Spiders of Kerala

Checklist of Spiders reported from Kerala

Achaearanea durgae Tikader, 1970

Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895

Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Amyciaea forticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)

Angaeus pentagonalis Pocock, 1901

Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970

Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867

Araneus ellipticus (Tikader & Bal, 1981)

Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886)

Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841)

Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887

Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859)

Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881

Argyrodes argentatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880

Argyrodes flavescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880

Argyrodes gazedes Tikader, 1970

Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tanikawa, 1999

Ariamnes flagellum (Doleschall, 1857)

Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837

Asemonea cristata Thorell, 1895

Asemonea tenuipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

Atypena adelinae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995

Bianor angulosus (Karsch, 1879)

Brancus calebi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018

Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895

Burmattus pococki (Thorell, 1895)

Camaricus formosus Thorell, 1887

Camaricus khandalaensis Tikader, 1980

Camaricus rinkae Biswas & Roy, 2005

Cambalida deorsa Murthappa, Prajapati, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016

Carrhotus viduus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Castianeira furva Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2015

Castianeira zetes Simon, 1897

Chalcotropis pennata Simon, 1902

Cheiracanthium danieli Tikader, 1975

Cheiracanthium melanostomum (Thorell, 1895)

Chikunia nigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)

Chilobrachys hardwickei (Pocock, 1895)

Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879)

Chrysso angula (Tikader, 1970)

Chrysso urbasae (Tikader, 1970)

Cocalus lacinia Sudhin, Nafin, Sumesh & Sudhikumar, 2019

Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867)

Cryptothele sundaica Thorell, 1890

Ctenus cochinensis Gravely, 1931

Ctenus indicus Gravely, 1931

Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859)

Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1892)

Cyclosa hexatuberculata Tikader, 1982

Cyclosa moonduensis Tikader, 1963

Cyclosa neilensis Tikader, 1977

Cyclosa quinqueguttata (Thorell, 1881)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869)

Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)

Cyrtophora unicolor (Doleschall, 1857)

Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb, 2014

Dendrolycosa gitae (Tikader, 1970)

Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895)

Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck, 1757)

Draposa atropalpis (Gravely, 1924)

Epeus tener (Simon, 1877)

Epeus triangulopalpis Malamel, Nafin, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019

Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000

Episinus affinis Bosenberg & Strand, 1906

Epocilla aurantiaca (Simon, 1885)

Eriovixia gryffindori Ahmed, Khalap & Sumukha, 2016

Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877)

Eriovixia palawanensis (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995)

Eriovixia porcula (Simon, 1877)

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999

Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Fecenia protensa Thorell, 1891

Gamasomorpha clypeolaria Simon, 1907

Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900

Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)

Gasteracantha hasselti C. L. Koch, 1837

Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837

Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843

Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890

Guizygiella indica (Tikader & Bal, 1980)

Hamadruas sikkimensis (Tikader, 1970)

Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915

Harmochirus brachiatus (Thorell, 1877)

Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001

Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826)

Heligmomerus garoensis (Tikader, 1977)

Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859)

Hermippus gavi Sankaran, Jobi, Joseph & Sebastian, 2014

Hermippus inflexus Sankaran, Jobi, Joseph & Sebastian, 2014

Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836

Hersilia striata Wang & Yin, 1985

Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)

Hindumanes karnatakaensis (Tikader & Biswas, 1978)

Hippasa agelenoides (Simon, 1884)

Hippasa holmerae Thorell, 1895

Hippasa lycosina Pocock, 1900

Hippasa madraspatana Gravely, 1924

Hygropoda gracilis (Thorell 1891)

Hyllus manu Caleb, Christudhas, Laltanpuii & Chitra, 2014

Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885)

Hyptiotes indicus Tikader, 1970

Indopadilla insularis (Malamel, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2015)

Indoxysticus minutus (Tikader, 1960)

Larinia chloris (Audouin, 1826)

Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864)

Leucauge tessellata (Thorell, 1887)

Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)

Makdiops agumbensis (Tikader, 1969)

Marengo batheryensis Sudhin, Nafin, Benjamin & Sudhikumar, 2019

Marengo crassipes Peckham & Peckham, 1892

Marengo zebra Sudhin, Nafin, Benjamin & Sudhikumar, 2019

Massuria sreepanchamii (Tikader, 1962)

Matidia virens Thorell, 1878

Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour, 1831)

Menemerus fulvus (L. Koch, 1878)

