List of Spiders of India - IV Family Araneidae Simon, 1895

IV Family Araneidae Simon, 1895

IV.a. Genus Arachnura Vinson, 1863

1. Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867 Distribution: India to Japan and Sulawesi

IV.b. Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757

1. Araneus anantnagensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Araneus bilunifer Pocock, 1900 Comments: Endemic to India
3. Araneus boerneri (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
4. a. A. boerneri clavimaculus (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
5. b. A. boerneri obscurellus (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
6. Araneus camilla (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India
7. Araneus decentellus (Strand, 1907) Distribution: India, China
8. Araneus ellipticus (Tikader & Bal, 1981)
9. Araneus enucleatus (Karsch, 1879) Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra
10. Araneus fulvellus (Roewer, 1942) Distribution: India, Pakistan Comments: Endemic to South Asia.
11. Araneus himalayaensis Tikader, 1975 Distribution: India, China
12. Araneus himalayanus (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India.
13. Araneus hirsutulus (Stoliczka, 1869) Comments: Endemic to India.
14. Araneus liber (Leardi, 1902) Endemic to India.
15. Araneus minutalis (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India.
16. Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea
17. Araneus noegeatus (Thorell, 1895) Distribution: India, Myanmar, Singapore, Sumatra
18. Araneus nympha (Simon, 1889) Distribution: India, Pakistan, China
19. Araneus pahalgaonensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: India, China
20. Araneus panchganiensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India.
21. Araneus sponsus (Thorell, 1887) Comments: Endemic to India.
22. Araneus viridisomus (Gravely, 1921) Comments: Endemic to India.

IV.c. Genus Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

1. Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) Distribution: Palearctic

IV.d. Genus Argiope Audouin, 1826

1. Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Hebrides
2. Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 Distribution: Pakistan to Maldives Comments: Endemic to South Asia
3. Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 Distribution: India, Myanmar, China
4. Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea
5. Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891 Distribution: India, China
6. Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 Distribution: India, Bangladesh, East Asia
7. Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 Distribution: India to China and Java
8. Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) Distribution: Old World
9. Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775) Distribution: Cosmopolitan

IV.e. Genus Cercidia Thorell, 1869

1. Cercidia punctigera Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India.

IV.f. Genus Chorizopes O.P.-Cambridge, 1870

1. Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1965 Comments: Endemic to India.
2. Chorizopes bengalensis Tikader, 1975 Distribution: India, China
3. Chorizopes calciope (Simon, 1895) Comments: Endemic to India.
4. Chorizopes congener O.P.-Cambridge, 1885 Comments: Endemic to India.
5. Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe nom. nov. Comments: Endemic to India.
6. Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India.
7. Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965 Distribution: India, China
8. Chorizopes khedaensis Reddy & Patel, 1993 Comments: Endemic to India.
9. Chorizopes pateli Reddy & Patel, 1993 Comments: Endemic to India.
10. Chorizopes stoliczkae O.P.-Cambridge, 1885 Comments: Endemic to India.
11. Chorizopes tikaderi Sadana & Kaur, 1974 Comments: Endemic to India.

IV.g. Genus Cyclosa Menge, 1866

1. Cyclosa albisternis Simon, 1887 Distribution: India, Hawaii
2. Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea
3. Cyclosa centrodes (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: India to Singapore
4. Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1892) Distribution: India, Bangladesh to Malaysia
5. Cyclosa hexatuberculata Tikader, 1982 Comments: Endemic to India
6. Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) Distribution: Mediterranean to Philippines, Australia
7. Cyclosa micula (Thorell, 1892) Distribution: India, Singapore
8. Cyclosa moonduensis Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
9. Cyclosa mulmeinensis (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: Africa to Japan, Philippines
10. Cyclosa neilensis Tikader, 1977 Comment: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
11. Cyclosa oatesi (Thorell, 1892) Comments: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
12. Cyclosa quinqueguttata (Thorell, 1881) Distribution: India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Taiwan
13. Cyclosa simoni Tikader, 1982 Comments: Endemic to India
14. Cyclosa spirifera Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India
15. Cyclosa tuberascens Simon, 1906 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.h. Genus Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868

1. Cyrtarachne avimerdaria Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Cyrtarachne bengalensis Tikader, 1961 Distribution: India, China
3. Cyrtarachne biswamoyi Tikader, 1961 Comments: Endemic to India
4. Cyrtarachne gravelyi Tikader, 1961 Comments: Endemic to India
5. Cyrtarachne inaequalis Thorell, 1895 Distribution: India to Japan
6. Cyrtarachne invenusta Thorell, 1891 Comments: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
7. Cyrtarachne promilai Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
8. Cyrtarachne raniceps Pocock, 1900 Distribution: India, Sri Lanka Comments: Endemic to South Asia
9. Cyrtarachne schmidi Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
10. Cyrtarachne sundari Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.i. Genus Cyrtophora Simon, 1864

1. Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1970 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) Distribution: Pakistan to New Guinea
3. Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) Distribution: Old World, Hispaniola, Colombia
4. Cyrtophora feai (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: India to Myanmar
5. Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 Comments: Endemic to India
6. Cyrtophora ksudra Sherriffs, 1928 Comments: Endemic to India
7. Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) Distribution: India to Japan, Australia

