Manuscript Title:

BIODIVERSITY AND GUILD STRUCTURE OF SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA: ARANEA) FROM BANANA PLANTATION OF DISTRICT MATIARI, SINDH, PAKISTAN

Author:

SHADAB KAKA, TAHIRA JABEEN URSANI, SAMINA MALIK

DOI Number:

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10389566

Published : 2023-12-10

About the author(s)

1. SHADAB KAKA - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
2. TAHIRA JABEEN URSANI - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
3. SAMINA MALIK - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro

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Abstract

Biodiversity of spiders was measured very rich in the District Matiari; due to its favorite climatic and abiotic (temperature and humidity) conditions. While second parameter, the ecological guild concept has been of great interest to persons (arachnologists, farmers, landlords and natives engaged with integrated pest managements) and the different manner in which spiders’ explorationfor common resource-prey arthropods-has led to numerous attempts to classify them into guilds. Though, questions have been raised about the validity of guilds and the taxon-centered basis of their definition. Here, we propose an alternative approach to guild classification, using quantitative analysis of ecological characteristics of spider families with special reference of this proposal studies. During this study six families are identified namely; Araneidae, Lycosidae, Oxyopidae, Tetragnathidae, Salticidae and Gnaphosidae. These families were classified on the basis of their web-building and predation methods.


Keywords

Biodiversity; Guild Structure; Spiders; Banana; Matriari; Hyderabad; Sindh