Orb-weavers (Araneae: Araneidae, Nephilidae) from the Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan with comments on morphological variation in Neosconamukerjei Tikader, 1980and emasculation in Nephilapilipes (Fabricius, 1793):

Kumayl Hassan  Jaffry; Abida Butt; Kanwal Zahra

doi:10.54692/lgujls.2023.0704305

Kumayl Hassan Jaffry Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid e Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Abida Butt Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid e Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Kanwal Zahra Department of Zoology, Government Islamia Graduate College for Women, Cooper road, Lahore, Pakistan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2023.0704305

Keywords: Taxonomy, Spiders, Morphology, Behavior, new locality

Abstract

Orb-weaving spiders belonging to the family Araneidae and Nephilidae were reported from the Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan. The data included five genera: Cyrtophora Simon, Eriovixia Archer, GeaC. L. Koch, Neoscona Simon and Nephila Leach represented by a total of seven species: Cyrtophoracitricola (Forsskål), Eriovixiaexcelsa (Simon), Geaspinipes C.L. Koch, NeosconamukerjeiTikader, Neosconatheisi (Walckenaer),Neosconavigilans (Blackwall) and Nephilapilipes (Fabricius). Morphologicalvariation in the female of N. mukerjei was reported accompanied first time with color photographs. Also included were ecological notes on N. pilipes addingobservations on reproductive behavior, morphology and phenology of this important
species.

Orb-weavers (Araneae: Araneidae, Nephilidae) from the Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan with comments on morphological variation in Neosconamukerjei Tikader, 1980and emasculation in Nephilapilipes (Fabricius, 1793)

Kumayl Hassan Jaffry, Abida Butt and Kanwal Zahra

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