Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

A new record of mygalomorph spider Tigidia konkanensis Mirza, Zende & Patil, 2016 (Araneae: Barychelidae) from Raigad District, Maharashtra, India

Pawan U Gajbe

Department of Zoology, Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Nagpur - 440024, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Tigidia Simon, (1892) is a genus of mygalomorph spiders that belongs to family Barychelidae. Tigidia konkanensis Mirza, Zende & Patil, 2016 is among the seven species of this genus found in India. T. konkanensis is so far known only from its type locality in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India. A new record of this species from Raigad district of Maharashtra is provided here.

Keywords: Arachnida, faunal diversity, Konkan, Mygalomorphae

Species, 2023, 24(74), e58s1557

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e58s1557

Published: 02 July 2023