Spider Taxonomy

Phylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae

Click in the family or scroll down the list (exhaustive)

Atypidae Nesticidae Agelenidae Gnaphosidae

Scytodidae Theridiidae Cybaeidae Zoridae

Pholcidae Theridiosomatidae Hahniidae Sparassidae

Segestriidae Linyphiidae Dictynidae Philodromidae

Dysderidae Tetragnathidae Amaurobiidae Thomisidae

Oonopidae Araneidae Anyphaenidae Salticidae

Mimetidae Lycosidae Liocranidae

Eresidae Pisauridae Clubionidae

Uloboridae Oxyopidae Zodariidae


Atypidae


Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830

Scytodidae


Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802)

Pholcidae


Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911)

Segestriidae


Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Segestria bavarica C.L.Koch, 1843
Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790)

Dysderidae


Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802)
Dysdera crocata C.L.Koch, 1838
Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763)
Harpactea rubicunda (C.L.Koch, 1838)

Oonopidae


Oonops pulcher Templeton, 1835
Oonops domesticus de Dalmas, 1916
Orchestina sp.? Templeton, 1835


Mimetidae


Ero cambridgei Kulczynski, 1911
Ero furcata (Villers, 1789)
Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802)
Ero tuberculata (De Geer, 1778)

Eresidae


Eresus sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778)

 

Uloboridae


Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806
Hyptiotes paradoxus (C.L.Koch, 1834)

Nesticidae


Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757)

 

Theridiidae


Episinus angulatus (Blackwall, 1836)
Episinus truncatus Latreille, 1809
Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876
Euryopis flavomaculata (C.L.Koch, 1836)
Dipoena erythropus (Simon, 1881)
Dipoena prona (Menge, 1868)
Dipoena inornata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
Dipoena tristis (Hahn, 1833)
Dipoena coracina (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Dipoena melanogaster (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Dipoena torva (Thorell, 1875)
Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834)
Crustulina sticta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
Steatoda phalerata (Panzer, 1801) Asagena phalerata
Steatoda albomaculata (Degeer, 1778) Lithyphantes albomaculatus
Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Steatoda grossa (C.L.Koch, 1838) Teutana grossa
Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) described from Britain in 1993
Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) found in Leicester in 1996
Anelosimus vittatus (C.L.Koch, 1836) Theridion vittatum
Anelosimus aulicus (C.L.Koch, 1838) Theridion aulicum
Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757) Theridion lunatum
Achaearanea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) Theridion saxatile
Achaearanea tepidariorum (C.L.Koch, 1841) Theridion tepidariorum
Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875) Theridion tepidariorum simulans
Achaearanea veruculata (Urquhart, 1885) Theridion veruculata
Theridion sisyphium (Clerck, 1757)
Theridion impressum L.Koch, 1881
Theridion pictum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Theridion hemerobium (Walckenaer, 1802) described from Britain in 1994
Theridion varians Hahn, 1833
Theridion sp. Hahn, 1833 an unidentified male found in Wiltshire (1999)
Theridion pinastri L.Koch, 1872
Theridion familiare O.P.-Cambridge, 1871
Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831 T. denticulatum
Theridion mystaceum L.Koch, 1870
Theridion blackwalli O.P.-Cambridge, 1871
Theridion tinctum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Simitidion simile (C.L.Koch, 1836) Theridion simile
Neottiura bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1767) Theridion bimaculatum
Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) Theridion pallens
Rugathodes instabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Rugathodes bellicosus (Simon, 1873)
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757) Theridion ovatum
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha thoracica (Hahn, 1833)
Enoplognatha mordax (Thorell, 1875) Enoplognatha schaufussi
Enoplognatha tecta (Keyserling, 1884) Enoplognatha caricis sensu auct. not (Fickert)
Enoplognatha oelandica (Thorell, 1875) Enoplognatha mandibularis
Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836)
Robertus arundineti (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Robertus neglectus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914
Robertus insignis O.P.-Cambridge, 1907
Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851)
Theonoe minutissima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)


