List of arachnids of Ireland
There are approximately 1,107 species of arachnid native to Ireland.[11] Not up to date for all taxa. Arachnids are eight-legged chelicerate arthropods with pedipalps and bodies divided into two tagmata.
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The most best known and familiar group in Ireland is the spiders, and there are also several species of harvestman (daddy-long-legs), ticks, mites and pseudoscorpions. Arachnid groups absent from Ireland include true scorpions, whip scorpions, solifuges, cave spiders, microwhip scorpions, hooded tick spiders and tarantulas.
Subclass Dromopoda
Order Opiliones (harvestmen / daddy-long-legs)
15 native species and three species which are not considered to be native: Odiella spinosus, Opilio parietinus (Phalangiidae) and Dicranopalpus ramosus (Leiobunidae)
Family Phalangiidae
- Dicranopalpus ramosus
- Lacinius ephippiatus
- Megabunus diadema
- Mitopus morio
- Oligolophus hanseni
- Oligolophus tridens
- Opilio parietinus
- Opilio saxatilis
- Paroligolophus agrestis
- Phalangium opilio
- Rilaena triangularis (Paraplatybunus triangularis)
Family Sclerosomatidae
- Leiobunum blackwalli
- Leiobunum rotundum
- Nelima gothica
Family Trogulidae
- Anelasmocephalus cambridgei
Order Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions)
17 species
Family Cheiridiidae
- Cheiridium museorum
Family Cheliferidae
- House pseudoscorpion (Chelifer cancroides)
Family Chernetidae
- Allochernes powelli
- Dinocheirus panzeri
- Lamprochernes nodosus
- Lamprochernes savignyi
- Pselaphochernes dubius
- Pselaphochernes scorpioides
Family Chthonidae
- Kewochthonius halberti
Family Chthoniusidae
- Chthonius ischnochele
- Chthonius orthodactylus
- Chthonius tetrachelatus
Family Neobisiidae
- Neobisium carcinoides
- Neobisium carpenteri
- Neobisium maritimum
- Roncocreagris cambridgei
- Roncus lubricus
Subclass Acari (ticks and mites)
At least 684 species
Order Ixodida (ticks)
Family Argasidae (soft ticks)
2 species
Order Prostigmata (sucking true mites)
249 species
Family Alycidae
4 species
Family Arrenuridae
5 species
Family Bdellidae
5 species
Family Ereynetidae
1 species
Family Eriophyidae (gall mites)
52 species [12]
- Aceria cephalonea
- Sycamore felt gall mite (Aceria pseudoplatani)
- Eriophyes exilis
- Eriophyes laevis
- Eriophyes macrorhynchus subsp. aceribus
- Eriophyes prunispinosae
- Eriophyes pyri
- Eriophyes similis
- Phyllocoptes goniothorax
- Phyllocoptes malinus
- Big bud gall mite (Phytoptus avellanae)
Family Erythraeidae
7 species
Family Eupodidae
2 species
Family Eylaidae
3 species
Hydrachnidiae
2 species [13]
Family Hydryphantidae
2 species
Family Hygrobatidae
6 species
Family Lebertiidae
11 species
Family Limnesiidae
2 species
Family Meyerellidae
3 species
Family Microtrombidiidae
4 species
Family Mideidae
1 species
Family Mideopsidae
1 species
Family Nanorchestidae
2 species
Family Oxidae
1 species
Family Penthaleidae
2 species
Family Phytoptidae
2 species
Family Pionidae
14 species
Family Podothrombiidae
1 species
Family Rhagidiidae
4 species
Family Scutacaridae
1 species
Family Sperchontidae
7 species
Family Stigmaeidae
3 species
Family Tanaupodidae
1 species
Family Tarsonemidae
14 species
Family Tetranychidae
6 species
Family Teutoniidae
1 species
Family Torrenticolidae
9 species
Family Trombiculidae
1 species
Family Tydeidae
15 species
Family Unionicolidae
6 species
Order Sarcoptiformes (Clade)
Suborder Oribatida (moss mites / beetle mites)
173 species have been identified for the Republic of Ireland
Family Achipteriidae
4 species
Family Adelphacaridae
1 species
Family Ameronothridae
7 species
Family Banksinomidae
1 species
Family Belbidae
1 species
Family Brachychthoniidae
19 species
Family Caleremaeidae
1 species
Family Camisiidae
6 species
Family Cepheidae
3 species
Family Cosmochthoniidae
1 species
Family Euphthiracaridae
1species
Family Euzetidae
2 species
Family Hermanniidae
7 species
Family Hypochthoniidae
2 species
Family Liodidae
1 species
Family Malaconothridae
6 species
Family Mycobatidae
4 species
Family Nanhermanniidae
4 species
Family Nothridae
2 species
Family Perlohmanniidae
1 species
Suborder Brachypylina
Family Carabodidae
5 species
Family Ceratozetidae
12 species
Family Chamobatidae
4 species
