page_title: List of spiders of India
section_title: IV Family Araneidae Simon, 1895
hierarchical_section_title: List of spiders of India / IV Family Araneidae Simon, 1895
caption_attribution_description: Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 from Wayanad (Determiner: Manju Siliwal manjusiliwal at gmail.com )
context_page_description: This is a list of the spiders found in India and is based on Siliwal, Molur and Biswas.
context_section_description: 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) Co
caption: Gasteracantha dalyi
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