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- DEDICATION
- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Relevance of the study
- 1.2. Objectives of the present work
- 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
- 2.1. Previous works on spiders in other countries
- 2.2. Previous works on spiders in India
- 2.3. Previous works from Kerala
- 2.4. Spiders previously reported from Kerala
- 3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
- 3.1. Study Area
- 3.1.1. Rivers
- 3.1.2. Backwaters
- 3.1.3. Climate
- 3.1.4. Flora and fauna
- 3.1.5. Location of Kerala State
- 3.2. Sites selected for studying spider diversity in Kerala
- 3.3. Collection Methods
- 3.4. Preservation
- 3.5. Photography
- 3.6. Identification
- 3.7. References and Citations
- 3.8. Remarks
- 3.9. Abbreviations
- 4. RESULTS
- 4.1. Families found in Kerala
- 4.2. Genera found in Kerala
- 4.3. New Records
- 4.4. New species described from Kerala
- 4.5. Species Redescribed from Kerala
- 4.6. Illustrations
- 4.7. Photographs
- 4.8. Species identified only up to genus level
- 4.9. Species list
- 4.10. Classification
- 4.11. Systematic Account
- 4.11.1. FAM. ATYPIDAE Thorell, 1870
- 4.11.2. FAM. BARYCHELIDAE Simon, 1889
- 4.11.3. FAM. THERAPHOSIDAE Thorell, 1870
- 4.11.4. FAM. FILISTATIDAE Ausserer, 1867
- 4.11.5. FAM. SICARIIDAE Keyserling, 1880
- 4.11.6. FAM. SCYTODIDAE Blackwall, 1864
- 4.11.7. FAM. PHOLCIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851
- 4.11.8. FAM. OONOPIDAE Simon, 1890
- 4.11.9. FAM. STENOCHILIDAE Thorell, 1873
- 4.11.10. FAM. MIMETIDAE Simon, 1881
- 4.11.11. FAM. ERESIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851
- 4.11.12. FAM. OECOBIIDAE Blackwall, 1862
- 4.11.13. FAM. HERSILIIDAE Thorell, 1870
- 4.11.14. FAM. ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869
- 4.11.15. FAM. THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
- 4.11.16. FAM. LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
- 4.11.17. FAM. TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
- 4.11.18. FAM: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
- 4.11.19. FAM. LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833
- 4.11.20. FAM. PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890
- 4.11.21. FAM. HAHNIIDAE Bertkau, 1878
- 4.11.22. FAM. OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870
- 4.11.23. FAM. PSECHRIDAE Simon, 1890
- 4.11.24. FAM. CTENIDAE Keyserling, 1877
- 4.11.25. FAM. DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
- 4.11.26. FAM. MITURGIDAE Simon, 1885
- 4.11.27. FAM. LIOCRANIDAE Simon, 1897
- 4.11.28. FAM. CLUBIONIDAE Wagner, 1887
- 4.11.29. FAM. CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
- 4.11.30. FAM. ZODARIIDAE Thorell, 1881
- 4.11.31. FAM. CRYPTOTHELIDAE L. Koch, 1872
- 4.11.32. FAM. PRODIDOMIDAE Simon, 1884
- 4.11.33. FAM. GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
- 4.11.34. FAM. SELENOPIDAE Simon, 1897
- 4.11.35. FAM. SPARASSIDAE Bertkau, 1872
- 4.11.36. FAM. PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870
- 4.11.37. FAM. THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
- 4.11.38. FAM: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
- 5. DISCUSSION
- 5.1. Family Diversity
- 5.2. Generic Diversity
- 5.3. Species Richness
- 5.4. New Species
- 5.5. Redescriptions
- 5.6. Zoogeographic Analysis
- 5.6.1. Endemism
- 5.6.2. Affinities
- 5.7. Illustrations
- 5.8. Photographs
- 6. CONCLUSION
- 6.1. Difficulties during the study
- 6.2. Gaps in research
- 6.3. Usefulness of the study
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- FIGURES
- LEGEND TO FIGURES
- LEGEND TO PLATES
- PLATES