Theridiosomatidae

Theridiosoma gemmosum (L.Koch, 1877)

Linyphiidae


Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851)
Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834)
Ceratinella scabrosa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833 Walckenaera acuminata
Walckenaeria mitrata (Menge, 1868) Walckenaera mitrata
Walckenaeria antica (Wider, 1834) Wideria antica
Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952)
Walckenaeria cucullata (C.L.Koch, 1836) Wideria cucullata
Walckenaeria nodosa O.P.-Cambridge, 1873 Wideria nodosa
Walckenaeria atrotibialis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1878) Wideria melanocephala
Walckenaeria capito (Westring, 1861) Wideria capito
Walckenaeria incisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Wideria polita & Prosopotheca incisa
Walckenaeria dysderoides (Wider, 1834) Wideria fugax
Walckenaeria stylifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Wideria stylifrons
Walckenaeria nudipalpis (Westring, 1851) Trachynella nudipalpis
Walckenaeria obtusa Blackwall, 1836 Trachynella obtusa
Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider, 1834) Prosopotheca monoceros
Walckenaeria corniculans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Prosopotheca corniculans
Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) Tigellinus furcillatus
Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) Tigellinus furcillatus
Walckenaeria unicornis O.P.-Cambridge, 1861 Cornicularia unicornis
Walckenaeria kochi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) Cornicularia kochi
Walckenaeria clavicornis (Emerton, 1882) Cornicularia karpinskii
Walckenaeria cuspidata Blackwall, 1833 Cornicularia cuspidata
Walckenaeria vigilax (Blackwall, 1853) Cornicularia vigilax
Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834)
Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket, 1962 D. nigrum form brevisetosum
Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836)
Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834)
Entelecara congenera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851)
Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834)
Entelecara omissa O.P.-Cambridge, 1902
Entelecara errata O.P.-Cambridge, 1913
Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851)
Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830) Erigonidium graminicola
Gnathonarium dentatum (Wider, 1834)
Trematocephalus cristatus (Wider, 1834)
Tmeticus affinis (Blackwall, 1855)
Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dismodicus bifrons (Blackwall, 1841)
Dismodicus elevatus (C.L.Koch, 1838)
Hypomma bituberculatum (Wider, 1834)
Hypomma fulvum (Bösenberg, 1902)
Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833)
Metopobactrus prominulus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Hybocoptus decollatus (Simon, 1881)
Baryphyma pratense (Blackwall, 1861) B. pratensis
Baryphyma duffeyi (Millidge, 1954) Praestigia duffeyi
Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965) Acanthophyma gowerensis
Baryphyma trifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Minyrioloides trifrons
Baryphyma maritimum (Crocker & Parker, 1970) Minyrioloides maritimus
Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833)
Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841)
Gonatium paradoxum (L.Koch, 1869) Gonatium corallipes
Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851)
Maso gallicus Simon, 1894 Maso gallica
Minicia marginella (Wider, 1834)
Peponocranium ludicrum (O.P.-Cambridge,
Pocadicnemis pumila (Blackwall, 1841)
Pocadicnemis juncea Locket & Millidge, 1953 P. pumila var.juncea
Hypselistes jacksoni (O.P.-Cambridge, 1902)
Oedothorax gibbosus (Blackwall, 1841) includes Oedothorax tuberosus
Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834)
Oedothorax agrestis (Blackwall, 1853)
Oedothorax retusus (Westring, 1851)
Oedothorax apicatus (Blackwall, 1850)
Trichopterna thorelli (Westring, 1861)
Trichopterna cito (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884) Trichopterna mengei
Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834) Lophocarenum parallelum
Pelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841) Lophocarenum nemorale
Pelecopsis nemoralioides (O.P.-Cambridge, 1884) Lophocarenum stramineum
Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834) Lophocarenum elongatum
Pelecopsis radicicola (L.Koch, 1872) Lophocarenum radicicola
Silometopus elegans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Silometopus ambiguus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1905)
Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) S. interjectus
Silometopus incurvatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1972
Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834)
Acartauchenius scurrilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Trichoncus saxicola (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
Trichoncus hackmani Millidge, 1955
Trichoncus affinis Kulczynski, 1894
Ceratinopsis romana (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) Styloctector romanus
Ceratinopsis stativa (Simon, 1881) Anacotyle stativa
Evansia merens O.P.-Cambridge, 1900
Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834)
Tiso aestivus (L.Koch, 1872)
