Abstract
A preliminary survey of the spiders fauna of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India was carried out in September 2001. A total of 91 species of spiders belonging to 53 genera distributed in 22 families were recorded from four sites within the Sanctuary. Out of these, Achaearanea globosa sp. nov. of Tharidiidae, Neoscona parambikulamensis sp. nov. of araneidae and Strigoplus moluri sp. nov. of Thomisidae are described and illustrated as new to science. Along with this theraphosid spiders of four species of four different genera are also recorded.