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Diversity Of Spider Fauna In Backyard Rice AgroecosystemSumana Saha1a, Ampita Bhadra1b, and Dinendra Raychaudhuri2c
1Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Barasat Government College, 10, K.N.C. Road, Barasat, Kolkata – 7000124, India 2IRDM Faculty Centre, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur, Kolkata – 700103, India
IntroductionPaddy is grown mostly in the warm and humid environment under diverse culturalconditions over a wide geographical range (Dale, 1994). It is distributed in different parts of the world from 39oS (Australia) to 50oN latitude(China). In India, it extends from 8oN to 34oN latitude under varying climatic conditionsranging from below the sea-level as in Kuttanad region of Kerala to altitudes above2000m as in parts of Jammu & Kashmir. Depending on the pattern of rainfall distribution, it is cultivated as rain-fed uplandcrop in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and parts of West Bengal. On the contrary, it is also grown in shallow (upto 30 cm), semi-deep (30-100 cm)and deep water (1-6 cm) ecosystem in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal,Assam and Orissa.A tropical rice land offers a biologically diverse and dynamic environment formicrobial, floral, invertebrate and even vertebrate populations to flourish shortly afterfields are flooded and continuing well after canopy enclosure (Settle et al., 1996;Schoenly et al. 1998). Insect pests are recognized as major biotic stress responsible for significantreduction in yield in different system zones of India (Chelliah et al., 1989). There are over 1400 insect species attacking paddy in the world (Grist & Lever,1969), of which 20 species are of major importance and of regular occurrence (Dale,1994). Usage of different chemical pesticides in various agricultural systems like rice landsis rather a common practice across the globe. This is supposed to be the most effective measure of pest control as of today despiteknowing their ill effects.In a stable ecosystem, the natural enemies particularly predators are recorded aspotential weapon to regulate the rice insect pest (Baltazar, 1963; Gabriel 1978 andChandra 1979). The predators are responsible to bring 95% mortality on plant hoppernymphs (Anonymous, 1979).
Different growth stages of rice
Seedling bed Plantation Tillar
FloweringPanicle FormationMaturity
Spiders as a Biocontrol Agent in Paddy Fields
Spiders, the predatory fauna in rice fields act as biocontrol agents in regulation ofinsect pests (Lee & Kim, 2001; Vinothkumar , 2012; Anitha & Vijay, 2016; Joseph &Premila, 2016; Chandra & Singh, 2017; Bao, 2018; Basu, 2019).It is reported that 80% of the total predatory community is represented by the spidersin the rice fields (Wang, 1985).They are the magical gift of nature to farmers for suppressing the insect-pestpopulation in rice fields (Singh et al., 2005).Spiders are obligate carnivores and hold the unique position of being the only largepart of the predatory arthropod fauna of rice ecosystem and prey upon plant and leafhoppers, dipterans mainly whorl maggot and stem borer (Barrion & Litsinger, 1980;Pantua et al., 1980).
Spiders are omnipotent or ubiquitous
Numerous and dominant
Generalist predators in both agricultural and natural ecosystem
Exert considerable top down control
Potential to both lower and stabilize pest population
Special features of predatory behaviour
Ability to kill prey even in their absence, by the web only
Mortality of non-consumed prey in the web
Wasteful killing or partial consumption of prey by hunting spiders
Specific adaptations for matching with the background such as-leaves, flowers,
twigs, grass, bark, etc.
Weekly survey is conducted during August to November, 2019 (kharif season) in therice fields of the study area.
▶ Sampling is done by hand picking, bush beating, sweeping & using inverted umbrella.
▶ Samples are killed and preserved in 70% alcohol as per recommendation of Tikader
(1987) and Barrion & Litsinger (1995).
▶ The materials are studied using Stereo Zoom Binocular Microscope, model Olympus
SZX-16. The measurements are in millimeters, made with an eye piece graticule.
▶ Materials are in the deposition of Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Barasat
Government College, Barasat, Kolkata.
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
Inverted umbrella
Visual search
Hand picking Bush beating Foliage, trunk & Branch sampling
Sweeping
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7. 44%
6.37%
3.19% Ambushers
Ground Runners
Orb Web Weaver
Different functional guilds of spider taxa recorded from study areas
Families Guilds
Araneidae,
Tetragnathidae
Orb Web Weavers
Clubionidae, Oxyopidae,
Sparassidae, ThomisidaeAmbushers
Salticidae Ground Runners
Results
No. of spider taxa recorded from study area
No. of Family - 7No. of Genera – 16No. of Species – 17
No. of Individuals – 66(♀) + 6(♂)
Why Spiders ?
Aim of Study
To generate data-base on the diversity spectrum of spiders in the rice agroecosystem
Materials & Methods
Study Area
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research
Institute (22.44°N Latitude, 88.4° E Longitude)
Till date the survey resulted in the record of a total of 17 species under 16 generadistributed over 7 spider families.Spiders are encountered in the field during maturity stage of paddy when pests attaintheir peak.Among spiders family Salticidae is the most dominant group.Analysis of their zoogeographical distribution reveals that the fauna apart from beingOriental also includes some Ethiopian (17.65%), Australian, Neotropical and Palaearctic(each 11.76%) and Nearctic (5.88%) elements.Dominant guild is constituted by the Ambushers (7.44%) followed by Ground Runners(6.37%) and Orb Web Weavers (3.19% ).Ranking sequence of most abundant four species are [in descending order] : Oxyopesshweta (34.72%) > Plexippus paykullii (13.89%) > Camaricus formosus (12.50%) > Rhenedecorata (9.72%).Sex ratio (♀ : ♂) is around 11 : 1. Availability of food/season and/or cannibalism maybe the factors for female dominated society.It is presumed that foraging and competition compel the spiders to float across the longdistance in air by ballooning and gets rehabilitated to begin the life cycle afresh.Therefore, flow of the wind may determine the richness, diversity and distribution of the spider fauna at large.
Acknowledgements
The authors express their deep sense of gratitude to The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and ResearchInstitute (RKMVERI), Narendrapur and The Principal, Barasat Government College for necessary logistic support.
Family-wise richness of species
Observations
Rice pests encountered during field survey for spiders
Egg mass of Rice Stem Borer [Scirpophagaincertulas (Walker)]
Rice Gandhi Bug [Leptocorisa
varicornis (Fabricius)]
Caterpillar of Rice Stem Borer [Scirpophagaincertulas (Walker)]
Rice Weevil
Adult Click BeetleRice Grasshopper Nymph
Spiders encountered during field survey
Spiders encountered during field survey
Summary
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Clubiona sp. 1 ♀ Clubiona sp. 2 ♂
Oxyopes shweta (Tikader) ♀
Family : Oxyopidae
Family : Clubionidae
Family : Araneidae
Cyclosa spirifera Simon♀ Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer)♀
Hyllus semicupreus(Simon) ♀
Plexippus paykulii(Audouin) ♀
Rene decorata Tikader ♀
Family : Salticidae
Phintella vittata (C.L.Koch) ♀Carrhotus viduus (C.L.Koch) ♀
Thiana bhamoensis Thorell♀
Runcinia insecta (L.Koch) ♀ Thomisus sikkimemsisTikader♀
Xysticus sp.♀
Family : Sparassidae
Olios sp.♀ Leucauge decorata(Walckenaer) ♀
Family : Tetragnathidae
Family : Thomisidae
Camaricus formosusThorell ♀
Family : Thomisidae
Ground runnerOrb -weavers
Ambusher