Troxochrus scabriculus (Westring, 1851)
Minyriolus pusillus (Wider, 1834)
Tapinocyba praecox (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
Tapinocyba pallens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Tapinocyba insecta (L.Koch, 1869)
Tapinocyba mitis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882)
Tapinocyboides pygmaeus (Menge, 1869) T. pygmaea & Tapinocyba antepenultima
Microctenonyx subitaneus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Aulacocyba subitanea
Satilatlas britteni (Jackson, 1913) Perimones britteni
Thyreosthenius parasiticus (Westring, 1851)
Thyreosthenius biovatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Monocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall, 1836)
Monocephalus castaneipes (Simon, 1884)
Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall, 1841)
Saloca diceros (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Gongylidiellum vivum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Gongylidiellum latebricola (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Gongylidiellum murcidum Simon, 1884
Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854)
Micrargus apertus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Micrargus herbigradus sensu auct. Partim
Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851)
Micrargus laudatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1881)
Notioscopus sarcinatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Glyphesis cottonae (La Touche, 1945)
Glyphesis servulus (Simon, 1881)
Erigonella hiemalis (Blackwall, 1841)
Erigonella ignobilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Savignia frontata Blackwall, 1833
Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
Diplocephalus permixtus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Diplocephalus latifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
Diplocephalus connatus Bertkau, 1889
Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841)
Diplocephalus protuberans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841)
Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring, 1861)
Panamomops sulcifrons (Wider, 1834)
Lessertia dentichelis (Simon, 1884)
Scotinotylus evansi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1894) Caledonia evansi
Typhochrestus digitatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) Typhocrestus digitatus
Typhochrestus simoni de Lessert, 1907
Milleriana inerrans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1885) Scotargus inerrans
Diplocentria bidentata (Emerton, 1882)
Wabasso quaestio replicatus (Holm, 1950) first recorded from Britain in 1999
Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)
Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833
Erigone promiscua (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)
Erigone longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)
Erigone tirolensis L.Koch, 1872
Erigone capra Simon, 1884
Erigone welchi Jackson, 1911
Erigone psychrophila Thorell, 1871
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop
Prinerigone vagans Audouin, 1826
Mecynargus morulus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873) Rhaebothorax morulus
Mecynargus paetulus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Rhaebothorax paetulus
Latithorax faustus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1900) Eboria fausta
Semljicola caliginosus (Falconer, 1910) Eboria caliginosa
Donacochara speciosa (Thorell, 1875)
Leptorhoptrum robustum (Westring, 1851)
Drepanotylus uncatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
Leptothrix hardyi (Blackwall, 1850) Phaulothrix hardyi
Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Hilaira frigida (Thorell, 1872)
Hilaira nubigena Hull, 1911
Hilaira pervicax Hull, 1908
Halorates distinctus (Simon, 1884) Collinsia distincta
Halorates reprobus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
Halorates holmgreni (Thorell, 1871) Collinsia holmgreni
Carorita limnaea (Crosby & Bishop, 1927)
Carorita paludosa Duffey, 1971
Wiehlea calcarifera (Simon, 1884)
Mioxena blanda (Simon, 1884)
Caviphantes saxetorum (Hull, 1916)
Asthenargus paganus (Simon, 1884) Asthenarthus paganus
Jacksonella falconeri (Jackson, 1908)
Pseudomaro aenigmaticus Denis, 1966
Ostearius melanopygius (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
Aphileta misera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882) Hillhousia misera
Porrhomma pygmaeum (Blackwall, 1834)
Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851)
Porrhomma rosenhaueri (L.Koch, 1872)
Porrhomma pallidum Jackson, 1913
Porrhomma campbelli F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894
Porrhomma microphthalmum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Porrhomma errans (Blackwall, 1841)
Porrhomma egeria Simon, 1884
Porrhomma oblitum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Porrhomma cambridgei Merrett, 1994 was Porrhomma sp. in the 1992 list
Porrhomma montanum Jackson, 1913
Agyneta subtilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
Agyneta conigera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
Agyneta decora (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Agyneta cauta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1902)
