Spiders
From Wild India
South Indian Spiders (http://southindianspiders.com/) "The major thrust of our web site has been to promote understanding and conservation of spiders of India, in particular, South India. This web site contains pictures and information about very common South Indian spiders."
Spider India (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpiderIndia/) at Yahoo groups: "As the name suggests, this group is for sharing information on Spiders. The group is limited to discussion in Indian context though anyone can become member. This group also encourages sharing pictures of spiders."
An overview of spider diversity in India (http://www.wii.gov.in/envis/rain_forest/chapter7.htm) (Note that this information is outdated - see below)
Indian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae): Updated checklist 2005 -- Manju Siliwal, Sanjay Molur and B.K. Biswas October 2005 ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL (http://www.zoosprint.org/showJournal.asp) 20(10) : 1999-2049 ISSN: 0973-2535 (Print edition); 0973-2551 (Online edition)
This is the first attempt to update the list of spiders described formally in India. The list is compiled following Platnick's The World Spider Catalog (http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/INTRO1.html). Extensive search of scientific peer-reviewed publications in the region revealed 40 new species, which are not included in Platnick's list. The checklist is compared extensively with Tikader's list. In all, 1442 species of spiders in 59 families have been listed as described formally from India. Taxonomic verification is recommended for 51 species. Seventy-nine species listed by Tikader do not occur in India. Fifty-three species listed by Dyal and included in Platnick's list do not occur in India. The paper lists replacement names, incertae sedis, nomina nuda, nomina dubia, transfers, synonyms, wrong taxonomic placements, Dyal's species, etc. The checklist is updated up to 15 August 2005.
(note that this paper can be downloaded from the ZOOS'PRINT website after free registration, there's no direct link because the Zoosprint website is weirdly organized)
Spiders as Bio-control Agents (http://ciks.org/spiders.htm) "CIKS is at present attempting to realise the biological control potential of spiders for control of a single pest or of a complex system of pests,studing them in the agroecosystem itself."
