JoTT Checklist of the spiders of Tamil Nadu (v1.0)
Citation: Caleb, J.T.D. & R. Karthikeyani (2020). JoTT Checklist of the spiders of Tamil Nadu (v1.0), 10 February 2020. https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/spiders/TamilNadu.
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| Family | Scientific Name | Authority | |
| 1 | Araneidae | Araneus bilunifer | Pocock, 1900 |
| 2 | Araneidae | Araneus viridisomus | Gravely, 1921 |
| 3 | Araneidae | Argiope aemula | (Walckenaer, 1841) |
| 4 | Araneidae | Argiope anasuja | Thorell, 1887 |
| 5 | Araneidae | Argiope lobata | (Pallas, 1772) |
| 6 | Araneidae | Argiope pulchella | Thorell, 1881 |
| 7 | Araneidae | Chorizopes calciope | (Simon, 1895) |
| 8 | Araneidae | Cylcosa mulmeinensis | (Thorell, 1887) |
| 9 | Araneidae | Cyrtophora cicatrosa | (Stoliczka, 1869) |
| 10 | Araneidae | Cyrtophora citricola | (Forsskål, 1775) |
| 11 | Araneidae | Eriovixia excelsa | (Simon, 1889) |
| 12 | Araneidae | Eriovixia laglaizei | (Simon, 1877) |
| 13 | Araneidae | Eriovixia palawanensis | (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) |
| 14 | Araneidae | Gasteracantha dalyi | Pocock, 1900 |
| 15 | Araneidae | Gasteracantha geminata | (Fabricius, 1798) |
| 16 | Araneidae | Gasteracantha remifera | Butler, 1873 |
| 17 | Araneidae | Neoscona theisi | (Walckenaer, 1841) |
| 18 | Araneidae | Neoscona vigilans | (Blackwall, 1865) |
| 19 | Barychelidae | Sason rameshwaram | Siliwal & Molur, 2009 |
| 20 | Barychelidae | Sason robustum | (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883) |
| 21 | Barychelidae | Tigidia nilgiriensis | Sanap, Mirza & Siliwal, 2011 |
| 22 | Barychelidae | Tigidia rutilofronis | Sanap, Mirza & Siliwal, 2011 |
| 23 | Cheirancanthiidae | Cheiracanthium conflexum | Simon, 1906 |
| 24 | Cheirancanthiidae | Cheiracanthium insigne | O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 |
| 25 | Cheirancanthiidae | Cheiracanthium triviale | (Thorell, 1895) |
| 26 | Cheirancanthiidae | Cheiracanthium trivittatum | Simon, 1906 |
| 27 | Cheirancanthiidae | Eutichurus chingliputensis | Majumder & Tikader, 1991 |
| 28 | Clubionidae | Clubiona acanthocnemis | Simon, 1906 |
| 29 | Clubionidae | Clubiona nilgherina | Simon, 1906 |
| 30 | Clubionidae | Clubiona shillongensis | Majumder & Tikader, 1991 |
| 31 | Clubionidae | Matidia incurvata | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 32 | Clubionidae | Simalio castaneiceps | Simon, 1906 |
| 33 | Clubionidae | Simalio percomis | Simon, 1906 |
| 34 | Corinnidae | Aetius decollatus | O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 |
| 35 | Corinnidae | Cambalida flavipes | (Gravely, 1931) |
| 36 | Corinnidae | Castianeira quadrimaculata | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 37 | Corinnidae | Castianeira zetes | Simon, 1897 |
| 38 | Corinnidae | Coenoptychus pulcher | Simon, 1885 |
| 39 | Corinnidae | Corinnomma rufofuscum | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 40 | Ctenidae | Ctenus indicus | Gravely, 1931 |
| 41 | Deinopidae | Deinopis scrubjunglei | Caleb & Mathai, 2014 |
| 42 | Dipluridae | Indothele rothi | Coyle, 1995 |
| 43 | Eresidae | Stegodyphus sarasinorum | Karsch, 1892 |
| 44 | Eresidae | Stegodyphus tibialis | (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) |
| 45 | Gnaphosidae | Callilepis rukminiae | Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 |
| 46 | Gnaphosidae | Drassodes luridus | (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) |
| 47 | Gnaphosidae | Micaria dives | (Lucas, 1846) |