Agyneta olivacea (Emerton, 1882)
Agyneta ramosa Jackson, 1912
Meioneta innotabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Syedrula innotabilis
Meioneta rurestris (C.L.Koch, 1836)
Meioneta mollis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Meioneta saxatilis (Blackwall, 1844)
Meioneta mossica Schikora, 1993 described from Britain in 1993
Meioneta simplicitarsis (Simon, 1884)
Meioneta beata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1906)
Meioneta fuscipalpa (C.L.Koch, 1836) found in Suffolk in 1998
Meioneta gulosa (L.Koch, 1869)
Meioneta nigripes (Simon, 1884)
Microneta viaria (Blackwall, 1841)
Maro minutus O.P.-Cambridge, 1906
Maro sublestus Falconer, 1915
Maro lepidus Casemir, 1961
Syedra gracilis (Menge, 1869)
Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841)
Centromerus prudens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873) Centromerus parkeri
Centromerus arcanus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
Centromerus levitarsis (Simon, 1884)
Centromerus dilutus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Centromerus tantalus
Centromerus capucinus (Simon, 1884)
Centromerus incilium (L.Koch, 1881)
Centromerus semiater (L.Koch, 1879) C. incultus
Centromerus brevivulvatus Dahl, 1912 C. aequalis
Centromerus serratus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Centromerus albidus Simon, 1929
Centromerus cavernarum (L.Koch, 1872) C. jacksoni
Centromerus persimilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1912)
Centromerus minutissimus Merrett & Powell, 1993 listed as Centromerus sp. in the Handbook (1992)
Tallusia experta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Centromerus expertus
Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall, 1833)
Centromerita concinna (Thorell, 1875)
Sintula corniger (Blackwall, 1856)
Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)
Saaristoa abnormis (Blackwall, 1841) Oreonetides abnormis
Saaristoa firma (O.P.-Cambridge, 1905) Oreonetides firmus
Macrargus rufus (Wider, 1834)
Macrargus carpenteri (O.P.-Cambridge, 1894) M. rufus carpenteri
Bathyphantes approximatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Bathyphantes gracilis (Blackwall, 1841)
Bathyphantes parvulus (Westring, 1851)
Bathyphantes nigrinus (Westring, 1851)
Bathyphantes setiger F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894
Kaestneria dorsalis (Wider, 1834) Bathyphantes dorsalis
Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Bathyphantes pullatus
Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) Bathyphantes concolor
Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841)
Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833)
Tapinopa longidens (Wider, 1834)
Floronia bucculenta (Clerck, 1757)
Taranucnus setosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
Labulla thoracica (Wider, 1834)
Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833)
Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833)
Nothophantes horridus Merrett & Stevens, 1995 listed as Lepthyphantes sp. in 1992 list
Megalepthyphantes nebulosus (Sundevall, 1830) Lepthyphantes nebulosus
Megalepthyphantes collinus occidentalis (Machado, 1949)? discovered in Kent in 1999
Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865)
Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833)
Lepthyphantes alacris (Blackwall, 1853)
Lepthyphantes whymperi F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894
Lepthyphantes obscurus (Blackwall, 1841)
Lepthyphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852)
Lepthyphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890
Lepthyphantes cristatus (Menge, 1866)
Lepthyphantes mengei Kulczynski, 1887
Lepthyphantes flavipes (Blackwall, 1854)
Lepthyphantes tenebricola (Wider, 1834)
Lepthyphantes beckeri Wunderlich, 1973 described from Britain in 1996
Lepthyphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853)
Lepthyphantes pallidus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Lepthyphantes pinicola Simon, 1884
Lepthyphantes insignis O.P.-Cambridge, 1913
Lepthyphantes angulatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1881)
Lepthyphantes antroniensis Schenkel, 1933
Lepthyphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882) L. umbraticola & L. audax
Lepthyphantes expunctus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Midia midas Simon, 1884 Lepthyphantes carri
Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)
Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C.L.Koch, 1836)
Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757)
Linyphia hortensis Sundevall, 1830
Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757) Linyphia montana
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830 Linyphia clathrata
Neriene peltata Wider, 1834 Linyphia peltata
Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841)
Neriene furtiva O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 Linyphia furtiva
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841) Linyphia marginata
Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) Linyphia pusilla
Microlinyphia impigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Linyphia impigra
Allomengea scopigera (Grube, 1859) Mengea scopigera
Allomengea vidua (L.Koch, 1879) Mengea warburtoni

