Nephila clavata L. Koch

Biswas, B. & Majumder, S. C., 1995, Araneae Spider. - Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya Part 2, Zoological Survey of India, pp. 93-128 : 96

8. Nephila clavata L. Koch

1878. Nephila clavata L. Koch, Verh. zool. -bot. Ges. Wien., 27: 741.

1982. Nephila clavata: Tikader, Fauna of India, Spiders: Araneae , 2 (1): 102.

Specimen examined: 4 ♀, Mawphlong, Khasi Hill , Meghalaya, 21. viii.1974, coll. S. K. Gupta ; 3 ♀ Jhadlakai Lake, Jaintia Hill, Shillong , Meghalaya, 18. viii.1981, coll. J. P. Sati ; 5 ♀, Botanical Garden, Shillong , Meghalaya, 19.x.1974, coll. M. S. Jyrwa ; 5 ♀, Chabeti, Shillong , Meghalaya, 19.ix.1963, coll. V. Sati ; 2 ♀, Tripura Castle Hill, Shillong , Meghalaya, 30.iii.1974, coll. M. S. Jyrwa .

Distribution: India: Shillong, Meghalaya. Bhutan; Sikkim; Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Laccadive Islands. Burma, Thailand, Japan, Chin, Pakistan, Baluchisthan, Formosa.