Species list, Checklist of Class Arachnida (Arachnids) for India (South Asia)

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Checklist for Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 (Arachnids)
and region India (South Asia)

Class

Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids

284
1524
5154

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for India
284 Families width 5154 Species and 60 Subspecies

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Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	12	Species	Taxom
Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967		2	Species	Taxom
Achipteriidae Thor, 1929		1	Species	Taxom
Adamystidae Cunliffe, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837	Agelenid Spiders	25	Species	Taxom
Alloptidae Gaud, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Allothyridae Van der Hammen, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870	Amaurobiids	16	Species	Taxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 1907		30	Species	Taxom
Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Analgidae Trouessart &..., 1884	Feather mites	2	Species	Taxom
Anapidae Simon, 1895	Anapid spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910		7	Species	Taxom
Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878	Anyphaenid sac spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936	Whirligig Mites	2	Species	Taxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895	Golden orb web spiders	264	Species	Taxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Soft tick	9	Species	Taxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 1900		36	Species	Taxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 1905		9	Species	Taxom
Assamiidae Sørensen, 1884		54	Species	Taxom
Atemnidae Chamberlin, 1931		31	Species	Taxom
Athienemanniidae Viets, 1922		6	Species	Taxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 1972		3	Species	Taxom
Aturidae Thor, 1900		32	Species	Taxom
Atypidae Thorell, 1870	Atypical tarantulas	2	Species	Taxom
Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905		0	Species	Taxom
Barychelidae Simon, 1889	Brush-footed trapdoors	18	Species	Taxom
Basilobelbidae Balogh, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834	Snout Mites	5	Species	Taxom
Biantidae Thorell, 1889		8	Species	Taxom
Blattisociidae (Garman, 1948)		9	Species	Taxom
Bothriuridae Simon, 1880		1	Species	Taxom
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837	Arrowbreasted scorpions	85	Species	Taxom
Caloppiidae (Balogh, 1960)		2	Species	Taxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957	Stilt-legged mites	1	Species	Taxom
Camisiidae Oudemans, 1900		2	Species	Taxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884		8	Species	Taxom
Carabodidae Koch, 1837		2	Species	Taxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925		0	Species	Taxom
Chaerilidae Pocock, 1893		9	Species	Taxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Charontidae Simon, 1892		3	Species	Taxom
Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887	Eutichurid Spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Cheiridiidae Hansen, 1893		2	Species	Taxom
Cheliferidae Risso, 1826		23	Species	Taxom
Chernetidae Menge, 1855		21	Species	Taxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 1815		38	Species	Taxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 1892		2	Species	Taxom
Chortoglyphidae Berlese, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Chthoniidae Daday, 1888		13	Species	Taxom
Cithaeronidae Simon, 1893	Cithaeronid spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Clubionidae Wagner, 1887	Clubiones	49	Species	Taxom
Corinnidae Karsch, 1880	Ant-like Sac Spiders	61	Species	Taxom
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1946		3	Species	Taxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876		2	Species	Taxom
Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877	Tropical wolf spiders	38	Species	Taxom
Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887	Cork-lid trapdoor spider	1	Species	Taxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902	Predatory Mites	13	Species	Taxom
Cybaeidae Banks, 1892	Pond Water Spiders	2	Species	Taxom
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick, 1928		1	Species	Taxom
Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850	Net-casters	4	Species	Taxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855	Follicle mites	1	Species	Taxom
Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859	Dermanyssid mites	1	Species	Taxom
Dermationidae Fain, 1965		0	Species	Taxom
Desidae Pocock, 1895	Desid spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Dictynidae O. P-Cambridge, 1871	Dictynid spiders	30	Species	Taxom
Digamasellidae Evans, 1957		4	Species	Taxom
Diguetidae F. O. Pickar..., 1899	Coneweb spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Diplogyniidae Trägårdh, 1941		2	Species	Taxom
Dipluridae Simon, 1889	Curtainweb Spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Diptilomiopidae Boczek, 1964		28	Species	Taxom
Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837	Dysderid spiders	2	Species	Taxom
Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Entonyssidae Ewing, 1922		1	Species	Taxom
Epedanidae Sørensen, 1886		10	Species	Taxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Eremaeidae Oudemans, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Eremobelbidae Balogh, 1961		4	Species	Taxom
Eremulidae Grandjean, 1965		5	Species	Taxom
Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1851	Eresid spiders	6	Species	Taxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898	Blister mites	222	Species	Taxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 1902		6	Species	Taxom
Eukoeneniidae Condé, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930		3	Species	Taxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967	Eupodid mites	1	Species	Taxom
Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896	Shorttail scorpions	21	Species	Taxom
Eviphididae Berlese, 1913		3	Species	Taxom
Eylaidae Leach, 1815		2	Species	Taxom
