Araneae (True Spiders)
Family: Araneidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Sedasta ferox | Simon, 1894 | (rediscovered) | West Africa | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Archaeidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Archaea copalensis | Lourenço, 2000 | subfossil | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Atracidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hadronyche pulvinator | (Hickman, 1927) | Cascade funnel-web spider | 1926 or later | Cascades area, Tasmania, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Family: Barychelidae (Brushed Trapdoor Spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Idioctis intertidalis | (Benoit & Legendre, 1968) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar, Grand Comore & Seychelles | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Corinnidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Paccius quadridentatus | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Dysderidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dysdera cetophonorum | Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 | - | 1950's | Pico Island, Azores | Extinct | Access |
Family: Euctenizidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Aptostichus killerdana | Bond, 2012 | Killerdana trapdoor spider | 15 February 1971 | Orange County, California, USA | Extinct | Access |
Aptostichus lucerne | Bond, 2012 | Deadman’s trapdoor spider | 25 October 1957 | San Bernardino County, California, USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: Eutichuridae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Cheiracanthium wilma | Benoit, 1977 | - | 5-6 May 1967 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Gnaphosidae (Ground spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Benoitodes caheni | (Benoit, 1977) | Cahen's ground spider | 1960's | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Gnaphosa funerea | (Dalmas, 1921) | Funerial ground spider | 1 December 1965 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Hexathelidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Plesiothele fentoni | Hickman, 1936 | Lake Fenton trapdoor spider | - | Tasmania, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Leptonetidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Masirana glabra | (Komatsu, 1957) | (rediscovered) | Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Linyphiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Orsonwelles torosus | (Simon, 1900) | Waimea sheet weaver | 1890's | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: Liphistiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Liphistius birmanicus | Thorell, 1897 | - | (rediscovered) | Myanmar (=Burma) | Rediscovered | Access |
Liphistius lordae | Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984 | - | (rediscovered) | Myanmar (=Burma) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Lycosidae (Wolf spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hogna biscoitoi | Wunderlich, 1992 | Biscoito wolf spider | 1992 or before | Porto Santo, Madeira | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hogna cinica | (Tongiorgi, 1977) | Prosperous Bay Plain wolf spider | 1967 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Migidae (Tree trapdoor-spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Migas nitens | Hickman, 1927 | Silver migas trapdoor | (rediscovered) | Tasmania, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Miturgidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Voraptus tenellus | (Simon, 1893) | - | 1972 | Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Nemesiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nemesia arboricola | Pocock, 1903 | Maltese trap-door spider | (rediscovered) | Malta | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Ochyroceratidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Euso muehlenbergi | (Saaristo, 1998) | - | 1975 | Grande Soeur & Petite Soeur islands, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Oonopidae (Goblin spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Gamasomorpha austera | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Palpimanidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Steriphopus lacertosus | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Pisauridae (Water Spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Mangromedes kochi |
(Roewer, 1951) | - | (rediscovered) | Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Tasmomedes eberhardarum |
(Strand, 1913) | - | (rediscovered) | Tasmania & Victoria, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Maratus nigromaculatus | (Keyserling, 1883) | Black-spotted peacock spider | (rediscovered) | Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Myrmarachne melanocephala | MacLeay, 1839 | - | (rediscovered) | Asia (southern) | Rediscovered | Access |
Piranthus decorus | Thorell, 1895 | (rediscovered) | India & Myanmar (=Burma) | Rediscovered | Access | |
Rhene cooperi | Lessert, 1925 | (rediscovered) | South Africa | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Selenopidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
?Anyphops cortex | Wunderlich, 2004 | subfossil | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
Garcorops jadis | Bosselaers, 2004 | subfossil | Madagascar | Missing | Access |
Family: Sparassidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
†Pleorotus braueri | Simon, 1898 | - | 1894 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Stipax triangulifer | Simon, 1898 | - | 1894 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Thomasettia seychellana | Hirst, 1911 | - | 1908 | Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Telemidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Seychellia lodoiceae | Brignoli, 1980 | - | 1972 | Praslin Island, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Tetragnathidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Meta barreti | Kulczynski, 1899 | 1987 | Madeira, Portugal | Missing | Access | |
Tetragnatha paschae | Berland, 1924 | Rapa Nui long-jawed spider | ? | Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Theraphosidae (Tiger Tarantulas)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nesiergus gardineri | (Hirst, 1911) | - | 1974 | Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Nesiergus halophilus | Benoit, 1978 | - | 1972 | Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Poecilotheria metallica | Pocock, 1899 | - | (rediscovered) | Andhra Pradesh, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Theridiidae (Cobweb spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Moneta coercervea | (Roberts, 1978) | - | 1972 | Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Thomisidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Bonapruncinia sanctaehelenae | Benoit, 1977 | Napoleon's crab spider | 26 November 1965 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Trechaleidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Paratrechalea murphyi | Diniz et al., 2022 | 20 years ago | Brazil | Missing? | Access |
Family: Zoropsidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Tengella perfuga | Dahl, 1901 | - | (rediscovered) | Nicaragua | Rediscovered | Access |