WHEAT SPIDER FAUNA FROM DISTRICT KAMBER-SHAHDADKOT, SINDH, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Present systematic studies conducted in the month of December 2016 to April 2017. 961 wheat spiders were collected and sorted out into four families namely Araneidae, Lycosidae, Oxyopidae and Tetragnathidae, five genera namely Argiope, Lycosa, Pardosa, Oxyopes and Tetragnatha and six species namely Argiope trifasciata, A. Pradhani, Lycosa terrestris, Pardosa birmanica, Oxyopes marginalis, Tetragnatha javana. Araneidae Family is most important and key role in wheat field of this area and these all wheat spiders’ species are first time recorded from district Kamber-Shahdadkot, Sindh, Pakistan.