Vivekanand Biswas
Department of Zoology, Khulna Government Womens’ College, Khulna – 9000, Bangladesh.
ABSTRACT: A new species of jumping spider ganus Harmochirus Simon namely – H. Narayani n. sp.is described and illustrated. Generic diagnosis together with the distribution and key to the species are also provided.
Keywords: New species, Jumping spider, Harmochirus, Araneae, Harmochirinae, Salticidae, Bangladesh.
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