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.

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 Chthoniidae

 * 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 opisthographa (Kulczynski, 1905)
 * Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847)
 * 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 Cheiracanthiidae

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

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 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 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)

 * 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)

 * 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.