Gautam Kadam

Two new species of Indothele Coyle, 1995 are described from the Western Ghats of India: I. amboli Kadam, Tripathi & Sherwood sp. nov. (♂♀) from Amboli in Maharashtra, and I. silentvalley Tripathi, Kadam & Sherwood sp. nov. (♂♀) from Silent Valley National Park in Kerala. Images of the type material of I. dumicola (Pocock, 1900), the type species, a...

A new species of trapdoor spider, Conothele mussoorie sp. nov., is described from the foothills of the Himalayas, marking the first record of this genus from the northernmost part of India. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the female are provided.

Habrocestum mookambikaense Sudhin, Sen, Caleb & Hegde, 2022 was originally described based on the female holotype from Karnataka. Here, a description of the male is provided for the first time, along with a female redescription based on fresh collections from Northern Western Ghats (Satara and Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra). The new locality lie...

We report the first record of the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876, and the genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 from India, including the first record, and a redescription of the widely distributed species, Dolomedes mizhoanus Kishida, 1936. We also review the two Dolomedes species previously known from Sri Lanka, and discuss the record of Dolomed...

Notes on four species of the jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India are presented. Stenaelurillus jagannathae Das, Malik & Vidhel, 2015 syn. nov. is recognized as a junior synonym of S. arambagensis (B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992). The mismatched sexes of S. tettu Logunov, 2020 and S. indicus Logunov, 2020 are corrected. The femal...

Steriphopus Simon, 1887 is a poorly studied palpimanid genus, currently includes four nominal species distributed in India, Myanmar, Seychelles and Sri Lanka (WSC 2024). Zonstein & Marusik (2023) reviewed and rediagnosed the genus, and recorded it from India for the first time, with the description of a new species from Himachal Pradesh. Simon (189...

The Himalayan water shrew, Chimarrogale himalayica, is widely distributed in South and East Asia. However, their distribution and ecology are not properly understood due to the elusive foraging techniques like hiding underwater in streams of riparian evergreen forests. The restricted habitat and food requirement of the species makes it challenging...

Medmassa Simon, 1887 is recorded for the first time from India, including the description of two new species: M. sagax Tripathi, Kadam & Sankaran sp. nov. (♂ ♀) and M. postica Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran sp. nov. (♀). The discovery of Medmassa increases the number of known corinnid genera in India to eight. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of...

Four new species of the jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 are described from India: Stenaelurillus feral Tripathi, Kuni & Kadam sp. nov. (♂, from the Eastern Coastline), S. naldurg Kuni, Kadam & Tripathi sp. nov. (♂♀, from the Deccan Plateau), S. judithbleisterae Kadam, Tripathi & Kuni sp. nov. (♂♀, from the Western Ghats) and S. sola...

A new species of the jumping spider genus Indopadilla Caleb & Sankaran, 2019 is described from the Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu state, India. Detailed diagnosis, description, and illustration are provided. In addition, a new locality record of Indopadilla darjeeling Caleb & Sankaran, 2019 is presented.

Sparbambus was erected by Zhang, Woon & Li in 2006, and its generic name ‘Spar-bambus’ reflects that it belongs to the subfamily Spartaeinae and the specimens were collected from a bamboo habitat. The monotypic genus originally reported from Malaysia was recently described from China (Wang et al. 2022). In this paper, we record Sparbambus for the...

The health of anurans in wetland ecosystems serves as a robust bioindicator for overall ecosystem health, with malformations in anurans indicating developmental, morphological, and behavioral abnormalities. These malformations have been attributed to various factors such as predators, pollution, habitat quality, UV radiation, and parasitism. While...

Three new species of jumping spider from northeastern India are described, all in the genus Habrocestum Simon 1876: H. emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi 2023 (♂ only), H. imilchang Kadam & Tripathi 2023 (♂ only), and H. togansangmai Kadam & Tripathi 2023 (♂ only). Current distribution records for all three species are mapped.

Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) known only from the two historical syntype specimens until now was rediscovered after more than a century from near its type locality in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya, northeastern India. Analysis of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene reveals congenericity between B. kempi and B. meghalayanus with an inter-specific genetic div...

The selenopid genus Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 is recorded for the first time from India. Siamspinops garoensis Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2022 sp. nov., based on male and female specimens, is described and illustrated in detail. The unknown female of Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931) is described and illustrated for the first...

The jumping spider Dexippus pengi Wang & Li, 2020, previously only known from its type locality in Yunnan, China, is reported for the first time from India. A detailed description and updated distribution map for this species is provided.

The jumping spider Irura mandarina Simon 1903 is reported for the first time from India (Maharashtra). The south and southeast Asian distribution of the 16 described species assigned to the genus Irura Peckham & Peckham 1901, is also reviewed.

The big canopy cover of Cullenia has the potential to support many arthropods. But only sparse information is available on canopy arthropod abundance, community structure and interactions. This study is the first attempt to quantify the species richness and composition of arboreal spider assemblages on Cullenia, a keystone species for many arboreal...

The present study examines the spatial distribution of spider‟s assemblage on Cullenia exarillata and the influence of its flowering resource on spider assemblage through manual search, sticky trap and pit fall methods. This study was carried out on 10 individuals of Cullenia and 151 spider individuals were collected and sorted up to family level a...