| 48 | Gnaphosidae | Poecilochroa tridotus | Caleb & Mathai, 2013 |
| 49 | Gnaphosidae | Pterotricha strandi | Spassky, 1936 |
| 50 | Gnaphosidae | Zelotes ashae | Tikader & Gajbe, 1976 |
| 51 | Gnaphosidae | Zelotes maindroni | (Simon, 1905) |
| 52 | Gnaphosidae | Zelotes nilgirinus | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 53 | Gnaphosidae | Zelotes tambaramensis | Caleb & Mathai, 2013 |
| 54 | Hahniidae | Scotospilus maindroni | (Simon, 1906) |
| 55 | Hersiliidae | Hersilia savignyi | Lucas, 1836 |
| 56 | Hersiliidae | Hersilia tibialis | Baehr & Baehr, 1993 |
| 57 | Idiopidae | Heligmomerus prostans | Simon, 1892 |
| 58 | Idiopidae | Idiops constructor | (Pocock, 1900) |
| 59 | Idiopidae | Idiops madrasensis | (Tikader, 1977) |
| 60 | Idiopidae | Idiops mettupalayam | Ganeshkumar & Siliwal, 2013 |
| 61 | Idiopidae | Scalidognathus montanus | (Pocock, 1900) |
| 62 | Idiopidae | Scalidognathus nigriaraneus | Sanap & Mirza, 2011 |
| 63 | Idiopidae | Scalidognathus tigerinus | Sanap & Mirza, 2011 |
| 64 | Linyphiidae | Oedothorax cunur | Tanasevitch, 2015 |
| 65 | Linyphiidae | Oedothorax kodaikanal | Tanasevitch, 2015 |
| 66 | Linyphiidae | Oedothorax paracymbialis | Tanasevitch, 2015 |
| 67 | Linyphiidae | Oedothorax rusticus | Tanasevitch, 2015 |
| 68 | Linyphiidae | Oedothorax stylus | Tanasevitch, 2015 |
| 69 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha carli | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 70 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha dentifera | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 71 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha escheri | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 72 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha lesserti | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 73 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha microscutata | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 74 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha scrobiculata | Thorell, 1881 |
| 75 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha tricuspidata | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 76 | Liocranidae | Oedignatha uncata | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 77 | Liocranidae | Sphingius barkudensis | Gravely, 1931 |
| 78 | Liocranidae | Sphingius caniceps | Simon, 1906 |
| 79 | Liocranidae | Sphingius kambakamensis | Gravely, 1931 |
| 80 | Liocranidae | Sphingius nilgiriensis | Gravely, 1931 |
| 81 | Lycosidae | Arctosa lesserti | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 82 | Lycosidae | Draposa atropalpis | (Gravely, 1924) |
| 83 | Lycosidae | Draposa lyrivulva | (Bösenberg & Strand,0 1906) |
| 84 | Lycosidae | Draposa oakleyi | (Gravely, 1924) |
| 85 | Lycosidae | Geolycosa carli | (Reimoser, 1934) |
| 86 | Lycosidae | Hippasa agelenoides | (Simon, 1884) |
| 87 | Lycosidae | Hippasa greenalliae | (Blackwall, 1867) |
| 88 | Lycosidae | Hippasa lycosina | Pocock, 1900 |
| 89 | Lycosidae | Hippasa madraspatana | Gravely, 1924 |
| 90 | Lycosidae | Lycosa bistriata | Gravely, 1924 |
| 91 | Lycosidae | Lycosa chaperi | Simon, 1885 |
| 92 | Lycosidae | Lycosa indagatrix | Walckenaer, 1837 |
| 93 | Lycosidae | Pardosa pseudoannulata | (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) |
| 94 | Lycosidae | Pardosa sumatrana | (Thorell, 1890) |
| 95 | Lycosidae | Wadicosa fidelis | (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) |
| 96 | Lycosidae | Wadicosa quadrifera | (Gravely, 1924) |
| 97 | Mimetidae | Melaenosia pustulifera | Simon, 1906 |
| 98 | Mimetidae | Mimetus indicus | Simon, 1906 |
| 99 | Oonopidae | Brignolia cardamom | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 100 | Oonopidae | Brignolia jog | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 101 | Oonopidae | Brignolia kaikatty | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 102 | Oonopidae | Brignolia kodaik | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 103 | Oonopidae | Brignolia kumily | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 104 | Oonopidae | Brignolia nigripalpis | (Simon, 1893) |
| 105 | Oonopidae | Brignolia nilgiri | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 106 | Oonopidae | Brignolia parumpunctata | (Simon, 1893) |
| 107 | Oonopidae | Brignolia rothorum | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 108 | Oonopidae | Brignolia valparai | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 |
| 109 | Oonopidae | Gamasomorpha clypeolaria | Simon, 1907 |
| 110 | Oonopidae | Pelicinus madurai | Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 |
| 111 | Oonopidae | Prethopalpus madurai | Baehr, 2012 |
| 112 | Oxyopidae | Oxyopes hindostanicus | Pocock, 1901 |
| 113 | Oxyopidae | Oxyopes nilgiricus | Sherriffs, 1955 |
| 114 | Oxyopidae | Peucetia graminea | Pocock, 1900 |
| 115 | Oxyopidae | Peucetia viridana | (Stoliczka, 1869) |
| 116 | Philodromidae | Tibellus pateli | Tikader, 1980 |
| 117 | Philodromidae | Tibellus vitilis | Simon, 1906 |
| 118 | Pholcidae | Artema atlanta | Walckenaer, 1837 |
| 119 | Pholcidae | Belisana dodabetta | Huber, 2005 |
| 120 | Pholcidae | Crossopriza lyoni | (Blackwall, 1867) |
| 121 | Pholcidae | Pholcus alagarkoil | (Huber, 2011) |
| 122 | Pholcidae | Pholcus phalangioides | (Fuesslin, 1775) |
| 123 | Salticidae | Aelurillus kronestedti | Azarkina, 2004 |
| 124 | Salticidae | Bavirecta casteti | (Simon, 1900) |
| 125 | Salticidae | Bianor balius | Thorell, 1890 |
| 126 | Salticidae | Brettus anchorum | Wanless, 1979 |
| 127 | Salticidae | Brettus cingulatus | Thorell, 1895 |
| 128 | Salticidae | Brancus calebi | Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018 |
| 129 | Salticidae | Carrhotus viduus | (C. L. Koch, 1846) |
| 130 | Salticidae | Chalcotropis pennata | Simon, 1902 |
| 131 | Salticidae | Chrysilla volupe | (Karsch, 1879) |
| 132 | Salticidae | Colaxes nitidiventris | Simon, 1900 |
| 133 | Salticidae | Curubis erratica | Simon, 1902 |
| 134 | Salticidae | Cyrba ocellata | (Kroneberg, 1875) |
| 135 | Salticidae | Harmochirus exaggeratus | Caleb & Mathai, 2015 |
| 136 | Salticidae | Harmochirus zabkai | Logunov, 2001 |
| 137 | Salticidae | Epocilla aurantiaca | (Simon, 1885) |
| 138 | Salticidae | Hyllus manu | Caleb et al., 2014 |
| 139 | Salticidae | Icius alboterminus | (Caleb, 2014) |
| 140 | Salticidae | Icius kumariae | Caleb, 2017 |
| 141 | Salticidae | Jerzego bipartitus | (Simon, 1903) |
| 142 | Salticidae | Langona albolinea | Caleb & Mathai, 2015 |
| 143 | Salticidae | Langona tigrina | (Simon, 1885) |
| 144 | Salticidae | Myrmaplata plataleoides | (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) |
| 145 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne kuwagata | Yaginuma, 1969 |
| 146 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne laeta | (Thorell, 1887) |
| 147 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne megachelae | (Ganesh Kumar & Mohanasundaram, 1998) |
| 148 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne melanocephala | MacLeay, 1839 |
| 149 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne prava | (Karsch, 1880) |
| 150 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne ramunni | Narayan, 1915 |
| 151 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne roeweri | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 152 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne tristis | (Simon, 1882) |
| 153 | Salticidae | Myrmarachne uniseriata | Narayan, 1915 |
| 154 | Salticidae | Nepalicius nepalicus | (Andreeva, Heciak & Prószyński, 1984) |
| 155 | Salticidae | Okinawicius modestus | (Simon, 1885) |
| 156 | Salticidae | Onomastus indra | Benjamin, 2010 |
| 157 | Salticidae | Onomastus patellaris | Simon, 1900 |
| 158 | Salticidae | Panysinus grammicus | Simon, 1902 |
| 159 | Salticidae | Pellenes iva | Caleb, 2018 |
| 160 | Salticidae | Phanuelus gladstone | Caleb & Mathai, 2015 |
| 161 | Salticidae | Phintella accentifera | (Simon, 1901) |
| 162 | Salticidae | Phintella coonooriensis | Prószyński, 1992 |
| 163 | Salticidae | Phintella indica | (Simon, 1901) |
| 164 | Salticidae | Phintella nilgirica | Prószyński, 1992 |
| 165 | Salticidae | Phintelloides jesudasi | (Caleb & Mathai, 2014) |
| 166 | Salticidae | Phlegra davidi | Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015 |
| 167 | Salticidae | Phlegra prasanna | Caleb & Mathai, 2015 |
| 168 | Salticidae | Pilia escheri | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 169 | Salticidae | Pilia saltabunda | Simon, 1902 |
| 170 | Salticidae | Plexippus petersi | (Karsch, 1878) |
| 171 | Salticidae | Portia labiata | (Thorell, 1887) |
| 172 | Salticidae | Proszynskia diatreta | (Simon, 1902) |
| 173 | Salticidae | Rudakius ludhianaensis | (Tikader, 1974) |
| 174 | Salticidae | Stenaelurillus lesserti | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 175 | Salticidae | Stenaelurillus metallicus | Caleb & Mathai, 2016 |
| 176 | Salticidae | Synagelides lehtineni | Logunov & Hereward, 2006 |
| 177 | Salticidae | Thyene imperialis | (Rossi, 1846) |
| 178 | Salticidae | Viciria diademata | Simon, 1902 |
| 179 | Salticidae | Viciria minima | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 180 | Salticidae | Zeuxippus histrio | Thorell, 1891 |
| 181 | Segestriidae | Ariadna nebulosa | Simon, 1906 |
| 182 | Segestriidae | Segestria inda | Simon, 1906 |
| 183 | Selenopidae | Makdiops nilgirensis | (Reimoser, 1934) |
| 184 | Selenopidae | Selenops radiatus | Latreille, 1819 |
| 185 | Selenopidae | Selenops shevaroyensis | Gravely, 1931 |
| 186 | Sicariidae | Loxosceles rufescens | (Dufour, 1820) |
| 187 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda fabrei | Simon, 1885 |
| 188 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda hampsoni | Pocock, 1901 |
| 189 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda lentula | Pocock, 1901 |
| 190 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda leprosa | Simon, 1884 |
| 191 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda malitiosa | Simon, 1906 |
| 192 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda nilgirina | Pocock, 1901 |
| 193 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda sexpunctata | Simon, 1885 |
| 194 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda venatoria | (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| 195 | Sparassidae | Heteropoda warthiana | Strand, 1907 |
| 196 | Sparassidae | Olios lamarcki | (Latreille, 1806) |
| 197 | Sparassidae | Olios milleti | (Pocock, 1901) |
| 198 | Sparassidae | Olios obesulus | (Pocock, 1901) |
| 199 | Sparassidae | Olios senilis | Simon, 1880 |
| 200 | Sparassidae | Palystes flavidus | Simon, 1897 |
| 201 | Sparassidae | Thelcticopis ajax | Pocock, 1901 |
| 202 | Sparassidae | Thelcticopis maindroni | Simon, 1906 |
| 203 | Sparassidae | Thelcticopis rufula | Pocock, 1901 |
| 204 | Tetragnathidae | Leucauge decorata | (Blackwall, 1864) |
| 205 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha ceylonica | O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 |
| 206 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha cochinensis | Gravely, 1921 |
| 207 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha geniculata | Karsch, 1892 |
| 208 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha javana | (Thorell, 1890) |
| 209 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha mandibulata | Walckenaer, 1841 |
| 210 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha vermiformis | Emerton, 1884 |
| 211 | Tetragnathidae | Tetragnatha viridorufa | Gravely, 1921 |
| 212 | Tetragnathidae | Tylorida marmorea | (Pocock, 1901) |
| 213 | Theraphosidae | Annandaliella pectinifera | Gravely, 1935 |
| 214 | Theraphosidae | Haploclastus cervinus | Simon, 1892 |
| 215 | Theraphosidae | Haploclastus nilgirinus | Pocock, 1899 |
| 216 | Theraphosidae | Haploclastus tenebrosus | Gravely, 1935 |
| 217 | Theraphosidae | Neoheterophrictus madraspatanus | (Gravely, 1935) |
| 218 | Theraphosidae | Plesiophrictus fabrei | (Simon, 1892) |
| 219 | Theraphosidae | Plesiophrictus linteatus | (Simon, 1891) |
| 220 | Theraphosidae | Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis | Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 |
| 221 | Theraphosidae | Poecilotheria formosa | Pocock, 1899 |
| 222 | Theraphosidae | Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica | Smith, 2004 |
| 223 | Theraphosidae | Poecilotheria metallica | Pocock, 1899 |
| 224 | Theraphosidae | Poecilotheria regalis | Pocock, 1899 |
| 225 | Theraphosidae | Sahydroaraneus collinus | (Pocock, 1899) |
| 226 | Theridiidae | Nihonhimea brookesiana | (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) |
| 227 | Theridiidae | Theridion nilgherinum | Simon, 1905 |
| 228 | Thomisidae | Angaeus pentagonalis | Pocock, 1901 |
| 229 | Thomisidae | Diaea pougneti | Simon, 1885 |
| 230 | Thomisidae | Dietopsa parnassia | (Simon, 1895) |
| 231 | Thomisidae | Henriksenia hilaris | (Thorell, 1877) |
| 232 | Thomisidae | Lycopus trabeatus | Simon, 1895 |
| 233 | Thomisidae | Oxytate chlorion | (Simon, 1906) |
| 234 | Thomisidae | Ozyptila theobaldi | Simon, 1885 |
| 235 | Thomisidae | Runcinia escheri | Reimoser, 1934 |
| 236 | Thomisidae | Runcinia insecta | (L. Koch, 1875) |
| 237 | Thomisidae | Thomisus granulifrons | Simon, 1906 |
| 238 | Thomisidae | Thomisus leucaspis | Simon, 1906 |
| 239 | Thomisidae | Thomisus lobosus | Tikader, 1965 |
| 240 | Thomisidae | Thomisus pugilis | Stoliczka, 1869 |
| 241 | Thomisidae | Thomisus rigoratus | Simon, 1906 |
| 242 | Thomisidae | Tmarus fasciolatus | Simon, 1906 |
| 243 | Thomisidae | Tmarus soricinus | Simon, 1906 |
| 244 | Titanoecidae | Anuvinda escheri | (Reimoser, 1934) |
| 245 | Trachelidae | Trachelas oreophilus | Simon, 1906 |
| 246 | Trachelidae | Utivarachna fronto | Simon, 1906 |
| 247 | Zodariidae | Cryptothele collina | Pocock, 1901 |
| 248 | Zodariidae | Cydrela escheri | (Reimoser, 1934) |
| 249 | Zodariidae | Hermippus cruciatus | Simon, 1905 |
| 250 | Zodariidae | Mallinella nilgherina | (Simon, 1906) |