A Checklist of Worcestershire Spiders

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Scientific Name & Authority

Previous name(s) and comments

Number of Records

Atypidae - Purse-web spider
Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830 1
Scytodidae - Spitting spider
Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802) 1
Pholcidae - Daddy-long-legs spiders
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) 50
Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911) Physocyclus simoni 3
Segestriidae
Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) 34
Dysderidae - Woodlouse spiders
Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802) 1
Dysdera crocata C.L.Koch, 1838 12
Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763) 77
Oonopidae
Oonops pulcher Templeton, 1835 23
Oonops domesticus de Dalmas, 1916 3
Mimetidae - Pirate spiders
Ero cambridgei Kulczynski, 1911 33
Ero furcata (Villers, 1789) 18
Nesticidae - Comb-footed cellar spider
Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757) 8
Theridiidae - Comb-footed spiders
Episinus angulatus (Blackwall, 1836) 12
Episinus truncatus Latreille, 1809 2
Euryopis flavomaculata (C.L.Koch, 1836) 1
Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834) 3
Steatoda phalerata (Panzer, 1801) Asagena phalerata 3
Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) 38
Steatoda grossa (C.L.Koch, 1838) Teutana grossa 1
Anelosimus vittatus (C.L.Koch, 1836) Theridion vittatum 34
Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757) Theridion lunatum 17
Achaearanea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) Theridion saxatile 1
Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875) Theridion tepidariorum simulans 11
Theridion sisyphium (Clerck, 1757) 100
Theridion impressum L.Koch, 1881 78
Theridion pictum (Walckenaer, 1802) 6
Theridion hemerobium (Walckenaer, 1802) Described from Britain in 1994 5
Theridion varians Hahn, 1833 32
Theridion familiare O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 1
Theridion melanurum (Hahn, 1831 T. denticulatum 3
Theridion mystaceum (L.Koch, 1870 10
Theridion blackwalli O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 2
Theridion tinctum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Simitidion simile (C.L.Koch, 1836) Theridion simile 9
Neottiura bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1767) Theridion bimaculatum 98
Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) Theridion pallens 87
Rugathodes instabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 5
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757) Theridion ovatum 170
Enoplognatha thoracica (Hahn, 1833) 8
Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836) 21
Robertus arundineti (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 1
Robertus neglectus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 13
Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851) 16
Theonoe minutissima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879) 1
Theridiosomatidae - Ray spider
Theridiosoma gemmosum (L.Koch, 1877) 2
Linyphiidae - Money spiders
Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851) 21
Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834) 10
Ceratinella scabrosa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 3
Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833 Walckenaera acuminata 61
Walckenaeria antica (Wider, 1834) Wideria antica 28
Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952) 1
Walckenaeria cucullata (C.L.Koch, 1836) Wideria cucullata 14
Walckenaeria atrotibialis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1878) Wideria melanocephala 4
Walckenaeria incisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Wideria polita & Prosopotheca incisa 3
Walckenaeria dysderoides (Wider, 1834) Wideria fugax 1
Walckenaeria nudipalpis (Westring, 1851) Trachynella nudipalpis 19
Walckenaeria obtusa Blackwall, 1836 Trachynella obtusa 3
Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) Tigellinus furcillatus 1
Walckenaeria unicornis O.P.-Cambridge, 1861 Cornicularia unicornis 35
Walckenaeria cuspidata Blackwall, 1833 Cornicularia cuspidata 3
Walckenaeria vigilax (Blackwall, 1853) Cornicularia vigilax 3
Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall, 1834) 57
Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836) 24
Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834) 10
Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851) 2
Moebelia penicillata (Westring, 1851) 6
Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830) Erigonidium graminicola 12
Gnathonarium dentatum (Wider, 1834) 24
Trematocephalus cristatus (Wider, 1834) 11
Tmeticus affinis (Blackwall, 1855) 1
Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) 58
Dismodicus bifrons (Blackwall, 1841) 36
Hypomma bituberculatum (Wider, 1834) 21
Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833) 9
