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75.Monaeses parvatiTikader
76.Thanatus dhakuricusTikader
77.T. mandali Tikader
78.Tibellus elongatusTikader
79.T. chaturshingiTikader
80.T. poonaensisTikader
81./ . katrajghatus T ikader
Family XII—Lycosidae
82.Hippasa pantherinaPocock
83.II.pisaurinaPocock
84.Lycosa sumatranaThorell
85.L. fletcheri Gravely
86.L. birmanica (Simon)
FamilyXIII—Oxyopidae
87.Oxyopes chittaraeTikader
88.O. sushilae Tikader
89.Peucetia chopraiTikader
Family XIV—Salticidae
90.Marpissa tigrinaTikader
Notes on Species
The family Eresidae is distinguished by the following characters :
Cephalothorax very wide in front (resembling at first sight that of
Salticidae) ; cephalic region high ; clypeus low; four median eyes forming
a small quadrangle narrower in front than behind, the anterior lateral eyes
on the side of the head, the posterior lateral far remote from the rest of the
eyes and situated high up on the posterior portion of the head. Abdomen
very heavy, over hanging cephalothorax; cribellum thick transversely
divided. A single genus Stegodyphus occurs in Maharashtra.
The commonest form is the social spider Stegodyphus sarasinorum
Karsch. This spider is gregarious in its habits. It spins a labyrinthine tube,
which ends blindly at one end and the other end expands into a broad
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