Tetragnathidae


Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetragnatha pinicola L.Koch, 1870
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha obtusa C.L.Koch, 1837
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886
Tetragnatha striata L.Koch, 1862 Eugnatha striata
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Meta segmentata
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) Meta segmentata mengei & Meta mengei
Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) Meta merianae
Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804)
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922

Araneidae


Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) Araneus bituberculatus
Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) Araneus gibbosus
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757
Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757
Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802)
Araneus sturmi (Hahn, 1831) Atea sturmi
Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1775) Atea triguttata
Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) Araneus cornutus
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) Araneus sclopetarius
Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) Araneus patagiatus
Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) Araneus umbraticus
Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) Araneus redii
Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) Araneus adiantus
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) Araneus cucurbitinus
Araniella opisthographa (Kulczynski, 1905) Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus
Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874) Araneus inconspicuus
Araniella alpica (L.Koch, 1869) Araneus alpicus
Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) Araneus displicatus
Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802)
Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) Singa albovittata
Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1832) Singa pygmaea
Hypsosinga sanguinea (C.L.Koch, 1844) Singa sanguinea
Hypsosinga heri (Hahn, 1831) Singa heri
Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757)
Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851)
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)
Zygiella atrica (C.L.Koch, 1845)
Zygiella stroemi (Thorell, 1870)
Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)
Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772)
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)

Lycosidae


Pardosa agricola (Thorell, 1856) includes P. arenicola
Pardosa agrestis (Westring, 1861)
Pardosa purbeckensis F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895 Lycosa purbeckensis
Pardosa monticola (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa monticola
Pardosa palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) Lycosa tarsalis
Pardosa pullata (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa pullata
Pardosa prativaga (L.Koch, 1870) Lycosa prativaga
Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa amentata
Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856) Lycosa nigriceps
Pardosa saltans Topfer-Hofmann, 2000 Lycosa lugubris
Pardosa hortensis (Thorell, 1872) Lycosa hortensis
Pardosa proxima (C.L.Koch, 1847) Lycosa proxima
Pardosa trailli (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1873) Lycosa trailli
Pardosa paludicola (Clerck, 1757)
Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata (Ohlert, 1865) Lycosa rubrofasciata
Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861)
Xerolycosa miniata (C.L.Koch, 1834)
Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757) Tarentula pulverulenta
Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757) Tarentula cuneata
Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833) Tarentula barbipes
Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757) Tarentula fabrilis
Trochosa ruricola (Degeer, 1778)
Trochosa robusta (Simon, 1876)
Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856
Trochosa spinipalpis (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895)
Arctosa fulvolineata (Lucas, 1846) Trochosa fulvolineata
Arctosa perita (Latreille, 1799)
Arctosa leopardus (Sundevall, 1833)
Arctosa cinerea (Fabricius, 1777)
Arctosa alpigena (Doleschall, 1852)
Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757)
Pirata tenuitarsis Simon, 1876
Pirata hygrophilus Thorell, 1872
Pirata uliginosus (Thorell, 1856)
Pirata latitans (Blackwall, 1841)
Pirata piscatorius (Clerck, 1757)
Aulonia albimana (Walckenaer, 1805)

