Checklist of the spider fauna of Bangladesh (Araneae : Arachnida)

Abstract

Spiders are one of the important predatory arthropods that comprise the largest order Araneae of the class Arachnida. In Bangladesh, very few contributions are available on the taxonomic study on these arachnids. The present paper contains an updated checklist of the spider fauna of Bangladesh based on the published records of different workers and the identified collections of the recent studies by the author. It includes a total of 334 species of spiders belong to the infraorders Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae under 21 families and 100 genera. A brief diagnosis of different families and their domination together with the distribution throughout the country are provided herewith.

Taxonomic account of jumping spiders – Genus Marpissa C. L. Koch (Archnida: Araneae: Salticidae) from Bangladesh

“…Abdomen is oval, a little wide medially; covered with small hairs; ventrally pale; Dorsum with white longitudinal band; lateral spinnerets are elongate, median blunt. Distribution: Jashore, Jhenaidah and Rajshahi in Bangladesh (Biswas 2019); India (Proszynski 1990).…”

“…green leaf hopper (GLH), brown plant hopper (BPH), different orthopterans, dipterans etc., especially in the crop-fields, gardens and forests. The family at present comprises about 6115 species under 636 genera worldwide (World Spider Catalog 2021, Logunov andMarusik 2000), but in Bangladesh, their numbers are very poor and till date, only 72 species belonging to 21 genera are recorded (Biswas 2019) although a good number of species are described in the neighbouring Asian countries like -India (Roy et al 2016), Pakistan (Butt and Beg 2000), China (Peng 2020), Japan (Baba 2013a,b), Korea (Kim et al 2017), Singapore (Koh 1989), Vietnam (Proszynski 1992), The Philippines (Barrion and Litsinger 1995).…”

“…At present the genus comprises a total of 51 species in the world fauna (World Spider Catalog 2021) of which 17 species in India (Keswani et al 2012). But taxonomic reports on these spiders are scarce in the fauna of Bangladesh (Biswas 2019).…”

Diversity of Amycoida and Astioida (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India

“…Myrmarachne markaha Barrion & Litsinger, 1995  Tamil Nadu [111] 21. Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839 =Myrmarachne orientales Tikader, 1973  Andaman & Nicobar [61,63,65,126]  Assam [34,45,61,65,126,142]  Goa [46,143]  Gujarat [77,78,144]  Jammu & Kashmir [81]  Karnataka [57,86,88,90,93]  Kerala [37,38,50,58,61,65,98,126]  Madhya Pradesh [103]  Maharashtra [104,105,145,146]  Odisha [76,147]  Rajasthan [40]  Tamil Nadu [87,113,138]  Tripura [116]  Uttar Pradesh [41,148,149,150,151]  Uttarakhand [87,152,<...>…”

“…Myrmarachne poonaensis Tikader, 1973*  Maharashtra [62,105] 25. Myrmarachne prava (Karsch, 1880) =Myrmarachne paivae Narayan, 1915 =Myrmarachne bengalensis Tikader, 1973  Andaman [63]  Bihar [67]  Goa [46]  Gujarat [78,144,161,162,163]  Kerala [58]  Maharashtra [104]  Punjab [164]  Tamil Nadu [87,138]  Uttarakhand [152]  West Bengal [62,68,156,70,122,124] 26. Myrmarachne providens (Peckham & Peckham, 1892)  Andhra Pradesh [60]  Maharashtra [105]  West Bengal [123] 27.…”