New Publication: Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby

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  New Publication: Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby I am pleased to share the publication of my latest paper, “Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby: Ethical Boundaries and Biological Consequences,” in the Journal of the British Tarantula Society , Volume 41, No. 1, September 2026. The paper addresses an issue that deserves serious consideration within the tarantula community: hybridisation and its potential long-term effects on the integrity of captive lineages. More Than a Breeding Decision The tarantula hobby has changed considerably over the past several decades. What was once a relatively small community has grown into an international network of keepers, breeders, vendors, researchers, and societies. Captive breeding has contributed enormously to that growth, improving husbandry knowledge and increasing the availability of captive-bred animals. With that success comes responsibility for the lineages we maintain. Hybridisation may seem like an isolated breeding experiment,...

A checklist of spiders from superfamily Lycosoidea in India: A taxonomic overview emphasizing precinctive/ endemic species

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A checklist of spiders from superfamily Lycosoidea in India: A taxonomic overview emphasizing precinctive/ endemic species

Abstract

The current checklist documents 448 species from 81 genera & 6 families within the Lycosoidea group in India. There is a significant disparity in the male-to-female ratio, with 212 males compared to 415 females described. Among these six families, two are represented by more than 100 species: Thomisidae, with 41 genera & 177 species, & Lycosidae, with 20 genera & 132 species. Precinctive/ endemic spiders from the 06 families of the Lycosoidea group from India comprise of 301 species from 31 genera, thus, 38.27% of genera & 67.18% of species are endemic among the known spider species.

laharia, R., Hadole, P., & Kulkarni, D. (2025). A checklist of spiders from superfamily Lycosoidea in India: A taxonomic overview emphasizing precinctive/ endemic species. Environment Conservation Journal, 26(1), 108–131. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.29993122