Pisauridae


Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck, 1757)
Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck, 1757)
Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck, 1757)

Oxyopidae


Oxyopes heterophthalmus Latreille, 1804


Agelenidae


Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757)
Textrix denticulata (Olivier, 1789)
Tegenaria gigantea Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 T. duellica & T. propinqua
Tegenaria saeva Blackwall, 1844 T. atrica
Tegenaria atrica C.L.Koch, 1843 T. larva
Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785)
Tegenaria ferruginea (Panzer, 1804) described from Britain in 1999
Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802)
Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757)
Tegenaria silvestris L.Koch, 1872
Tegenaria picta Simon, 1870

Cybaeidae


Argyroneta aquatica (Clerck, 1757)

Hahniidae


Antistea elegans (Blackwall, 1841)
Hahnia montana (Blackwall, 1841)
Hahnia candida Simon, 1875
Hahnia microphthalma Snazell & Duffey, 1980
Hahnia nava (Blackwall, 1841)
Hahnia helveola Simon, 1875
Hahnia pusilla C.L.Koch, 1841

 

Dictynidae


Dictyna arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dictyna pusilla Thorell, 1856
Dictyna major Menge, 1869
Dictyna uncinata Thorell, 1856
Dictyna latens (Fabricius, 1775)
Nigma puella (Simon, 1870) Dictyna puella
Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) Dictyna viridissima
Cicurina cicur (Fabricius, 1793)
Cryphoeca silvicola (C.L.Koch, 1834)
Tuberta maerens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) T. moerens
Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871) Tetrilus arietinus
Mastigusa macrophthalma (Kulczynski, 1897) Tetrilus macrophthalmus
Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855)
Lathys nielseni (Schenkel, 1932)
Lathys stigmatisata (Menge, 1869)
Argenna subnigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
Argenna patula (Simon, 1874) Protadia patula
Altella lucida (Simon, 1874)


Amaurobiidae


Amaurobius fenestralis (Stroem, 1768) Ciniflo fenestralis
Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861) Ciniflo similis
Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) Ciniflo ferox
Coelotes atropos (Walckenaer, 1830) Amaurobius atropos
Coelotes terrestris (Wider, 1834) Amaurobius terrestris

Anyphaenidae


Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)

Liocranidae


Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833)
Agroeca proxima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Agroeca inopina O.P.-Cambridge, 1886
Agroeca lusatica (L.Koch, 1875)
Agroeca cuprea Menge, 1873
Agraecina striata (Kulczyski, 1882)
Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851
Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841)
Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall, 1859)
Scotina palliardii (L.Koch, 1881)
Liocranum rupicola (Walckenaer, 1830)
Phrurolithus festivus (C.L.Koch, 1835)
Phrurolithus minimus C.L.Koch, 1839