Family Ctenobelbidae
1 species
Family Cymbaeremaeidae
1 species
Family Eremaeidae
1 species
Family Galumnidae
2 species
Family Haplozetidae
1 species
Family Humerobatidae
1 species
Family Hydrozetidae
1 species
Family Liacaridae
4 species
Family Limnozetidae
2 species
Family Metrioppiidae
1 species
Family Micreremidae
1 species
Family Neoliodidae
1 species
Family Oppiidae
16 species
Family Oribatellidae
3 species
Family Oribatulidae
7 species
Family Passalozetidae
1 species
Family Phenopelopidae
8 species
Family Protoribatidae
1 species
Family Protoribatidae
1 species
Family Punctoribatidae
1 species
Family Quadroppiidae
1 species
Family Scheloribatidae
2 species
Family Scutoverticidae
2 species
Family Steganacaridae
2 species
Family Suctobelbidae
6 species
Family Tectocepheidae
1 species
Family Thyrisomidae
2 species
Family Xenillidae
1 species
Suborder Astigmatina
Order Trombidiformes
Family Limnocharidae
- Limnochares aquatica
Family Tarsonemidae (thread-footed mites / white mites)
- Some species
Family Trombidiidae (red velvet mites)
Order Araneae (spiders)
390 species belonging to 31 families
Family Agelenidae (funnel-web spiders)
- Agelena labyrinthica
- Cryphoeca silvicola (C.L. Koch, 1834)
- Eratigena agrestis
- Giant house spider (Eratigena atrica)
- Malthonica pagana C.L. Koch, 1841
- Tegenaria domestica
- Tegenaria parietina
- Tegenaria silvestris
- Textrix denticulata (Olivier, 1789)
Family Amaurobiidae (tangled nest spiders)
- Amaurobius fenestralis (Lace-webbed spider)
- Amaurobius ferox (black lace-weaver)
- Amaurobius similis (Lace-webbed spider)
Family Anyphaenidae
- Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Family Araneidae (typical orb-weavers)
- Agalenatea redii
- European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)
- Four-spot orbweaver (Araneus quadratus)
- Araneus sturmi
- Araneus triguttatus
- Cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina)
- Araniella opistographa (Kulczynski, 1905)
- Araniella displicata
- Atea triguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Cyclosa conica
- Gibbaranea gibbosa
- Hypsosinga albovittata
- Hypsosinga pygmaea
- Furrow orb spider (Larinioides cornutus)
- Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757)
- Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)
- Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)
- Walnut orb-weaver spider (Nuctenea umbratica)
- Zygiella atrica
- Silver-sided sector spider (Zygiella x-notata)
Family Atypidae (purseweb spiders)
Family Cheiracanthiidae
- Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802)
- Cheiracanthium virescens (Sundevall, 1833)
Family Clubionidae (sac spiders)
Family Cybaeidae
- Diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica)
Family Dictynidae
- Argenna subnigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
- Dictyna arundinacea
- Dictyna latens
- Dictyna uncinata Thorell, 1856
- Nigma puella
Family Dysderidae (woodlouse hunters)
- Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
- Dysdera erythrina
- Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763)
Family Gnaphosidae (flat-bellied ground spiders)
- Drassodes cupreus
- Drassodes lapidosus (Walckenaer, 1802)
- Drassyllus lutetianus (L. Koch, 1866)
- Drassyllus pusillus
- Haplodrassus signifer
- Micaria pulicaria
- Scotophaeus blackwalli
- Zelotes apricorum (L. Koch, 1876)
- Zelotes electus (C.L.Koch, 1839)
- Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878)
Family Hahniidae (dwarf sheet spiders)
- Antistea elegans
- Hahnia helveola Simon, 1875
- Hahnia montana (Blackwall, 1841)
- Hahnia nava
- Hahnia pusilla
Family Linyphiidae (sheet weavers)
- Agyneta cauta
- Agyneta decora (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Agyneta conigera
- Agyneta olivacea
- Agyneta ramosa
- Agyneta subtilis
- Allomengea scopigera (Grube, 1859)
- Allomengea vidua (L.Koch, 1879)
- Aphileta misera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882)
- Araeoncus crassiceps(Westring, 1861)
- Araeoncus humilis
- Asthenargus paganus (Simon, 1884)
- Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965)
- Baryphyma trifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
- Bathyphantes approximatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Bathyphantes gracilis
