List of spiders of New Zealand

Latrodectus katipo

This is a list of all species of spiders that are known to occur in New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands. The list contains 1,138 species as of July 2025.[1][2][3]

Mygalomorphae

Porrhothele antipodiana

Porrhothelidae

Hexathelidae

Pycnothelidae

Migas sp.

Migidae

Cantuaria sp.

Idiopidae

Araneomorphae

Spelungula cavernicola

Gradungulidae

Segestriidae

Dysderidae

Oonopidae

Duripelta sp

Orsolobidae

Pholcus phalangioides

Pholcidae

Scytodidae

Periegopidae

Oecobiidae

Mimetidae

Forstrarchaea rubra

Malkaridae

Huttoniidae

Novanapis spinipes

Anapidae

Aotearoa magna

Mecysmaucheniidae

Deinopidae

Uloboridae

Colaranea melanoviridis

Araneidae

Nanometa lagenifera

Tetragnathidae

Erigone prominens

Linyphiidae

Tekelloides flavonotatus

Cyatholipidae

Physoglenidae

Steatoda lepida

Theridiidae

Megadictynidae

Paradictyna sp

Dictynidae

Hahniidae

Zodariidae

Isopeda villosa

Sparassidae

Anyphaenidae

Clubiona

Clubionidae

Nyssus coloripes

Corinnidae

Zoridae

  • Argoctenus aureus (Hogg, 1911)
Hinewaia embolica

Salticidae

Diaea sp

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

Intruda signata

Gnaphosidae

Neoramia sp

Stiphidiidae

Agelenidae

Cambridgea sp

Desidae

Toxopidae

Cycloctenus pulcher

Cycloctenidae

Amaurobiidae

Uliodon sp

Zoropsidae

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

Cheiracanthiidae

  • Cheiracanthium stratioticum L. Koch, 1873

Miturgidae

Oxyopes gracilipes

Oxyopidae

Pisauridae

Anoteropsis hilaris

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.