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forests. It is widely distributed along the Western Ghats and in Eastern
India.
The genus Herennia has the carapace flat; eyes not extending across
the frontal area; quadrangle scarcely longer than wide; eyes of posterior
line nearly straight. Abdomen coriaceous, flattish above, with sharply
defined, often lobate lateral margins, impressed with radially arranged
lines of spots. Male with simple palpus. A single species Herennia
ornatissima occurs in the State. It is widely distributed in India, Ceylon
and Burma.
The genus Araneus has the cephalothorax convex; eyes of posterior
line slightly or strongly recurved; lateral eyes separated or in contact. Legs
strong; protarsi shorter than tibiae and patellae. Two widely distributed
species in the State.
In the genus Cyclose, the eyes are subequal, the posterior median
almost in contact, the median ocular area wider in front than behind; both
rows of eyes, the head and thorax separated by a deep cervical groove. Of
the four species in the State, one Cyclosa moonduensis is described from
Poona.
Spiders of the genus Ordgariu, have the carapace convex, armed
above with a few symmetrically placed tooth-like tubercles. Abdomen
very large, wider than long, widely rounded laterally, tuberculate above. A
single species O hobsoni in Maharashtra.
The genus Chorizopes has the cephalothorax longer than wide,
cephalic region high. Clypeus short and curved forward, chelicerae robust.
Abdomen mainly provided with tubercles posteriorly. Two species in the
State, both described on the basis of specimens collected near Poona.
The Cladomelea spiders have the abdomen tuberculate, and clothed
with fine hairs. Cephalothorax slightly longer than wide, narrowing in
front; middle of the thorax provided with conspicuous spine like tubercles.
A single species Cladomelea mundhya known from the State.
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