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New data on Indian nursery-web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae)

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  • 1. Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
  • 2. Life Department, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom
  • 3. Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 581, India

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Sankaran, Pradeep M., Abraham, Anitha, Williams, Steven H., Asima, A. (2026): New data on Indian nursery-web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 5757 (1): 1-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5757.1.1

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