Hybocoptus decollatus (Simon, 1881) 1
Baryphyma pratense (Blackwall, 1861) B. pratensis 4
Baryphyma trifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Minyrioloides trifrons 1
Gonatium rubens (Blackwall, 1833) 27
Gonatium rubellum (Blackwall, 1841) 26
Maso sundevalli (Westring, 1851) 65
Peponocranium ludicrum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1861) 9
Pocadicnemis pumila (Blackwall, 1841) 22
Pocadicnemis juncea Locket & Millidge, 1953 P. pumila var.juncea 51
Oedothorax gibbosus (Blackwall, 1841) includes Oedothorax tuberosus 12
Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834) 157
Oedothorax agrestis (Blackwall, 1853) 4
Oedothorax retusus (Westring, 1851) 65
Oedothorax apicatus (Blackwall, 1850) 36
Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884) Trichopterna mengei 1
Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834) Lophocarenum parallelum 9
Silometopus reussi (Thorell, 1871) S. interjectus 12
Cnephalocotes obscurus (Blackwall, 1834) 22
Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834) 43
Troxochrus scabriculus (Westring, 1851) 16
Minyriolus pusillus (Wider, 1834) 1
Tapinocyba praecox (O.P.-Cambridge, 1873) 5
Tapinocyba pallens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) 7
Tapinocyba insecta (L.Koch, 1869) 3
Microctenonyx subitaneus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Aulacocyba subitanea 1
Monocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall, 1836) 82
Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall, 1841) 13
Gongylidiellum vivum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) 51
Gongylidiellum latebricola (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 6
Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854) 64
Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851) 4
Erigonella hiemalis (Blackwall, 1841) 25
Savignia frontata Blackwall, 1833 95
Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833) 20
Diplocephalus permixtus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 10
Diplocephalus latifrons (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) 34
Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841) 47
Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841) 6
Panamomops sulcifrons (Wider, 1834) 2
Milleriana inerrans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1885) Scotargus inerrans 32
Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834) 156
Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833 153
Prinerigone vagans Audouin, 1826 2
Leptorhoptrum robustum (Westring, 1851) 11
Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 3
Halorates distinctus (Simon, 1884) Collinsia distincta 1
Asthenargus paganus (Simon, 1884) Asthenarthus paganus 1
Ostearius melanopygius (O.P.-Cambridge, 1879) 19
Porrhomma pygmaeum (Blackwall, 1834) 155
Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851) 2
Porrhomma microphthalmum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 23
Agyneta subtilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) 2
Agyneta conigera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) 2
Agyneta decora (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 2
Meioneta innotabilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Syedrula innotabilis 3
Meioneta rurestris (C.L.Koch, 1836) 53
Meioneta mollis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 1
Meioneta saxatilis (Blackwall, 1844) 10
Microneta viaria (Blackwall, 1841) 212
Syedra gracilis (Menge, 1869) 4
Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841) 23
Centromerus dilutus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875) Centromerus tantalus 28
Tallusia experta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Centromerus expertus 6
Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall, 1833) 62
Centromerita concinna (Thorell, 1875) 12
Saaristoa abnormis (Blackwall, 1841) Oreonetides abnormis 5
Saaristoa firma (O.P.-Cambridge, 1905) Oreonetides firmus 1
Macrargus rufus (Wider, 1834) 23
Bathyphantes approximatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 7
Bathyphantes gracilis (Blackwall, 1841) 262
Bathyphantes parvulus (Westring, 1851) 13
Bathyphantes nigrinus (Westring, 1851) 61
Kaestneria dorsalis (Wider, 1834) Bathyphantes dorsalis 2
Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863) Bathyphantes pullatus 27
Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) Bathyphantes concolor 95
Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) 8
Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) 41
Tapinopa longidens (Wider, 1834) 4
Floronia bucculenta (Clerck, 1757) 19
Labulla thoracica (Wider, 1834) 15
Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 24
Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833) 1
Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) 9
Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833) 49
Lepthyphantes alacris (Blackwall, 1853) 46
