Araneae Spider. - Zoological Survey of India Author Biswas, B. Author Majumder, S. C. text 1995 Zoological Survey of India State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya Part 2 93 128 book chapter 10.5281/zenodo.847631 5b354da7-c255-4580-b8b3-05890e334796 847631 57. Diaea jaintious Tikader 1966. Diaea jaintious Tikader , Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Bangalore, 64 (1): 59. 1980. Diaea jaintious : Tikader , Fauna of India, Spiders: Araneae , 1 (1): 105. Specimen examined: 1 ♀ , Polobazar, Turist lodge, Shillong , Meghalaya , 7. iv . 1971 , coll. S. K. Ghosh. Diagnosis Cephalothorax longer than wide, narrow in front, clothed with spines. Eyes are black, lateral eyes situated on the shallow tubercles. Ocular quadrate wider than long. Abdomen oval prominently dialated behind, clothed with spiny hair. Distribution: India Shillong, Meghalaya.