- Bathyphantes nigrinus (Westring, 1851)
- Bathyphantes parvulus (Westring, 1851)
- Bathyphantes setiger F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894
- Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833)
- Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833)
- Carorita limnaea (Crosby & Bishop, 1927)
- Carorita paludosa Duffey, 1971
- Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall, 1833)
- Centromerita concinna (Thorell, 1875)
- Centromerus arcanus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Centromerus dilutus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
- Centromerus levitarsis (Simon, 1884)
- Centromerus prudens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851)
- Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834)
- Ceratinella scabrosa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Centromerus persimilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1912)
- Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841)
- Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834)
- Collinsia inerrans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1885)
- Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket, 1962
- Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834)
- Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836)
- Diplocentria bidentata (Emerton, 1882)
- Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
- Diplocephalus latifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
- Diplocephalus permixtus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841)
- Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834)
- Dismodicus bifrons (Blackwall, 1841)
- Donacochara speciosa (Thorell, 1875)
- Invisible spider (Drapetisca socialis(Sundevall, 1833))
- Drepanotylus uncatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Entelecara errata O.P.-Cambridge, 1913
- Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851)
- Entelecara media Kulczynski, 1887
- Entelecara omissa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1902)
- Erigone arctica (White, 1852)
- Erigone atra
- Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)
- Erigone longipalpis
- Erigone capra Simon, 1884
- Erigone promiscua (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Erigone welchi Jackson, 1911
- Erigonella hiemalis (Blackwall, 1841)
- Erigonella ignobilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Evansia merens O.P.-Cambridge, 1900
- Floronia bucculenta
- Glyphesis cottonae (La Touche, 1945)
- Gnathonarium dentatum (Wider, 1834)
- Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841)
- Gonatium rubens
- Gongylidiellum latebricola (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Gongylidiellum murcidum Simon, 1884
- Gongylidiellum vivum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
- Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Halorates reprobus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
- Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)
- Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Hilaira frigida (Thorell, 1872)
- Hilaira pervicax Hull, 1908
- Hylyphantes graminicola
- Hypselistes jacksoni (O.P.-Cambridge, 1902)
- Hypomma bituberculatum (Wider, 1834)
- Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833)
- Hypomma fulvum Büsenberg, 1902
- Jacksonella falconeri (Jackson, 1908)
- Kaestneria dorsalis (Wider, 1834)
- Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
- Labulla thoracica (Wider, 1834)
- Lepthyphantes alacris (Blackwall, 1853) = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes angulatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1881) = Oryphantes
- Lepthyphantes cristatus (Menge, 1866) = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853)
- Lepthyphantes flavipes (Blackwall, 1854)
- Lepthyphantes insignis O.P.-Cambridge, 1913 = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes mengei Kulczynski, 1887
- Lepthyphantes minutus
- Lepthyphantes nebulosus (Sundevall, 1830) = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes obscurus (Blackwall, 1841) = Centromerus
- Lepthyphantes pallidus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes tenebricola (Wider, 1834) = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes tenuis