Lepthyphantes obscurus (Blackwall, 1841) 10
Lepthyphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852) 415
Lepthyphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890 180
Lepthyphantes cristatus (Menge, 1866) 25
Lepthyphantes mengei Kulczynski, 1887 31
Lepthyphantes flavipes (Blackwall, 1854) 97
Lepthyphantes tenebricola (Wider, 1834) 4
Lepthyphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853) 45
Lepthyphantes pallidus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 31
Lepthyphantes insignis O.P.-Cambridge, 1913 6
Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841) 25
Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757) 107
Linyphia hortensis Sundevall, 1830 86
Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757) Linyphia montana 34
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830 Linyphia clathrata 193
Neriene peltata Wider, 1834 Linyphia peltata 75
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841) Linyphia marginata 10
Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) Linyphia pusilla 62
Microlinyphia impigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Linyphia impigra 1
Tetragnathidae - Long-jawed spiders
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758) 62
Tetragnatha pinicola L.Koch, 1870 12
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874 90
Tetragnatha obtusa C.L.Koch, 1837 1
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886 4
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823 75
Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830 9
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830 186
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Meta segmentata 126
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) Meta segmentata mengei & Meta mengei 160
Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) Meta merianae 35
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 3
Araneidae - Orb-weavers
Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) Araneus gibbosus 8
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 168
Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757 56
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 2
Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802) 4
Araneus sturmi (Hahn, 1831) Atea sturmi 3
Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1775) Atea triguttata 1
Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) Araneus cornutus 133
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) Araneus sclopetarius 12
Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) Araneus umbraticus 69
Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) Araneus redii 32
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) Araneus cucurbitinus 88
Araniella opisthographa (Kulczynski, 1905) Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus 19
Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802) 10
Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1832) Singa pygmaea 10
Hypsosinga sanguinea (C.L.Koch, 1844) Singa sanguinea 1
Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851) 5
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) 57
Zygiella atrica (C.L.Koch, 1845) 34
Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) 25
Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) 26
Lycosidae - Wolf spiders
Pardosa agrestis (Westring, 1861) 1
Pardosa monticola (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa monticola 6
Pardosa palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) Lycosa tarsalis 39
Pardosa pullata (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa pullata 115
Pardosa prativaga (L.Koch, 1870) Lycosa prativaga 64
Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757) Lycosa amentata 71
Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856) Lycosa nigriceps 37
Pardosa saltans Topfer-Hofmann, 2000 Lycosa lugubris 74
Pardosa hortensis (Thorell, 1872) Lycosa hortensis 6
Pardosa proxima (C.L.Koch, 1847) Lycosa proxima 1
Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861) 3
Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757) Tarentula pulverulenta 48
Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833) Tarentula barbipes 4
Trochosa ruricola (Degeer, 1778) 63
Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856 43
Trochosa spinipalpis (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895) 5
Arctosa perita (Latreille, 1799) 2
Arctosa leopardus (Sundevall, 1833) 2
Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) 19
Pirata hygrophilus Thorell, 1872 38
Pirata latitans (Blackwall, 1841) 12
Pisauridae - Nursery-web & raft spiders
Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck, 1757) 247
Agelenidae - Cobweb spiders
Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) 99
Textrix denticulata (Olivier, 1789) 15
Tegenaria gigantea Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 T. duellica & T. propinqua 43
