Order: Araneae (True Spiders)
Suborder: Mesothelae [1 family]
Family: Liphistiidae (Segmented spiders)
| 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 |
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae (True spiders)
Family: Agelenidae (Araneomorph funnel-web spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Amaurobiidae (Tangled nest spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Anapidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ancylometidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Anyphaenidae (Anyphaenid sac spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Araneidae (Orb-weaver spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
|
Minutunguis silvestris |
Wunderlich, 2011 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
| Sedasta ferox | Simon, 1894 | (rediscovered) | West Africa | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Archaeidae (Pelican spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Archaea copalensis | Lourenço, 2000 | subfossil | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Archoleptonetidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Argyronetidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Arkyidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Austrochilidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Caponiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cheiracanthiidae (=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: Cicurinidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cithaeronidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Clubionidae (Sac spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Copaldictynidae†
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Copaldictyna madagascariensis | Wunderlich, 2004 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Corinnidae (Dark sac spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Paccius quadridentatus | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
|
Palpiraptor myrmarachnoides |
Wunderlich, 2011 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Ctenidae (Wandering spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cyatholipidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cybaeidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cycloctenidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Deinopidae (Net-casting spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Desidae (Intertidal spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dictynidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Dictyna rufa | Wunderlich, 2012 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
|
Flagelldictyna copalis |
Wunderlich, 2012 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
|
Thallumetus copalis |
Wunderlich, 2004 | - | subfossil | Colombia | Extinct | Access |
Family: Diguetidae (Coneweb spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dolomedidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Drymusidae (False violin spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dysderidae (Woodlouse hunter spiders)
| 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: Eresidae (Velvet spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Filistatidae (Crevice weavers)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Fonteferreidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Gallieniellidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Gnaphosidae (Ground spiders or Flat-bellied 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 |
| Zelotes funerea | (Dalmas, 1921) | Funerial ground spider | 1 December 1965 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Gradungulidae (Large-clawed spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hahniidae (Dwarf sheet spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hersiliidae (Tree trunk spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Hersiliana brevipes | Wunderlich, 2004 | - | subffosil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Homalonychidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Huttoniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hypochilidae (Lampshade spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lamponidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lathyidae
—No subordinate taxa
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 (Sheetweb weavers)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
|
Bathyphantes gracilipes |
van Helsdingen, 1977 | Peaks large sheet weaver | March 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Madagascarphantes vomerans |
Wunderlich, 2012 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
|
Napometa trifididens |
(O.P.-Cambridge, 1873) | Three-spined peaks orb weaver | December 1965 | St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
| Orsonwelles torosus | (Simon, 1900) | Waimea sheet weaver | 1890's | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
|
?Toschia fossilis |
Wunderlich, 2004 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Liocranidae (Liocranid sac spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
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: Macrobunidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Malkaridae (Shield spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mecysmaucheniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Megadictynidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mimetidae (Pirate spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Miturgidae (Long-legged sac spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Voraptus tenellus | (Simon, 1893) | - | 1972 | Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Myrmecicultoridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mysmenidae (Spurred orb-weavers)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Nesticidae (Cave cobweb spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Nicodamidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ochyroceratidae (Midget ground weavers)
| 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: Oecobiidae (Disc web spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Oonopidae (Goblin spiders or Dwarf hunting spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Gamasomorpha austera | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Orsolobidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Oxyopidae (Lynx spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pacullidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Palpimanidae (Palp-footed spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Steriphopus lacertosus | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Penestomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Periegopidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Philodromidae (Philodromid crab spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pholcidae (Daddy long-legs spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phrurolithidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Physoglenidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phyxelididae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pimoidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pisauridae (Water spiders or Nursery web 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: Plectreuridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Prodidomidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Prodidomus madagascariensis | Wunderlich, 2011 | - | subfossil | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Family: Psechridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Psilodercidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Salticidae (Jumping spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
|
Dendryphantes sedulus |
(Blackwall, 1865) | - | after 1865 | São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
| 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: Scytodidae (Spitting spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Segestriidae (Tubeweb spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Selenopidae (Wall spiders)
| 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 or Extinct | Access |
Family: Senoculidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Sicariidae (Recluse spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Sparassidae (Huntsman spiders)
| 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: Stenochilidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Stiphidiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Symphytognathidae (Dwarf orb-weavers)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Synaphridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Synotaxidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Telemidae (Long-legged cave spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Seychellia lodoiceae | Brignoli, 1980 | - | 1972 | Praslin Island, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Tetrablemmidae (Armored spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Tetragnathidae (Long jawed orb-weavers)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Meta barreti | Kulczynski, 1899 | 1987 | Madeira, Portugal | Missing | Access | |
|
Meta maculata |
(Blackwall, 1865) | - | after 1865 | São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Tetragnatha paschae | Berland, 1924 | Rapa Nui long-jawed spider | ? | Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Theridiidae (Cobweb spiders)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
|
Helenidion huberti |
(Benoit, 1977) | Hubert's cobweb spider | 1967 | St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
| Moneta coercervea | (Roberts, 1978) | - | 1972 | Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles | Missing | Access |
Family: Theridiosomatidae (Ray spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Thomisidae (Crab spiders)
| 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 |
|
Misumena bicolor |
Simon, 1875 | - | (rediscovered) | Corsica (France), Sardinia (Italy) & Germany | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Titanoecidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Toxopidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trachelidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trachycosmidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trechaleidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Paratrechalea murphyi | Diniz et al., 2022 | 1 November 2002 | Brazil | Missing | Access |
Family: Trochanteriidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trogloraptoridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Udubidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Uloboridae (Hackled orb-weavers)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Viridasiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Xenoctenidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Zodariidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Zoropsidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Tengella perfuga | Dahl, 1901 | - | (rediscovered) | Nicaragua | Rediscovered | Access |
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)
Family: Actinopodidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Anamidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Antrodiaetidae (Folding trapdoor spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Atracidae (Australian funnel-web spiders)
| 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: Atypidae (Purseweb spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
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: Bemmeridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ctenizidae (Cork-lid trapdoor spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae (Wafer-lid trapdoor spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dipluridae (Curtain-web spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Entypesidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Euagridae
—No subordinate taxa
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: Halonoproctidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hexathelidae ((Australian) funnel-web spiders)
| 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: Hexurellidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Idiopidae (Armored trapdoor spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ischnothelidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Macrothelidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mecicobothriidae (Dwarf tarantulas or Sheet funnel-web spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Megahexuridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Melloinidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Microhexuridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Microstigmatidae
—No subordinate taxa
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: 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: Paratropididae (Baldlegged spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Porrhothelidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pycnothelidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhytidicolidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Stasimopidae
—No subordinate taxa
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 |
|
Orphnaecus pellitus |
Simon, 1892 | - | (rediscovered) | Philippines | Rediscovered | Access |
| Poecilotheria metallica | Pocock, 1899 | - | (rediscovered) | Andhra Pradesh, India | Rediscovered | Access |