Spiders of New Zealand

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Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera, most of which are endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species (L. cylindrata, L. murina) also occurring in New Zealand where they are commonly known as 'white-tailed spiders'. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species (Centrothele mutica, Lamponova wau) also occur.

Gradungulidae, also known as large-clawed spiders, is a spider family endemic to Australia and New Zealand. They are medium to large-sized haplogyne spiders with three claws and two pairs of book-lungs similar to Mygalomorphae.

spider in the genus Steatoda

Dunedinia is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.

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Periegops is a genus of spiders with six eyes instead of the usual eight. It is the only genus in its family (Periegopidae) and has three described species. It was long considered to be a member of Sicariidae or Segestriidae until Raymond Forster elevated it to the family level in 1995.

Celaenia is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868.

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Laperousea is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. it contains only two species, both found in Australia and New Zealand: L. blattifera and L. quindecimpunctata.

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Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.

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Clynotis is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, or jumping spiders, contained within the subfamily Marpissinae. They are found across Australia and New Zealand, with some species occupying the Auckland Islands and one found exclusively on Snares Island. There are eight species currently described within the genus, the earliest noted being the type species Clynotis severus, first described in Queensland, New South Wales, Australia in 1879 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. The most recent was described in 1931 by Lucien Berland. Two other species previously held within the genus were subse

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Allotrochosina is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 3 species.

Holoplatys is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Spider that doesn't build webs

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Prasonica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

Anzacia is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.

Uliodon is a genus of spiders endemic to New Zealand and possibly Australia. They are commonly referred to as vagrant spiders. Vagrant spiders vary in colour from dark brown to almost black, they typically have a body length of 20mm and a 50mm leg span. When alive, the interior of the male's pedipalp are brightly coloured (usually orange).

Holarchaea is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955. it contains only two species, H. globosa and H. novaeseelandiae, but there may still be undescribed species in New Zealand.

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Lampona is a genus of South Pacific spiders in the family Lamponidae that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. At least two species have a whitish tip to the abdomen and are known as "white-tailed spiders". Both hunt other spiders and have been introduced to New Zealand. The name is derived from the Middle English laumpe, meaning "light" or "fire".

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Maorineta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.

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Haplinis is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.

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Sidymella is a genus of spider in the family Thomisidae, found in South America, Australia and New Zealand. It was originally named Sidyma, but this was later found to have been used already for a genus of moths.

Alistra is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1894.

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Hypodrassodes is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.

Oramia is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964.

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Stanwellia is a genus of South Pacific mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by W. J. Rainbow & R. H. Pulleine in 1918. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Aparua.

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Cantuaria is a genus of South Pacific armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902. From 1985 to 2006 it was merged with former genus Misgolas, now Arbanitis.

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Australomimetus is a genus of spiders in the family Mimetidae. It was first described in 1986 by Heimer. , it contains 31 species.

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Cycloctenus is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distinctive arrangement of its eyes, particularly the enlarged posterolateral eyes. It was moved to the Cycloctenidae in 1967.

Delena is a genus of South Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.