- Lepthyphantes whymperi F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894 = Tenuiphantes
- Lepthyphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890 = Tenuiphantes
- Leptorhoptrum robustum (Westring, 1851)
- Leptothrix hardyi (Blackwall, 1850)
- Lessertia dentichelis (Simon, 1884)
- Linyphia hortensis
- Linyphia triangularis
- Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall, 1841)
- Macrargus rufus (Wider, 1834)
- Maro minutus O.P.-Cambridge, 1906
- Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851)
- Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1972
- Meioneta beata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1906)
- Meioneta gulosa (C.L. Koch, 1869)
- Meioneta innotabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
- Meioneta mollis
- Meioneta mossica Schikora, 1993
- Meioneta rurestris
- Meioneta saxatilis sensu stricto (Blackwall, 1844)
- Metopobactrus prominulus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Micrargus herbigradus sensu stricto (Blackwall, 1854)
- Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851)
- Microctenonyx subitaneus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
- Microlinyphia impigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Microlinyphia pusilla
- Microneta viaria
- Minicia marginella (Wider, 1834)
- Minyriolus pusillus (Wider, 1834)
- Mioxena blanda (Simon, 1884)
- Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851)
- Monocephalus castaneipes (Simon, 1884)
- Monocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall, 1836)
- Neriene clathrata (Sundevall, 1830)
- Neriene montana
- Neriene peltata
- Oedothorax agrestis (Blackwall, 1853)
- Oedothorax apicatus (Blackwall, 1850)
- Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834)
- Oedothorax gibbosus
- Oedothorax retusus (Westring, 1851)
- Ostearius melanopygius (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
- Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)
- Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884)
- Pelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841)
- Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834
- Peponocranium ludicrum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
- Pocadicnemis juncea Locket & Millidge, 1953
- Pocadicnemis pumila sensu stricto (Blackwall, 1841)
- Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841)
- Porrhomma campbelli F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894
- Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851)
- Porrhomma egeria Simon, 1884
- Porrhomma errans (Blackwall, 1841)
- Porrhomma montanum Jackson, 1913
- Porrhomma oblitum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Porrhomma pallidum Jackson, 1913
- Porrhomma pygmaeum
- Porrhomma rosenhaueri (L. Koch, 1872)
- Praestigia duffeyi (Millidge, 1954)
- Rhaebothorax morulus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Saaristoa abnormis (Blackwall, 1841)
- Saaristoa firma (O.P.-Cambridge, 1905)
- Saloca diceros (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Satilatlas britteni (Jackson, 1913)
- Savignia frontata
- Semljicola fausta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1900) = Eboria
- Silometopus ambiguus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1905)
- Silometopus elegans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Silometopus incurvatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871)
- Sintula corniger (Blackwall, 1856)
- Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Styloctetor stativus (Simon, 1881)
- Tallusia experta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Tapinocyba insecta (L. Koch, 1869)
- Tapinocyba pallens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Tapinocyba praecox (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873)
- Tapinopa longidens
- Taranucnus setosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
- Thyreosthenius parasiticus (Westring, 1851)
- Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834)
- Tmeticus affinis (Blackwall, 1855)
- Trichoncus saxicola (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861)
- Trichopterna thorelli (Westring, 1861)
- Troxochrus cirrifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Troxochrus scabriculus (Westring, 1851)