IV.j. Genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951

1. Eriovixia excelsa (Simon, 1889) Distribution: India, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia,Taiwan
2. Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877) Distribution: India, China to Philippines, New Guinea
3. Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) Distribution: India, China

IV.k. Genus Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833

1. Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Gasteracantha cuspidata C. L. Koch, 1837 Distribution: India, Malaysia, Java

1. Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 Distribution: India, Pakistan Comments: Endemic to South Asia
2. Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 Distribution: India to Philippines
3. Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864 Distribution: India, Myanmar, Thailand, Flores, Borneo
4. Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) Distribution: India, Sri Lanka Comments: Endemic to South Asia
5. Gasteracantha hasselti C.L. Koch, 1837 Distribution: India, China to Moluccas
6. Gasteracantha kuhli C.L. Koch, 1837 Distribution: India to Japan, Philippines

1. Gasteracantha remifera Butler, 1873 Distribution: India, Sri Lanka Comments: Endemic to South Asia
2. Gasteracantha sororna Butler, 1873 Comments: Endemic to India
3. Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1842) Distribution: India to Polynesia
4. Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.l. Genus Gea C.L. Koch, 1843

1. Gea spinipes C.L. Koch, 1843 Distribution: India, China, Taiwan to Borneo
2. Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 Distribution: India, Bangladesh to Philippines, New Guinea

IV.m. Genus Gibbaranea Archer, 1951

1. Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) Distribution: Palearctic

IV.n. Genus Larinia Simon, 1874

1. Larinia bharatae Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Larinia chloris (Audouin, 1826) Distribution: India, Middle East to Mozambique
3. Larinia emertoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
4. Larinia jaysankari Biswas, 1984 Comments: Endemic to India
5. Larinia kanpurae Patel & Nigam, 1994 Comments: Endemic to India
6. Larinia phthisica (L. Koch, 1871) Distribution: Asia, Japan, Philippines, Australia
7. Larinia tyloridia Patel, 1975 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.o. Genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878

1. Lipocrea fusiformis (Thorell, 1877) Distribution: India to Japan, Philippines, Sulawesi

IV.p. Genus Macracantha Simon, 1864 Comments: It is a monotypic Genus

1. Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) Distribution: India, China to Borneo

IV.q. Genus Neogea Levi, 1983

1. Neogea nocticolor (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: India to Sumatra

IV.r. Genus Neoscona Simon, 1864

1. Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) Distribution: India, China
2. Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988 Comments: Endemic to India
3. Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India
4. Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 Comments: Endemic to India
5. Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: Bhutan, India Comments:Endemic to South Asia
6. Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994 Comments: Endemic to India
7. Neoscona dhumani Patel & Reddy, 1993 Comments: Endemic to India
8. Neoscona dyali Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
9. Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: Bangladesh, India to Philippines, Indonesia
10. Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 Comments: Endemic to India
11. Neoscona murthyi Patel & Reddy, 1990 Comments: Endemic to India
12. Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) Distribution: Cosmotropical
13. Neoscona odites (Simon, 1906) Comments: Endemic to India.
14. Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003 Comments: Endemic to India
15. Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906) Distribution: India, China
16. Neoscona platnicki Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 Comments: Endemic to India
17. Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) Distribution: Réunion to Japan
18. Neoscona raydakensis Saha et al., 1995 Comments: Endemic to India
19. Neoscona sanghi Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
20. Neoscona shillongensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: India, China
21. Neoscona sinhagadensis (Tikader, 1975) Distribution: India, China
22. Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1842) Distribution: India, China to Pacific Island
23. Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) Distribution: Cape Verde to India
24. Neoscona ujavalai Reddy & Patel, 1992 Comments: Endemic to India
25. Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) Distribution: Africa to Philippines, New Guinea

IV.s. Genus Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886

1. Ordgarius hexapinus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Ordgarius hobsoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan
3. Ordgarius sexspinosus (Thorell, 1894) Distribution: India to Japan, Indonesia

IV.t. Genus Parawixia F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1904

1. Parawixia dehaanii (Doleschall, 1859) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea

IV.u. Genus Pasilobus Simon, 1895

1. Pasilobus kotigeharus Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.v. Genus Poltys C.L. Koch, 1843

1. Poltys bhabanii (Tikader, 1970) Comments: Endemic to India.
2. Poltys bhavnagarensis Patel, 1988 Comments: Endemic to India
3. Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 Distribution: India to Philippines, Australia
4. Poltys nagpurensis Tikader, 1982 Comments: Endemic to India
5. Poltys pogonias Thorell, 1891 Comments: Endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Islands

IV.w. Genus Prasonica Simon, 1895

1. Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) Distribution: India, Vietnam, Java

IV.x. Genus Singa C. L. Koch, 1836

1. Singa haddooensis Tikader, 1977 Comments: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
2. Singa chota Tikader, 1970 Comments: Endemic to India
3. Singa myrrhea (Simon, 1895) Comments: Endemic to India.

IV.y. Genus Thelacantha Hasselt, 1882 Comments: It is a monotypic genus.

1. Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857) Distribution: India to Philippines, Madagascar, Australia

IV.z. Genus Zilla C. L. Koch, 1834

1. Zilla globosa Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.aa. Genus Zygiella F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1902

1. Zygiella indica Tikader & Bal, 1980 Comments: Endemic to India
2. Zygiella shivui Patel & Reddy, 1990 Comments: Endemic to India