Diversity and abundance of spider fauna of agro-ecosystems: A case sudy of Mahabubnagar district, Telangana state

The present study mainly focused on the diversity of spider fauna in agro-ecosystem Mahabubnagar district during Kharif and Rabi seasons 2020-21. sampling was collected at monthly intervals by different methods (in situ counts, net sweeping, pitfall traps litter sampling). A total 30 species were identified which, Araneidae family is represented 8 belonging to four genera followed Salticidae (5 species), Oxyopidae (4 Lycosidae Pholcidae (3 Thomisidae (2 species) Gnaphosidae, Hersillidae, Sparassidae Tetragnathidae one species, respectively. indices viz., Shannon-Weiner Index (2.785- season 2.752-Rabi season), Simpson (0.912-Kharif 0.899 Margalef (4.122- 4.25- season) Pielou’s (0.104 0.09 calculated.