Clubionidae


Clubiona corticalis (Walckenaer, 1802)
Clubiona reclusa O.P.-Cambridge, 1863
Clubiona subsultans Thorell, 1875
Clubiona stagnatilis Kulczynski, 1897
Clubiona rosserae Locket, 1953
Clubiona norvegica Strand, 1900
Clubiona caerulescens L.Koch, 1867
Clubiona pallidula (Clerck, 1757)
Clubiona phragmitis C.L.Koch, 1843
Clubiona terrestris Westring, 1851
Clubiona neglecta O.P.-Cambridge, 1862
Clubiona pseudoneglecta Wunderlich, 1994 only distinguished from C. neglecta in 1994
Clubiona frisia Wunderlich & Schutt, 1995 C. similis
Clubiona lutescens Westring, 1851
Clubiona comta C.L.Koch, 1839
Clubiona brevipes Blackwall, 1841
Clubiona trivialis C.L.Koch, 1843
Clubiona juvenis Simon, 1878
Clubiona genevensis L.Koch, 1866
Clubiona diversa O.P.-Cambridge, 1862
Clubiona subtilis L.Koch, 1867
Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Cheiracanthium pennyi O.P.-Cambridge, 1873
Cheiracanthium virescens (Sundevall, 1833)

Zodariidae


Zodarion italicum (Canestrini, 1868)
Zodarion vicinum Denis, 1935 listed as Zodarion sp. in 1992 list
Zodarion rubidum Simon, 1914 collected in Essex in 1997
Zodarion fuscum (Simon, 1870) found recently in Wiltshire (1999

 

Gnaphosidae


Drassodes lapidosus (Walckenaer, 1802)
Drassodes cupreus (Blackwall, 1834) D. lapidosus var.cupreus
Drassodes pubescens (Thorell, 1856)
Haplodrassus signifer (C.L.Koch, 1839) Drassodes signifer
Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L.Koch, 1866) Drassodes dalmatensis
Haplodrassus umbratilis (L.Koch, 1866)
Haplodrassus soerenseni (Strand, 1900) Drassodes sorenseni
Haplodrassus silvestris (Blackwall, 1833) Drassodes silvestris
Haplodrassus minor (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879) Drassodes minor
Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) Herpyllus blackwalli
Scotophaeus scutulatus (L.Koch, 1866)
Phaeocedus braccatus (L.Koch, 1866)
Zelotes electus (C.L.Koch, 1839)
Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878)
Zelotes apricorum (L.Koch, 1876)
Zelotes subterraneus (C.L.Koch, 1833)
Zelotes longipes (L.Koch, 1866)
Zelotes petrensis (C.L.Koch, 1839)
Trachyzelotes pedestris (C.L.Koch, 1837) Zelotes pedestris
Urozelotes rusticus (L.Koch, 1872) Zelotes rusticus
Drassyllus lutetianus (L.Koch, 1866) Zelotes lutetianus
Drassyllus pusillus (C.L.Koch, 1833)
Drassyllus praeficus (L.Koch, 1866) Zelotes praeficus
Gnaphosa lugubris (C.L.Koch, 1839)
Gnaphosa occidentalis Simon, 1878
Gnaphosa nigerrima L.Koch, 1877 described from Britain in 1997
Gnaphosa leporina (L.Koch, 1866)
Callilepis nocturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831)
Micaria romana L.Koch, 1866 Micaria scintillans
Micaria alpina L.Koch, 1872
Micaria subopaca Westring, 1861
Micaria silesiaca L.Koch, 1875

Zoridae


Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833)
Zora armillata Simon, 1878
Zora nemoralis (Blackwall, 1861)
Zora silvestris Kulczynski, 1897

Sparassidae


Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757)


Philodromidae


Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826
Philodromus aureolus (Clerck, 1757)
Philodromus praedatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 P. aureolus partim
Philodromus cespitum (Walckenaer, 1802) P. aureolus var.caespiticolis
Philodromus longipalpis O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 separated from P. aureolus (1992)
Philodromus collinus C.L.Koch, 1835
Philodromus fallax Sundevall, 1833
Philodromus histrio (Latreille, 1819)
Philodromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803)
Philodromus albidus Kulczynski, 1911
Philodromus margaritatus (Clerck, 1757)
Thanatus striatus C.L.Koch, 1845
Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757)
Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875)
Tibellus oblongus (Walckenaer, 1802)