- Typhochrestus digitatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Walckenaeria acuminata
- Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952)
- Walckenaeria antica
- Walckenaeria atrotibialis
- Walckenaeria capito (Westring, 1861)
- Walckenaeria clavicornis (Emerton, 1882)
- Walckenaeria corniculans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875)
- Walckenaeria cucullata (C.L. Koch, 1836)
- Walckenaeria cuspidata Blackwall, 1833
- Walckenaeria dysderoides (Wider, 1834)
- Walckenaeria kochi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)
- Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider, 1834)
- Walckenaeria nodosa
- Walckenaeria nudipalpis
- Walckenaeria unicornis O.P.-Cambridge, 1861
- Walckenaeria vigilax
Family Liocranidae (Liocranid sac spiders)
- Agraecina striata (Kulczynski, 1882)
- Agroeca proxima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Liocranum rupicola
- Phrurolithus festivus (C.L. Koch, 1835)
- Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall, 1859)
- Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841)
Family Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
- Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833)
- Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)
- Alopecosa pulverulenta
- Arctosa cinerea (Fabricius, 1777)
- Arctosa leopardus (Sundevall, 1833)
- Arctosa perita (Latreille, 1799)
- Pardosa agrestis (Westring, 1861)
- Pardosa agricola
- Spotted wolf spider (Pardosa amentata)
- Pardosa lugubris
- Pardosa monticola
- Pardosa nigriceps
- Pardosa palustris
- Pardosa prativaga (L.Koch, 1870)
- Pardosa purbeckensis O.P.-Cambridge, 1895
- Pardosa pullata (Clerck, 1757)
- Pardosa saltans Töpfer-Hofmann, 2000
- Pirata hygrophilus Thorell, 1872
- Pirata latitans (Blackwall, 1841)
- Pirata piraticus
- Pirata piscatorius (Clerck, 1757)
- Pirata tenuitarsis Simon, 1876
- Pirata uliginosus (Thorell, 1856)
- Trochosa ruricola
- Trochosa spinipalpis
- Trochosa terricola
Family Mimetidae (pirate spiders)
Family Miturgidae
Family Nesticidae (scaffold web spiders)
Family Oonopidae (goblin spiders)
Family Philodromidae (running crab spiders)
- Philodromus aureolus
- Philodromus cespitum
- Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826
- Philodromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803)
- Thanatus striatus
- Tibellus maritimus (Menge, 1875)
- Tibellus oblongus
Family Pholcidae (cellar spiders)
- Skull spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
Family Pisauridae (nursery web spiders)
- Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)
- Pisaura mirabilis
Family Salticidae (jumping spiders)
- Calositticus caricis (syn. Sitticus caricis)
- Euophrys frontalis
- Evarcha falcata
- Heliophanus cupreus
- Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832)
- Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846)
- Neon reticulatus
- Neon robustus Lohmander, 1945
- Pseudeuophrys erratica
- Pseudeuophrys lanigera
- Salticus scenicus
- Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797)
- Sitticus floricola
- Sitticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775)
- Talavera aequipes
- Talavera petrensis C.L. Koch, 1837
Family Segestriidae (tube-dwelling spiders)
- Snake-back spider (Segestria senoculata)
Family Scytodidae
- Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1804
Family Sparassidae
- Micrommata roseum (Clerck, 1757)
Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers)
- European cave spider (Meta menardi)
- Metellina mengei
- Metellina merianae
- Metellina segmentata
- Pachygnatha clercki
- Pachygnatha degeeri
- Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830
- Tetragnatha extensa
- Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
- Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886
- Tetragnatha obtusa C.L. Koch, 1837
- Tetragnatha pinicola L. Koch, 1870
- Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862
Family Theridiidae (tangle-web spiders)
- Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757)= Parasteatoda
- Achaearanea tepidariorum = Parasteatoda
- Anelosimus vittatus (C.L.Koch, 1836)
- Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)
- Crustulina sticta
- Cryptachaea riparia
- Dipoena melanogaster
