Preliminary Study on spiders of Gulbarga, Karnataka State

Abstract

Gulbarga, a prominent town of northern Karnataka State (760-04' to 770-42' longitude and 160-12' to 170-46' latitude), it is located in the Deccan Plateau with an altitude of 454 above MSL. An attempt is hereby made to explore the spider fauna of this region. Spiders belonging to 10 different families have been recorded. These spiders belong to the families Araneidae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, Oxyopidae; theyalso are found to occur in sizable numbers