Thomisidae


Thomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1806
Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777)
Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)
Pistius truncatus (Pallas, 1772)
Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757)
Xysticus audax (Schrank, 1803)
Xysticus kochi Thorell, 1872
Xysticus erraticus (Blackwall, 1834)
Xysticus lanio C.L.Koch, 1835
Xysticus ulmi (Hahn, 1831)
Xysticus bifasciatus C.L.Koch, 1837
Xysticus luctator L.Koch, 1870
Xysticus sabulosus (Hahn, 1832)
Xysticus luctuosus (Blackwall, 1836)
Xysticus acerbus Thorell, 1872
Xysticus robustus (Hahn, 1832)
Ozyptila blackwalli Simon, 1875
Ozyptila scabricula (Westring, 1851)
Ozyptila nigrita (Thorell, 1875)
Ozyptila pullata (Thorell, 1875) described from Britain in 1999
Ozyptila sanctuaria (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Ozyptila praticola (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846)
Ozyptila simplex (O.P.-Cambridge, 1862)
Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801)
Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826)


Salticidae


Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757)
Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797)
Salticus zebraneus (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802)
Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832)
Heliophanus auratus C.L.Koch, 1835
Heliophanus dampfi Schenkel, 1923
Marpissa muscosa (Clerck, 1757)
Marpissa radiata (Grube, 1859) Marpissa pomatia sensu auct. Brit.
Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846) Hyctia nivoyi
Bianor aurocinctus (Ohlert, 1865) Bianor aenescens
Ballus chalybeius (Walkenaer, 1802)
Neon reticulatus (Blackwall, 1853)
Neon robustus Lohmander, 1945 described from Britain in 1999
Neon valentulus Falconer, 1912
Neon pictus Kulczynski, 1891? found in Sussex in 1998 & Kent in 1999
Euophrys frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802)
Euophrys herbigrada (Simon, 1871) E. molesta
Pseudeuophrys erratica (Walckenaer, 1826) Euophrys erratica
Pseudeuophrys lanigera (Simon, 1871) Euophrys lanigera
Pseudeuophrys obsoleta (Simon, 1871) Euophrys browningi
Talavera petrensis (C.L.Koch, 1837) Euophrys petrensis
Talavera aequipes (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Euophrys aequipes
Talavera thorelli (Kulczynski, 1891) Euophrys thorelli
Sitticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Sitticus caricis (Westring, 1861)
Sitticus floricola (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Sitticus inexpectus Logunov & Kronestadt, 1997 Sitticus rupicola
Sitticus saltator (O.P.-Cambridge, 1868) Attulus saltator
Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757)
Evarcha arcuata (Clerck, 1757)
Aelurillus v-insignitus (Clerck, 1757)
Phlegra fasciata (Hahn, 1826)
Synageles venator (Lucas, 1836)
Myrmarachne formicaria (Degeer, 1778)
Pellenes tripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802)

Additional species not yet accepted on to the British list


Scientific Name & Authority Previous name(s) and comments


Uloboridae


Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846 found in glasshouses


Philodromidae


Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 imported with no evidence of an established population

Spiders of the Channel Islands


The following additional species have been confirmed as having been recorded from the Channel Islands, but not from the British mainland.

Scientific Name & Authority Previous name(s) and comments


Linyphiidae
Sintula retroversus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
Lycosidae
Alopecosa albofasciata (Brullé, 1832)
Dictynidae
Archaeodictyna ammophila (Menge, 1871)
Gnaphosidae
Zelotes civicus (Simon, 1878)
Micaria albimana O.P.-Cambridge, 1872
Philodromidae
Philodromus pulchellus Lucas, 1846
Thomisidae
Heriaeus melloteei Simon, 1886
Salticidae
Heliophanus aeneus (Hahn, 1831)
Heliophanus tribulosus Simon, 1868
Dendryphantes rudis (Sundevall, 1833)
Pellenes nigrociliatus (Simon, 1875)