Meotipa multuma Murthappa, Sebastian & Venkateshwarlu, 2017

Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895

Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

Miagrammopes extensus Simon, 1889

Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887)

Mimetus indicus Simon, 1906

Murricia triangularis Baehr & Baehr, 1993

Myrmaplata plataleoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839

Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981

Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981

Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980

Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841)

Nephila kuhlii (Doleschall, 1859)

Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)

Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)

Neriene sundaica (Simon, 1905)

Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846)

Nihonhimea mundula (L. Koch, 1872)

Oedignatha indica Reddy & Patel, 1993

Olios milleti (Pocock, 1901)

Opadometa fastigata (Simon, 1877)

Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882)

Ovia procurva (Yu & Song, 1988)

Oxyopes birmanicus Thorell, 1887

Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock, 1901

Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887

Oxyopes lineatipes (C. L. Koch, 1847)

Oxyopes shweta Tikader, 1970

Oxyopes sunandae Tikader, 1970

Oxytate virens (Thorell, 1891)

Ozyptila khasi Tikader, 1961

Pandercetes celatus Pocock, 1899

Paraplectana gravelyi (Tikader, 1961)

Parasteatoda celsabdomina (Zhu, 1998)

Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859)

Pardosa mysorensis (Tikader & Mukerji, 1971)

Pardosa pseudoannulata (Bosenberg & Strand, 1906)

Pardosa sumatrana (Thorell, 1890)

Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878

Peucetia viridana (Stoliczka, 1869)

Phaeacius lancearius (Thorell, 1895)

Phaeacius malayensis Wanless, 1981

Phidippus yashodharae Tikader, 1977

Phintella debilis (Thorell, 1891)

Phintella vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Phintelloides jesudasi (Caleb & Mathai, 2014)

Phoroncidia septemaculeata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873

Phrynarachne rugosa (Walckenaer, 1805)

Phrynarachne tuberosa (Blackwall, 1864)

Piranthus planolancis Malamel, Nafin, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019

Plebs mitratus (Simon, 1895)

Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899

Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)

Plexippus petersi (Karsch, 1878)

Poecilochroa barmani Tikader, 1982

Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899

Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock, 1899

Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895

Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890

Polyboea zonaformis (Wang, 1993)

Porcataraneus bengalensis (Tikader, 1975)

Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859)

Portia labiata (Thorell, 1887)

Pribumia atrigularis (Simon, 1901)

Pritha insularis (Thorell, 1891)

Propostira quadrangulata Simon, 1894

Psechrus torvus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

Psellonus planus Simon, 1897

Rhene danieli Tikader, 1973

Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902

Rhene flavigera (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Rhene rubrigera (Thorell, 1887)

Rhomphaea projiciens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1965

Sarascelis raffrayi Simon, 1893

Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837

Scytodes pallida Doleschall, 1859

Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802)

Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901)

Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)

Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890)

Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892

Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015

Stenaelurillus arambagensis (Biswas & Biswas, 1992)

Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934

Strigoplus netravati Tikader, 1963

Synema decoratum Tikader, 1960

Tamigalesus munnaricus Zabka, 1988

Tapponia micans Simon, 1885

Telamonia dimidiata (Simon, 1899)

Telamonia festiva Thorell, 1887

Tetragnatha cochinensis Gravely, 1921

Tetragnatha javana (Thorell, 1890)

Tetragnatha keyserlingi Simon, 1890

Tetragnatha mandibulata Walckenaer, 1841

Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879

Tetragnatha viridorufa Gravely, 1921

Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857)

Thelcticopis kirankhalapi Ahmed, Sumukha, Khalap, Mohan & Jadhav, 2015

Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2007

Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901

Theridion otsospotum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995

Thiania bhamoensis Thorell, 1887

Thomisus andamanensis Tikader, 1980

Thomisus bulani Tikader, 1960

Thomisus lobosus Tikader, 1965

Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960

Thomisus pugilis Stoliczka, 1869

Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881

Tibellus elongatus Tikader, 1960

Tmarus histrix Caporiacco, 1954

Tylorida flava Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2017

Tylorida striata (Thorell, 1877)

Tylorida ventralis (Thorell, 1877)

Uloborus ferokus Bradoo, 1979

Uloborus khasiensis Tikader, 1969

Uloborus krishnae Tikader, 1970

Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846

Utivarachna fabaria Zhao & Peng, 2014

Utivarachna rama Chami-Kranon & Likhitrakarn, 2007

Zelotes ashae Tikader & Gajbe, 1976

Zimiris diffusa Platnick & Penney, 2004

Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789)