NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Cyclosa purnai Keswani, 2013
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyclosa purnai Keswani, 2013
- Name authority
- Keswani, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Araneidae
- Genus
- Cyclosa
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAraneidae Clerck, 1757
- genusCyclosa Menge, 1866
- speciesCyclosa purnai Keswani, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclosa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclosa alayoni Levi, 1999 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa albopunctata Kulczyński, 1901 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa argentaria (Rainbow, 1916) | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa argenteoalba Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa baakea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa bacilliformis Simon, 1908 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa berlandi Levi, 1999 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa bifurcata (Walckenaer, 1841) | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa bihamata F. Zhang, M. S. Zhang & Zhu, 2010 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa bituberculata Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1998 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclosa cajamarca Levi, 1999 | AraneidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Keswani, S. (2013). Revision of spiders from the genus Cyclosa (Araneae: Araneidae) with description of two new species and the first record of male of C. moonduensis Tikader, 1963 from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 2(1): 61-80. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32WVV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.