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Checklist for Subfamily Araneinae Simon, 1895
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
284
1524
5154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
243
1292
4506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
795
3285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
68
781
3254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
56
735
2986
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
54
733
2984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
260
865
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
49
264
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
28
176
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
28 Genera with 176 Species
#ACEGHLMNPSZ
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Anepsion Strand, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1867Tailed spider2SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1921Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers36SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 2020Cucumber spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 199414SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 2017Three-lobed Spiders24SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 19998SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 20163SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19759SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19771SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1995Spotted orbweavers34SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19822SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 20069SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1895Striped orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 19903SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
176 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895
Anepsion keralensis Jose, 2011
Anepsion maritatum O. P.-Cambridge, 1877
Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970
Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867Black tail spider
Araneus alsine Walckenaer, 1802Orange Wheelweaving Spider
Araneus anantnagensis Tikader & Bal, 1981
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bastarensis Gajbe, 2005
Araneus bilunifer Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Araneus boerneri Strand, 1907
Araneus boerneri clavimaculus Strand, 1907
Araneus boerneri obscurellus Strand, 1907
Araneus camilla Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Araneus decentellus Strand, 1907
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus ellipticus Tikader & Bal, 1981
Araneus enucleatus Karsch, 1879
Araneus fuellus
Araneus fulvellus Roewer, 1942
Araneus himalayaensis (Tikader, 1975)⇒ Plebs himalayaensis Tikader, 1975
Araneus himalayanus Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Araneus hirsutulus Stoliczka, 1869
Araneus liber Leardi, 1902
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus minutalis Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Araneus noegeatus Thorell, 1895
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus nympha Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Araneus pahalgaonensis Tikader & Bal, 1981
Araneus panchganiensis Tikader & Bal, 1981
Araneus praedatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus sponsus Thorell, 1887
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus tubabdominus Zhu & Zhang, 1993
Araneus varpunen Sen & al., 2015
Araneus viridisomus Gravely, 1921
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella levii Zamani & Mar..., 2020
Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Mar..., 2020
Araniella nympha Simon, 1889
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Araniella villanii Zamani, Maru..., 2020
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cercidia punctigera Eugène Simon, 1889
Chorizopes anjanes Benoy Krishn..., 1965
Chorizopes bengalensis (Benoy Krishn..., 1975)⇒ Porcataraneus bengalensis Tikader, 1975
Chorizopes calciope Eugène Simon, 1895
Chorizopes congener Octavius Pic..., 1885
Chorizopes frontalis O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
Chorizopes kastoni Pawan U. Gaj..., 2004
Chorizopes khandaricus Pawan U. Gajbe, 2005
Chorizopes khanjanes (Benoy Krishn..., 1965)⇒ Chorizopes wulingensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1994
Chorizopes khedaensis C. Adinaraya..., 1993
Chorizopes pateli C. Adinaraya..., 1993
Chorizopes quadrituberculata Roy & al., 2014
Chorizopes stoliczkae Octavius Pic..., 1885
Chorizopes tikaderi (Sadana & Kaur, 1974)⇒ Chorizopes khandaricus Pawan U. Gajbe, 2005
Chorizopes wulingensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1994
Cyclosa albisternis Eugène Simon, 1888Trashline orbweaver
Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859
Cyclosa bilobata Sen, Saha & ..., 2012
Cyclosa centrodes Tord Tamerla..., 1887
Cyclosa confraga Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa gossypiata Keswani, 2013