Feaellidae Ellingsen, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Fedrizziidae Trägårdh, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Filistatidae Ausserer, 1867	Crevice weaver	19	Species	Taxom
Frontipodopsidae Viets, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Galeodidae Sundevall, 1833		22	Species	Taxom
Galumnellidae Piffl, 1970		2	Species	Taxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 1925		9	Species	Taxom
Garypidae Simon, 1879		5	Species	Taxom
Garypinidae Daday, 1888		4	Species	Taxom
Geogarypidae Chamberlin, 1930		8	Species	Taxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 1778		4	Species	Taxom
Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898	Flat-bellied ground spiders	240	Species	Taxom
Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833		1	Species	Taxom
Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878	Dwarf sheet spiders	11	Species	Taxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877	Sea mites	15	Species	Taxom
Halonoproctidae Pocock, 1901		8	Species	Taxom
Haplochthoniidae Van der Hammen, 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 1936		3	Species	Taxom
Harpagopalpidae Viets, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Hemisarcoptidae Oudemans, 1904		0	Species	Taxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		3	Species	Taxom
Hersiliidae Thorell, 1870	Hersiliids	14	Species	Taxom
Heterobelbidae Balogh, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Heterocoptidae Fain, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Heterozerconidae Berlese, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Hexathelidae Simon, 1892	Australian funnelweb spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897		2	Species	Taxom
Homalonychidae Simon, 1893	Dusty desert spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		10	Species	Taxom
Hubbardiidae Cook, 1899	Hubbardiid shorttailed whipscorpions	8	Species	Taxom
Hungarohydracaridae Motas & Tana..., 1959		8	Species	Taxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815		2	Species	Taxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896		7	Species	Taxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842		13	Species	Taxom
Hyidae Chamberlin, 1930		2	Species	Taxom
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910		2	Species	Taxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)		1	Species	Taxom
Ideoroncidae Chamberlin, 1930		1	Species	Taxom
Idiopidae Simon, 1892	Armored trapdoor spiders	40	Species	Taxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Iuridae Thorell, 1876	Largetooth scorpions	2	Species	Taxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Hard Tick	34	Species	Taxom
Ixodorhynchidae Ewing, 1923		1	Species	Taxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 1892		10	Species	Taxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944	Chigger mites	0	Species	Taxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 1900		9	Species	Taxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859		1	Species	Taxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859	Dwarf spiders	312	Species	Taxom
Liocranidae Simon, 1897	Liocranid sac spiders	19	Species	Taxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		5	Species	Taxom
Lohmanniidae Berlese, 1916		14	Species	Taxom
Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979	Ground Spiders	227	Species	Taxom
Machadobelbidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930		19	Species	Taxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936	Macronyssid Mites	8	Species	Taxom
Macrothelidae Simon, 1892		1	Species	Taxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916		5	Species	Taxom
Megisthanidae Berlese, 1914		2	Species	Taxom
Melicharidae (Hirschmann, 1962)		2	Species	Taxom
Mesoplophoridae Ewing, 1917		4	Species	Taxom
Metagynuridae Baker & Wharton, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936	Micro velvet mites	3	Species	Taxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910		4	Species	Taxom
Mimetidae Simon, 1881	Pirate spider	6	Species	Taxom
Miturgidae Simon, 1885	Long-legged sac spiders	47	Species	Taxom
Mochlozetidae Grandjean, 1960		2	Species	Taxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 1877		6	Species	Taxom
Myocoptidae Gunther, 1942		1	Species	Taxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928	Dwarf cobweb spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		2	Species	Taxom
Nemesiidae Simon, 1892	Tube Trapdoor Spiders	9	Species	Taxom
Neobisiidae Chamberlin, 1930		6	Species	Taxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894	Cave cobweb spider	1	Species	Taxom
Nosybelbidae Mahunka, 1994		7	Species	Taxom
Ochyroceratidae Fage, 1912	Midget ground weaver	2	Species	Taxom
Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862	Disc web spider	8	Species	Taxom
Ologamasidae Ryke, 1962		9	Species	Taxom
Olpiidae Banks, 1895		47	Species	Taxom
Omartacaridae Cook, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Oonopidae Simon, 1890	Dwarf Cell Spiders	54	Species	Taxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937		20	Species	Taxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 1929		3	Species	Taxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954		6	Species	Taxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 1961		11	Species	Taxom
Otopheidomenidae Treat, 1955		3	Species	Taxom
Oxidae Viets, 1926		1	Species	Taxom
Oxyameridae Aoki, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870	Lynx spiders	113	Species	Taxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913		2	Species	Taxom
Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870	Palp-footed spiders	12	Species	Taxom
Papillonotidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Paracharontidae Weygoldt, 1996		1	Species	Taxom
Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901	Beetle Mites	4	Species	Taxom
Parholaspididae Evans, 1956		0	Species	Taxom
Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802	Daddy-Long-Legs	7	Species	Taxom
Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955		1	Species	Taxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Philodromidae Thorell, 1870	False crab spiders	66	Species	Taxom
Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851	Carpenter spider	25	Species	Taxom
Phrynichidae Simon, 1892		4	Species	Taxom
Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841		17	Species	Taxom
Phytoptidae Manson, 1970		8	Species	Taxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916	Phytoseiid mites	24	Species	Taxom
Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986	Pimoid spiders	8	Species	Taxom
Pionidae Thor, 1900		4	Species	Taxom
Pisauridae Simon, 1890	Big wolf spider	42	Species	Taxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 1990		3	Species	Taxom
Podocinidae Berlese, 1913		3	Species	Taxom
Podoctidae Roewer, 1912		8	Species	Taxom
Polyaspididae Berlese, 1913		1	Species	Taxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 1884		2	Species	Taxom
Psechridae James, 1989	Psechrid spiders	15	Species	Taxom
Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923		2	Species	Taxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838	Scab mites	0	Species	Taxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 1899		0	Species	Taxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 1964		2	Species	Taxom
Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958	Dust mites	3	Species	Taxom
Raillietiidae Vitzthum, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877		2	Species	Taxom
Rhagidiidae Zacharda, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Rhagodidae Pocock, 1897		7	Species	Taxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895		2	Species	Taxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Rugodentidae Bastawade, S..., 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Sabaconidae Dresco, 1970	Sabaconid Harvestmen	3	Species	Taxom
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842	Jumping Spider	524	Species	Taxom
Sandokanidae Özdikmen & K..., 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877	Itch mites	4	Species	Taxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 1935		8	Species	Taxom
Sclerosomatidae Simon, 1879	Sclerosomatid Harvestmen	163	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	36	Species	Taxom
Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864	Glue spitter	13	Species	Taxom
Segestriidae Simon, 1893	Six-eyed Spiders	11	Species	Taxom
Sejidae Berlese, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Selenopidae Simon, 1897	Flatties	14	Species	Taxom
Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880	Brown recluse spiders	2	Species	Taxom
Solpugidae Leach, 1815		1	Species	Taxom
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872	Giant crab spiders	127	Species	Taxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		1	Species	Taxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1902		3	Species	Taxom
Steganacaridae (NiedbaÅ‚a, 1986)		1	Species	Taxom
Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873	Stenochilid spiders	2	Species	Taxom
Sternophoridae J.C. Chamberlin, 1923		1	Species	Taxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 1967		19	Species	Taxom
Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938		1	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		1	Species	Taxom
Syarinidae Chamberlin, 1930		2	Species	Taxom
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931	Dwarf orb-weavers	0	Species	Taxom
Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953	Quill mites	7	Species	Taxom
Taracidae Schönhofer, 2013		1	Species	Taxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877	Tarsonemid mites	9	Species	Taxom
Tengellidae (Dahl, 1908)	Tengellid spiders	1	Species	Taxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913	False spider mites	52	Species	Taxom
Tetrablemmidae O. P-Cambridge, 1873	Armored spider	10	Species	Taxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866	Elongated Orb Weavers	119	Species	Taxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875	Spider mites	124	Species	Taxom
Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835		11	Species	Taxom
Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870	Bird-eating spiders	89	Species	Taxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833	Cobweb And Widow Spiders	157	Species	Taxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881	Ray orbweavers	2	Species	Taxom
Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833	Crab Spider	240	Species	Taxom
Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967	Rock Weavers	12	Species	Taxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902	Torrent Mites	19	Species	Taxom
Trachyuropodidae Kramer, 1881		2	Species	Taxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 1917		7	Species	Taxom
Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, 1931		5	Species	Taxom
Trichthoniidae (Lee, 1982)		1	Species	Taxom
Trionyxellidae Roewer, 1912		14	Species	Taxom
Triophytydeidae		0	Species	Taxom
Triplogyniidae Funk, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879	Flat spiders	5	Species	Taxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929	Chigger mites	10	Species	Taxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815	Beer Bahuti	5	Species	Taxom
Tuckerellidae Baker & Prit..., 1953	Peacock mites	1	Species	Taxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877	Tydeid mites	5	Species	Taxom
Uloboridae Thorell, 1869	Cribellate orb weavers	31	Species	Taxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909		16	Species	Taxom
Urodinychidae Berlese, 1917		6	Species	Taxom
Uropodidae Kramer, 1881		2	Species	Taxom
Vaejovidae Thorell, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Varroidae Delfinado & ..., 1974		1	Species	Taxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923		1	Species	Taxom
Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931		9	Species	Taxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953		0	Species	Taxom
Zerconidae Berlese, 1892		7	Species	Taxom
Zodariidae Thorell, 1881	Ant spiders	58	Species	Taxom
Zoridae F. O. P-Camb..., 1893	Wandering Spiders	2	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Arachnida with occurrences in India

Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	41 231 647	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	243 1292 4506	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Arachnida (Lamarck 1801)

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