v14i2.385
Volume 14 | Number 2 | November 2025
Short Note
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v14i2.385
Submitted date: 27 January 2025
Accepted date: 21 April 2025
Published date: 28 November 2025
Pp. 309.
First record of the cobweb spider (Steatoda erigoniformis) from Gujarat
S.I. Parmar & P.J. Pandya
*Corresponding author. E-mail: pranavpandya1@yahoo.com
The genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Family Theridiidae) is represented by 6 species in India. Steatoda erigoniformis has been previously reported from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Here we provide the first report from Gujarat State. The specimens were hand-collected and studied under a Zeiss Stemi 508 stereomicroscope, photographed using an Axiocam Erc 5s microscopic camera. The species was identified based on Levy & Amitai (1982) and Tripathi et al. (2023). The specimens have been deposited in the Department of Zoology, R.R. Lalan College, Bhuj-Kachchh, Gujarat, India.
Section Editor: Paula E. Cushing
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v14i2.385
Submitted date: 27 January 2025
Accepted date: 21 April 2025
Published date: 28 November 2025
Pp. 309.
First record of the cobweb spider (Steatoda erigoniformis) from Gujarat
S.I. Parmar & P.J. Pandya
*Corresponding author. E-mail: pranavpandya1@yahoo.com
The genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Family Theridiidae) is represented by 6 species in India. Steatoda erigoniformis has been previously reported from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Here we provide the first report from Gujarat State. The specimens were hand-collected and studied under a Zeiss Stemi 508 stereomicroscope, photographed using an Axiocam Erc 5s microscopic camera. The species was identified based on Levy & Amitai (1982) and Tripathi et al. (2023). The specimens have been deposited in the Department of Zoology, R.R. Lalan College, Bhuj-Kachchh, Gujarat, India.
Section Editor: Paula E. Cushing
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