Cyclosa hexatuberculata Benoy Krishn..., 1982
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa krusa Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Cyclosa micula Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Cyclosa moonduensis Benoy Krishn..., 1963
Cyclosa mulmeinensis Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa neilensis Benoy Krishn..., 1977
Cyclosa oatesi Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa purnai Keswani, 2013
Cyclosa quinqueguttata Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Cyclosa simoni Benoy Krishn..., 1982
Cyclosa spirifera Eugène Simon, 1889
Cyclosa tuberascens Eugène Simon, 1906
Cyclosa vankhedensis Dhande, Bodk..., 2017
Eriophora himalayaensis (Benoy Krishn..., 1975)⇒ Plebs himalayaensis Tikader, 1975
Eriovixia excelsa Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Eriovixia gryffindori Ahmed, Khal..., 2016
Eriovixia kachugaonensis P. Basumatar..., 2019
Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877
Eriovixia palawanensis Barrion & Li..., 1995Crown of Thorns Starfish
Eriovixia patulisus Barrion & Li..., 1995Crown of Thorns Starfish
Eriovixia poonaensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea indiana Roy, Saha & ..., 2015
Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844
Hypsosinga satpuraensis Bodkhe, Uniy..., 2016
Larinia bharatae Bhandari & P..., 2001
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Larinia emertoni Pawan U. Gaj..., 2004
Larinia jaysankari Biswamoy Biswas, 1984
Larinia kanpurae Patel & Nigam, 1994
Larinia mandlaensis Pawan U. Gajbe, 2005
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Larinia teiraensis Biswas & Biswas, 2007
Larinia tyloridia Patel, 1975
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Lipocrea fusiformis Thorell, 1877
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Metazygia yobena Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira andamanensis Tikader, 1977
Neoscona achine Eugène Simon, 1906
Neoscona bengalensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988
Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & P..., 2001
Neoscona bomdilaensis Biswamoy Bis..., 2006
Neoscona chrysanthusi Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994
Neoscona dhumani Patel & C. A..., 1993
Neoscona dyali Pawan U. Gajbe, 2004
Neoscona elliptica Tikader & Bal, 1981
Neoscona enucleata Karsch, 1879
Neoscona molemensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona mukerjei Benoy Krishn..., 1980
Neoscona murthyi Patel & C. A..., 1990
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona odites Eugène Simon, 1906
Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003
Neoscona pavida Eugène Simon, 1906
Neoscona platnicki Pawan U. Gaj..., 2001
Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857
Neoscona raydakensis Subhendu Sek..., 1995
Neoscona sanghi Pawan U. Gajbe, 2004
Neoscona sanjivani Pawan U. Gajbe, 2004
Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924
Neoscona shillongensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona sinhagadensis Benoy Krishn..., 1975
Neoscona theis Walck. Walck..., 0
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona ujavalai C. Adinaraya..., 1992
Neoscona usbonga Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Neoscona xishanensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1990
Neoscona yptinika Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Nuctenea silvicultrix Koch, 1844
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Parawixia dehaanii (Tikader, 1982)⇒ Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Poltys bhaban Tikader, 1970
Poltys bhabanii Benoy Krishn..., 1970
Poltys bhavnagarensis Patel, 1988
Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Poltys godrejii Bastawade & ..., 2006
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843
Poltys nagpurensis Benoy Krishn..., 1982
Poltys pogonias Tord Tamerla..., 1891Oxaeid bees
Poltys rehmanii Bastawade & ..., 2006
Prasonica insolens Eugène Simon, 1909
Singa chota Benoy Krishn..., 1970
Singa haddooensis Benoy Krishn..., 1977
Singa keyserlingi McCook, 1893
Singa myrrhea Eugène Simon, 1895
Stroemiellus stroemi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Zilla globosa Subhendu Sek..., 2004Common blunt armed sea star
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella indica (Benoy Krishn..., 1980)⇒ Guizygiella indica Tikader & Bal, 1980
Zygiella shivui (Patel & C. A..., 1990)⇒ Guizygiella shivui Patel & Reddy, 1990

Subnodes of Araneinae with occurrences in India
TribeAnepsiini
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeArachnurini
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeAraneini
Simon, 1895
10
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCyclosini
4
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDolophonini
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMangorini
Simon, 1895
8
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePoltyini
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom