Updates 2026

NEW ADDITIONS
S.No.NameReference
1Hygropoda kannimara Sankaran, 2026Sankaran, P. M., Abraham, A., Williams, S. H. & Asima, A. (2026). New data on Indian nursery-web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 5757(1): 1-25.
2Titanidiops kolhapurensis Gangalmale, Thackeray, Khandekar & Gaikwad, 2026Gangalmale, S., Thackeray, T., Khandekar, A. & Gaikwad, S. M. (2026). A new species of the trapdoor spider genus Titanidiops Simon (Araneae: Idiopidae) from western Maharashtra, India. Journal of Natural History 60(5-8): 399-419.
3Colyttus bilineatus Thorell, 1891Chetry, M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Choudhury, P. (2026). First record of Colyttus bilineatus Thorell, 1891 (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal ofThreatened Taxa 18(1): 28259-28262.
4Cosmophasis rakata Żabka & Waldock, 2012John, S. J. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2026). First report of Cosmophasis rakata (Araneae: Salticidae) from India with notes on myrmecophilic interactions. Entomological News 133(1): 12-18.
5Gea jingdong Mi, Wang & Gan, 2024Salunkhe, M. B., Sampathkumar, M., Sood, A. K. & Kumar, S. (2026). An updated checklist of spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of Himachal Pradesh, with a new record for India. Journal of Biological Control 39(4, 2025): 392-403.
6Irura meghalaya Sudhin & Sen, 2025Sudhin, P. P. & Sen, S. (2025). A new species of the jumping spider genus Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. National Academy Science Letters: early view.
7Leucauge rubromaculata Benjamin, 2024Anju, K. B., Sen, S., Sudhin, P. P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2025). First record of Leucauge rubromaculata Benjamin, 2024 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from India. National Academy Science Letters: early view.
IN SYNONYMY
S.No.NameReference
1Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis sis Reddy & Patel, 1993= Dendrolycosa robusta (Thorell, 1895)Sankaran, P. M., Abraham, A., Williams, S. H. & Asima, A. (2026). New data on Indian nursery-web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 5757(1): 1-25.
TRANSFERS
S.No.NameTransferred fromReference
1Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895  ChryssoHu, C. H., Zhong, R., Liu, J. & Li, Z. C. (2026). A revision of Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 sensu lato (Araneae, Theridiidae). ZooKeys 1266: 193-218.
2Physcoa angula (Tikader, 1970)ChryssoDitto