This is a list of the spiders found in India and is based on Siliwal, Molur and Biswas (2005).Siliwal, Manju, S. Molur and B.K. Biswas (2005) Indian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae): updated checklist 2005. ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL 20(10): 1999-2049

I. Family Agelenidae C.L. Koch, 1837 I.a. Genus Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 Agelena barunae Tikader, 1970 Comments: Endemic to India Agelena gautami Tikader, 1962 Comments: Endemic to India Agelena inda Simon, 1897 Comments: Endemic to India Agelena oaklandensis Barman, 1979 Comments: Endemic to India Agelena satmila Tikader, 1970 Comments: Endemic to India Agelena shillongensis Tikader, 1969 Comments: Endemic to India I.b. Genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 Tegenaria comstocki Gajbe, 2004 Comments: Endemic to India Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757) Tegenaria hemanginiae Reddy & Patel, 1992 Comments: Endemic to India Tegenaria shillongensis Barman, 1979 Comments: Endemic to India

II. Family Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870 II.a. Genus Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 Amaurobius andhracus Patel & Reddy, 1990 Comments: Endemic to India Amaurobius indicus Bastawade, 2002 Comments: Endemic to India. Misplaced ? Amaurobius nathabhaii Patel & Patel, 1975 Comments: Endemic to India II.b. Genus Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967 Tamgrinia alveolifera (Schenkel, 1936)

III Family Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 III.a. Genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 Anyphaena soricina Simon, 1889 Comments: Endemic to India

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