RESEARCH ARTICLES

Volume 8 |Issue 2| March-April 2020                                 First published: 28 April 2020

Diversity of Spiders in Agro-ecosystems of Buldhana District (M. S.) India

Vairale Amit B

Head, Department of Zoology, Ghulam Nabi Azad Arts, Commerce & Science College, Barshitakli, District Akola (M. S.) India.

Email: vairaleamit1@gmail.com

Abstract

Spiders are among the most abundant insectivorous predators of Terrestrial ecosystem. Spiders play an important role in insect pest control without any harm to agro-ecosystem. Recently in agricultural fields reduced pesticide use and ecological sustainability have lead to increased interest in spiders as potential biological pest control agents. Spiders act as natural biological control agent in agro-ecosystem. Considerably insect populations increase when release from predations by spiders. Regularly use of pesticides in agricultural fields which decreases the spider populations. Spider species abundance in agro-ecosystem can be high as undisturbed natural ecosystem. Spiders act as pest control creature, which feeds on crop destructive insects. Spiders are beneficial bio-control agent of insect pest in agro-ecosystem. A survey of Spiders was carried out in Agro-ecosystems of Buldhana, District during Sep.2018- Sep.19. This article presents a study on the distribution and current status of spider families in this agro-ecosystem of Buldhana District. During the present study I have reported 137 species of Spiders belonging to 16 Families and 61 genera. Spiders of Families Araneidae, Clubionidae, Eresidae, Gnaphosidae, Hersilidae, Lycosidae, Miturgidae, Oxyopidae, Philodromidae, Salticidae, Scytodidae, Sparassidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Thomisidae, Uloboridae were recorded during the investigation. Such surveys are vital for conservation of these creatures in the light of climate change and building a biodiversity database of spider fauna of Vidarbha in near future.

Keywords:Diversity, Agro-ecosystems, Spiders.

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Vairale Amit B. Diversity of Spiders in Agro-ecosystems of Buldhana District (M. S.) India, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2020, Volume 8(2): 85-88.

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