in India and Pakistan. Studies on the distribution of this species in the state of Chhattisgarh are limited. Available scientific records indicate that...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i2260
The present study documents the new distributional records of two cobweb spiders (family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833) from Chhattisgarh State, India. Although the Theridiidae constitute one of the most diverse and widely distributed spider families globally, their regional divers...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i1235
A new spider species Storenomorpha raghavai has been recorded for the first time in the Kulharighat forest region, Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh. This species belongs the family Zodariidae. This is the first Genus Storenomorpha Simon, 1884, species and Family which have been...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2025/v8i4224
This study reports a new record of the orb-weaver spider Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 (female) from the Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh, India, representing the first documented occurrence of this species within the state. The specimen was collected by hand-picking from th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2026/v22i6669
Zaitunia rufa (Caporiacco, 1934) is a Crevice weaver spider species belonging to the family Filistatidae, distributed exclusively within Asia. In the present study, a total of 15 specimens (11 females and 4 males) of this species were collected from three sites in the Gariaband d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i2277
This study describes a new distributional record of two cobweb spider species of the genus Argyrodes Simon, 1864 in Chhattisgarh. Two Argyrodes spider species, Argyrodes fissifrons O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 and Argyrodes nephilae Taczanowski, 1873, were recorded from the forest...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2026/v29i1758