Soil surface dwelling insects and spiders in katarni rice nursery at sabour, Bihar

Soil surface dwelling arthropods play a vital role in rice ecosystem and there is a need to explore these in the rice nursery. This study attempts this from Bihar and observes 13 species viz., Abacetus sp., Clivina sp., Elaphropus sp., Scarites sp., Tachys sp., Paederus fuscipes Curt., Anthicidae (unidentified species), Camponotus compressus (F.), Dermaptera (unidentified species), Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge), Pardosa sp., Castianeira zetes Simon and Bianor sp. from Katarni rice nursery. Familywise and specieswise abundance along with diversity indices are discussed.