List of spiders of New Zealand

This is a list of all species of spiders that are known to occur in New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands. The list contains 1,137 species as of July 2025.[1][2][3]

Mygalomorphae

Porrhothelidae

Hexathelidae

Pycnothelidae

Migidae

Idiopidae

Araneomorphae

Gradungulidae

Segestriidae

Dysderidae

Oonopidae

Orsolobidae

Pholcidae

Scytodidae

Periegopidae

Oecobiidae

Mimetidae

Malkaridae

Huttoniidae

Anapidae

Mecysmaucheniidae

Deinopidae

Uloboridae

Araneidae

Tetragnathidae

Linyphiidae

Cyatholipidae

Physoglenidae

Theridiidae

Megadictynidae

Dictynidae

Hahniidae

Zodariidae

Sparassidae

Anyphaenidae

Clubionidae

Corinnidae

Zoridae

  • Argoctenus aureus (Hogg, 1911)

Salticidae

Thomisidae

  • Cymbachina albobrunnea (Urquhart, 1893)
  • Diaea albolimbata L. Koch, 1875
  • Diaea ambara (Urquhart, 1885)
  • Diaea sphaeroides (Urquhart, 1885)
  • Sidymella angularis (Urquhart, 1885)
  • Sidymella angulata (Urquhart, 1885)
  • Sidymella benhami (Hogg, 1910)
  • Synema suteri Dahl, 1907

Lamponidae

Gnaphosidae

Stiphidiidae

Agelenidae

Desidae

Toxopidae

Cycloctenidae

Amaurobiidae

Zoropsidae

  • Uliodon albopunctatus (L. Koch, 1873)
  • Uliodon cervinus (L. Koch, 1873)
  • Uliodon frenatus (L. Koch, 1873)

Cheiracanthiidae

  • Cheiracanthium stratioticum L. Koch, 1873

Miturgidae

Oxyopidae

Pisauridae

Lycosidae

References

  1. ^ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (1 January 2020). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
  3. ^ Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp.