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List of arachnids of Ireland

There are approximately 1,107 species of arachnid native to Ireland. 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.

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 Nemastomatidae

  • Mitostoma chrysomelas
  • Nemastoma lugubre bimaculatum

    • 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

    Family Ixodidae

    10 species

  • Dermacentor reticulatus
  • Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

    • 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

  • 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

    Family Halacaridae (marine mites)

    44 species

  • Thalassarachna capuzina

    • Family Hydrodromidae

    1 species

  • Yellow foot mite (Hydrodroma despiciens)

    • Hydrachnidiae

    2 species

    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

    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

    Family Phthiracaridae

    4 species

  • Phthiracarus affinis

    • Family Carabodidae

    5 species

    Family Ceratozetidae

    12 species

    Family Chamobatidae

    4 species

    Family Ctenobelbidae

    1 species

    Family Cymbaeremaeidae

    1 species

    Family Damaeidae

    3 species

  • Belba corynopus

    • 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

    Family Limnocharidae

  • Limnochares aquatica

    • Family Tarsonemidae (thread-footed mites / white mites)

  • Some species

    • Family Trombidiidae (red velvet mites)

  • Trombidium holosericeum

    • 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)

  • Atypus affinis

    • Family Clubionidae (sac spiders)

  • Clubiona brevipes
  • Clubiona comta
  • Clubiona diversa
  • Clubiona juvenis Simon, 1878
  • Clubiona lutescens
  • Clubiona neglecta
  • Clubiona pallidula
  • Clubiona phragmitis
  • Clubiona reclusa
  • Clubiona stagnatilis
  • Clubiona subtilis
  • Clubiona terrestris
  • Clubiona trivialis

    • 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 Eutichuridae

  • Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802)
  • Cheiracanthium virescens (Sundevall, 1833)

    • 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 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)

  • Ero cambridgei
  • Ero furcata

    • Family Miturgidae

  • Zora spinimana

    • Family Nesticidae (scaffold web spiders)

  • Nesticus cellulanus

    • Family Oonopidae (goblin spiders)

  • Oonops domesticus
  • Oonops pulcher

    • 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)

  • 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 caricis
  • 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)

  • Theridiosoma gemmosum

    • 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)

  • Hyptiotes paradoxus

    • Further information

  • Fauna Europaea

    • 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.

    References

    List of arachnids of Ireland Wikipedia
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