New Distributional Record of Brettus cingulatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) in Chhattisgarh Region, India
Avinash R. Nichat
Department of Zoology, M. V. V. Govt. P. G. College Bhakhara, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 493770, India.
Jashavant Nayak *
Department of Zoology, Govt. Dudhadhari Bajrang Girls Post Graduate College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study reports a new distributional record of the jumping spider species Brettus cingulatus Thorell, (1895) in Chhattisgarh state. This is a specific spider species belonging to the family Salticidae. This species was collected from two different sites Deobhog and Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary region in the Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh during field surveys using the hand-picking method. This is the first record of this species in the state, making it a new genus and species for Chhattisgarh. This study adds a new entry to the Arachnofauna list of Chhattisgarh.
Keywords: Brettus cingulatus, Chhattisgarh, Gariaband, genus, Salticidae, species, Udanti wildlife sanctuary