- Dipoena tristis (Hahn, 1833)
- Enoplognatha ovata
- Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala 1982
- Enoplognatha thoracica
- Episinus angulatus
- Episinus truncatus
- Euryopis flavomaculata
- Neottiura bimaculata
- Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834)
- Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851)
- Platnickina tincta
- Robertus arundineti (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836)
- Robertus neglectus
- Rugathodes bellicosus
- Rugathodes instabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Simitidion simile (C.L.Koch, 1836)
- Rabbit-hutch spider (Steatoda bipunctata; also called "false widow")
- Steatoda grossa
- Steatoda nobilis
- Steatoda paykulliana ("false widow")
- Theonoe minutissima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879)
- Theridion blackwalli O.P.-Cambridge, 1871
- Theridion impressum L.Koch, 1881 = Phylloneta
- Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831
- Theridion mystaceum L.Koch, 1870
- Theridion sisyphium (Clerck, 1757) = Phylloneta
- Theridion varians
Family Theridiosomatidae (ray spiders)
Family Thomisidae (crab spiders)
- Diaea dorsata
- Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia)
- Ozyptila atomaria
- Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826)
- Ozyptila sanctuaria (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
- Ozyptila trux
- Ozyptila praticola (C.L. Koch, 1837)
- Xysticus audax
- Xysticus cristatus
- Xysticus erraticus (Blackwall, 1834)
- Xysticus lanio
- Xysticus luctuosus (Blackwall, 1836)
- Xysticus sabulosus (Hahn, 1832)
- Xysticus ulmi
Family Uloboridae (hackled orb weavers)
See also
Encyclopedia of Life online has many images via search Dictynoidea Placements
References
- "Species Details".
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- "Red Velvet Mite - Red Earth Mite - Trombidium holosericeum".
- "Species Details".
- "Species Browser".
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- Ferriss, S. E., Smith, K. G. and Inskipp, T. P.(editors), 2009 Irish Biodiversity: a taxonomic inventory of fauna. Online here:
- O'Connor, J.P., O'Connor, M.A., Ashe, P. & Wistow, S. 1999 A review of the Irish gall-mites (Acari: Eriophydae). Irish Naturalists' Journal 26: 241-248
- Gledhill, T. & Viets K.O. (1976) A synonymic and bibliographic check-list of the freshwater mites (Hydrachnellae and Limnohalacaridae, Acari) recorded from Great Britain and Ireland. Freshwater Biological Association of Occasional Publishing, 1, 1–59.
Helsdingen, P.J. van, 1996 A county distribution of Irish spiders, incorporating a revised catalogue of the species Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Issue
Further information
Identification
Key works are:-
- Jones, Dick, 1983 The Country Life Guide to spiders of Britain and Northern Europe Country Life Books/Hamlyn
- Jones-WaltersL.M., Keys to Families of British Spiders AIDGAP Guide, Field Studies Council No. 197, 1989.
- Locket, G.H. and Millidge, A.F. British Spiders . Vol I 1951, Vol II 1953 Ray Society of London.
- Locket, G.H. , Millidge, A.F. and Merrett P. British Spiders Vol III 1974 Ray Society of London.
- Roberts, Michael J., The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland Vols I, II, 1985, III 1987. Harley Books
- Roberts, Michael J., 1993 The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland Compact Edition Harley Books, 1993
- Roberts, Michael J., 1995 Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe Harper Collins
Peter C. Barnard, 1999 Identifying British insects and arachnids: an annotated bibliography of key works Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 63241 2 provides a comprehensive list of identification literature.
External links
- Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf Eds. Araneae of Europe Includes Descriptions, family keys, figures (pedipalps, epigyne, vulva, prosoma, eyes etc.), maps, references, image gallery. Search under species as generic placements differ
- Spinnen-forum.de Comprehensive expert Wiki images, distribution (by species but under genus IE is Ireland, maps, references, descriptions in German
- British Spiders
- Biolib taxonomy, images
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