ABSTRACT
Annotated checklist of Mygalomorphae so far recorded from different states and union
territories of India reveal that a total of 111 species under 32 genera belonging eight families are
distributed over 17 states and two union territories. The review cleared that diversity of the primitive
spider fauna is maximum in Tamil Nadu followed by Kerala, West Bengal and Karnataka and they are
distributed maximally along the coastal states excepting Karnataka. Western Ghats Biodiversity
hotspot is the house of the fauna. There is nearly 72 % local endemism.
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