First Record of Two Argyrodes Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Theridiidae) Species from Chhattisgarh, India
Avinash R. Nichat
Department of Zoology, M. V. V. Govt. P. G. College Bhakhara, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh-493770, India.
K. K. Harris
Department of Zoology, Govt. Dudhadhari Bajrang Girls Post Graduate College Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492001, India.
Jashavant Nayak *
Department of Zoology, Govt. Dudhadhari Bajrang Girls Post Graduate College Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492001, India.
Mansi Majumdar
Department of Zoology, Govt. Dudhadhari Bajrang Girls Post Graduate College Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492001, India.
Hitesh Kumar Warte
Department of Zoology, Govt. Pt. Shyam Shankar Mishra College Deobhog, Gariaband, Chhattisgarh-493889, India.
Vishnucharan Sona
Department of Zoology, Govt. Pt. Shyam Shankar Mishra College Deobhog, Gariaband, Chhattisgarh-493889, India.
Ravi Kumar
Department of Botany, Naveen Govt. College Chhotedongar, Narayanapur, Chhattisgarh-494661, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
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 region of Gariaband district in the state. With this record, there are now three species of this genus found in Chhattisgarh. Argyrodes nephilae is a species that was last recorded in Telangana in 2010, and has now been recorded again in Chhattisgarh state after 16 years. This is the second state where it has been recorded. Therefore, this study adds two new species to the Arachnofaunal list of the state.
Keywords: Argyrodes, Chhattisgarh, gariaband, genus, species, theridiidae