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

IV Family Araneidae Simon, 1895

IV.a. Genus Arachnura Vinson, 1863

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

IV.b. Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757

Araneus anantnagensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India
Araneus bilunifer Pocock, 1900 Comments: Endemic to India
Araneus boerneri (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
a. A. boerneri clavimaculus (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
b. A. boerneri obscurellus (Strand, 1907) Comments: Endemic to India
Araneus camilla (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India
Araneus decentellus (Strand, 1907) Distribution: India, China
Araneus ellipticus (Tikader & Bal, 1981)
Araneus enucleatus (Karsch, 1879) Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra
Araneus fulvellus (Roewer, 1942) Distribution: India, Pakistan Comments: Endemic to South Asia.
Araneus himalayaensis Tikader, 1975 Distribution: India, China
Araneus himalayanus (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India.
Araneus hirsutulus (Stoliczka, 1869) Comments: Endemic to India.
Araneus liber (Leardi, 1902) Endemic to India.
Araneus minutalis (Simon, 1889) Comments: Endemic to India.
Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea
Araneus noegeatus (Thorell, 1895) Distribution: India, Myanmar, Singapore, Sumatra
Araneus nympha (Simon, 1889) Distribution: India, Pakistan, China
Araneus pahalgaonensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: India, China
Araneus panchganiensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India.
Araneus sponsus (Thorell, 1887) Comments: Endemic to India.
Araneus viridisomus (Gravely, 1921) Comments: Endemic to India.

IV.c. Genus Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) Distribution: Palearctic

IV.d. Genus Argiope Audouin, 1826

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

IV.e. Genus Cercidia Thorell, 1869

Cercidia punctigera Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India.

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

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

IV.g. Genus Cyclosa Menge, 1866

Cyclosa albisternis Simon, 1887 Distribution: India, Hawaii
Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) Distribution: India to Philippines, New Guinea
Cyclosa centrodes (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: India to Singapore
Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1892) Distribution: India, Bangladesh to Malaysia
Cyclosa hexatuberculata Tikader, 1982 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) Distribution: Mediterranean to Philippines, Australia
Cyclosa micula (Thorell, 1892) Distribution: India, Singapore
Cyclosa moonduensis Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyclosa mulmeinensis (Thorell, 1887) Distribution: Africa to Japan, Philippines
Cyclosa neilensis Tikader, 1977 Comment: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Cyclosa oatesi (Thorell, 1892) Comments: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Cyclosa quinqueguttata (Thorell, 1881) Distribution: India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Taiwan
Cyclosa simoni Tikader, 1982 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyclosa spirifera Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyclosa tuberascens Simon, 1906 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.h. Genus Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868

Cyrtarachne avimerdaria Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyrtarachne bengalensis Tikader, 1961 Distribution: India, China
Cyrtarachne biswamoyi Tikader, 1961 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyrtarachne gravelyi Tikader, 1961 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyrtarachne inaequalis Thorell, 1895 Distribution: India to Japan
Cyrtarachne invenusta Thorell, 1891 Comments: Endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Cyrtarachne promilai Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyrtarachne raniceps Pocock, 1900 Distribution: India, Sri Lanka Comments: Endemic to South Asia
Cyrtarachne schmidi Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India
Cyrtarachne sundari Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India

IV.i. Genus Cyrtophora Simon, 1864

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

IV.j. Genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951

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

IV.k. Genus Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833

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

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

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

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

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

IV.m. Genus Gibbaranea Archer, 1951

Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) Distribution: Palearctic

IV.n. Genus Larinia Simon, 1874

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

IV.o. Genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878

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

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

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

IV.q. Genus Neogea Levi, 1983

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

IV.r. Genus Neoscona Simon, 1864

Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) Distribution: India, China
Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: Bhutan, India Comments:Endemic to South Asia
Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona dhumani Patel & Reddy, 1993 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona dyali Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: Bangladesh, India to Philippines, Indonesia
Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona murthyi Patel & Reddy, 1990 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) Distribution: Cosmotropical
Neoscona odites (Simon, 1906) Comments: Endemic to India.
Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906) Distribution: India, China
Neoscona platnicki Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) Distribution: Réunion to Japan
Neoscona raydakensis Saha et al., 1995 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona sanghi Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona shillongensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 Distribution: India, China
Neoscona sinhagadensis (Tikader, 1975) Distribution: India, China
Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1842) Distribution: India, China to Pacific Island
Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) Distribution: Cape Verde to India
Neoscona ujavalai Reddy & Patel, 1992 Comments: Endemic to India
Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) Distribution: Africa to Philippines, New Guinea

IV.s. Genus Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886

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

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

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

IV.u. Genus Pasilobus Simon, 1895

Pasilobus kotigeharus Tikader, 1963 Comments: Endemic to India

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

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

IV.w. Genus Prasonica Simon, 1895

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

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

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

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