List of spiders of Pakistan

Part of a series on
Wildlife of Pakistan
Biodiversity Fauna and Flora Wildflowers · Trees Molluscs ·  ·  · Butterflies ·  · Spiders  · Fish · Amphibians · Reptiles Birds · Mammals Endangered species
Conservation Protected areas National parks Game reserves Wildlife sanctuaries Wetlands sites Protected and reserved forests of Pakistan Biosphere reserves of Pakistan
Organizations National Ministry of Environment (Pakistan) · Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency · Dhodial Pheasantry · Zoological Survey Department of Pakistan · Sindh Wildlife Department ·  ·  ·  ·  · Himalayan Wildlife Foundation · National Institute of Oceanography (Pakistan) International CITES · IUCN · WSPA · WWF · Snow Leopard Trust
Related topics Ecoregions · Forestry · Fishing Agriculture · Tourism Botanical and Zoological gardens Environmental issues
v t

The following is a list of spiders of Pakistan.

Species list[]

Family Eresidae[]

• Genus Stegodyphus
  • - found in Peshawar (1984)
  • Stegodyphus sarasinorum - found in Lahore (1935) and in Faisalabad, Okara and Sialkot (1997)

Family Hersiliidae[]

• Genus Hersilia
  • Hersilia savignyi - found in Leiah, Okara and Sahiwal (1997)

Family Oecobiidae[]

• Genus Uroctea
  • - Found in some houses of Faisalabad (1996)

Family Oonopidae[]

• Genus Opopaea
  • - found in Faisalabad (1996)

Family Pholcidae[]

• Genus Crossopriza
  • Crossopriza lyoni - found in Okara (1996) and Faisalabad (1998)

Family Salticidae[]

• Genus Habrocestum
  • (or Habronattus coronatum) - found in Faisalabad (1996) and Leiah (1998)
• Genus Hyllus
  • (previously Phidippus bengalensis) - found in many localities of Punjab
  • Hyllus semicupreus (previously Phidippus indicus) - found in various localities of Punjab
• Genus Marpissa
  • - found in various localities of Punjab
  • - found in Faisalabad, Khanewal, Rawalpindi and Vehari (1997)
  • Marpissa muscosa - found in Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Leiah and Jhang (1998)
  • - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Myrmarachne
  • - found in Faisalabad and Sheikhupura (1998)
  • - found in Faisalabad (1996)
  • - found in many localities of Punjab
  • - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Phintella
  • (previously Salticus ranjitus) - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Phlegra
  • - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Plexippus
  • (also Plexippus bengalensis) - found in Faisalabad (1998)
  • Plexippus paykulli - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Rhene
  • - found in Faisalabad (1997)
  • - found in Faisalabad and Vehari (1997)
  • - found in Faisalabad (1997)
• Genus Telamonia
  • Telamonia dimidiata (previously Phidippus pateli) - found in many localities of Punjab
• Genus Thiania
  • - found in Faisalabad (1997) and Khanewal (1998)
• Genus Thyene
  • Thyene imperialis (previously Phidippus punjabensis) - found in various localities of central Punjab

Family Scytodidae[]

• Genus Scytodes
  • Scytodes thoracica - found in Faisalabad (1996)

Family Uloboridae[]

• Genus Uloborus
  • Uloborus plumipes - found in Lahore (1935) and Faisalabad, Jhang, Khanewal and Layyah (1996)

See also[]

• List of butterflies of Pakistan

References[]

• Pakistan Research Repository - Spiders of Pakistan

Further reading[]

• A checklist of spider of Punjab, Pakistan - University of Agriculture, Faisalabad