Tegenaria saeva Blackwall, 1844 T. atrica 3
Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785) 2
Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802) 1
Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757) 10
Tegenaria silvestris L.Koch, 1872 45
Cybaeidae - Water spider (=Argyronetidae)
Argyroneta aquatica (Clerck, 1757) 6
Hahniidae - Lesser cobweb spiders
Antistea elegans (Blackwall, 1841) 10
Hahnia montana (Blackwall, 1841) 25
Hahnia nava (Blackwall, 1841) 8
Hahnia helveola Simon, 1875 5
Dictynidae - Mesh-webbed spiders
Dictyna arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) 70
Dictyna uncinata Thorell, 1856 83
Dictyna latens (Fabricius, 1775) 10
Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) Dictyna viridissima 1
Cryphoeca silvicola (C.L.Koch, 1834) 10
Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) 15
Amaurobiidae - Lace-webbed spiders
Amaurobius fenestralis (Stroem, 1768) Ciniflo fenestralis 69
Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861) Ciniflo similis 31
Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) Ciniflo ferox 19
Coelotes atropos (Walckenaer, 1830) Amaurobius atropos 49
Anyphaenidae - Buzzing spiders
Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) 71
Liocranidae - Running foliage spiders
Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) 14
Agroeca proxima (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) 14
Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841) 3
Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall, 1859) 1
Phrurolithus festivus (C.L.Koch, 1835) 8
Clubionidae - Foliage spiders
Clubiona corticalis (Walckenaer, 1802) 14
Clubiona reclusa O.P.-Cambridge, 1863 84
Clubiona stagnatilis Kulczynski, 1897 2
Clubiona pallidula (Clerck, 1757) 11
Clubiona phragmitis C.L.Koch, 1843 15
Clubiona terrestris Westring, 1851 79
Clubiona neglecta O.P.-Cambridge, 1862 2
Clubiona lutescens Westring, 1851 35
Clubiona comta C.L.Koch, 1839 22
Clubiona brevipes Blackwall, 1841 15
Clubiona trivialis C.L.Koch, 1843 3
Clubiona diversa O.P.-Cambridge, 1862 7
Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802) 21
Gnaphosidae - Ground spiders
Drassodes lapidosus (Walckenaer, 1802) 12
Drassodes cupreus (Blackwall, 1834) D. lapidosus var.cupreus 5
Drassodes pubescens (Thorell, 1856) 3
Haplodrassus signifer (C.L.Koch, 1839) Drassodes signifer 4
Haplodrassus silvestris (Blackwall, 1833) Drassodes silvestris 5
Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) Herpyllus blackwalli 3
Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878) 17
Zelotes apricorum (L.Koch, 1876) 13
Zelotes petrensis (C.L.Koch, 1839) 1
Drassyllus pusillus (C.L.Koch, 1833) Zelotes pusillus 2
Drassyllus praeficus (L.Koch, 1866) Zelotes praeficus 2
Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831) 17
Micaria silesiaca L.Koch, 1875 1
Zoridae - Ghost spiders
Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833) 60
Sparassidae - Green spider (=Heteropodidae)
Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) 25
Philodromidae - Running crab spiders
Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826 61
Philodromus aureolus (Clerck, 1757) 37
Philodromus praedatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 P. aureolus partim 6
Philodromus cespitum (Walckenaer, 1802) P. aureolus var.caespiticolis 34
Philodromus albidus Kulczynski, 1911 11
Tibellus oblongus (Walckenaer, 1802) 25
Thomisidae - Crab spiders
Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777) 15
Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) 58
Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757) 119
Xysticus kochi Thorell, 1872 5
Xysticus erraticus (Blackwall, 1834) 5
Xysticus lanio C.L.Koch, 1835 16
Xysticus ulmi (Hahn, 1831) 31
Xysticus bifasciatus C.L.Koch, 1837 7
Xysticus sabulosus (Hahn, 1832) 1
Xysticus luctuosus (Blackwall, 1836) 2
Xysticus acerbus Thorell, 1872 1
Ozyptila praticola (C.L.Koch, 1837) 20
Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846) 5
Ozyptila simplex (O.P.-Cambridge, 1862) 1
Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801) 4
Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826) 5
Salticidae - Jumping spiders
Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757) 33
Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797) 8
Salticus zebraneus (C.L.Koch, 1837) 2
Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802) 11
Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) 14
Ballus chalybeius (Walkenaer, 1802) 1
Neon reticulatus (Blackwall, 1853) 11
Euophrys frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) 25
Pseudeuophrys lanigera (Simon, 1871) Euophrys lanigera 3
Talavera aequipes (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871) Euophrys aequipes 1
Sitticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775) 4
Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) 34
Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846 found in glasshouses 3