Chelicerata (Spiders, Sea Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, Ticks etc.)
NB: The higher level taxonomy followed here is out of date.
† Denotes that the entire taxonomic rank (viz. genus or higher) is extinct, or at least probably so.
Class: Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, Ticks etc.)
Order: Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Family: Achipteriidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Achipteria setulosa | Golosova, 1981 | - | - | Japan | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Analgidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Diplaegidia gladiator | Haller, 1882 | Passenger pigeon mite | Before 1915 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Ascidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Proctolaelaps epuraeae | (Hirschmann in Westerboer, 1963:374) | (rediscovered) | Western Siberia, Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Caudiferidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Compressalges nipponiae | Dubinin, 1950 | Japanese crested ibis parasitic mite | ? | Japan (& China?) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Digamasellidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dendrolaelaps sinodendronis | Wiśniewski & Hirschmann, 1989 | (rediscovered) | Western Siberia, Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Eriophyidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Aceria cortii | Amrine & Stasny, 1994 | (rediscovered) | Argentina (central) | Rediscovered | Access | |
Shevtchenkella baccharis | (Keifer, 1939) | (rediscovered) | Argentina (central) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Erythraeidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Callidosoma dasypodiae | (Womersley, 1934) | - | - | Australia? | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Gabuciniidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Coraciacarus muellermotzfeldi |
Dabert & Alberti, 2008 | Huia mite | 1879 | New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
Hieracolichus hirundo | (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) | - | - | Americas | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Gymnodamaeidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Arthrodamaeus rossicus | (Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967) | - | - | Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Halarachnidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Halarachne americana | Banks, 1899 | Caribbean monk seal nasal mite | 1899 or before | Caribbean waters | Extinct | Access |
Family: Holothyridae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dicrogonatus gardineri | Warburton, 1912 | Gardiner's giant mite | 1909 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Hygrobatidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Atractides circumcinctus | Schwoerbel, 1956 | - | - | Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Ixodidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dermacentor raskemensis | Pomerantzev, 1946 | (rediscovered) | Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan & Turkey | "Rediscovered" | Access | |
Haemaphysalis danieli |
Černý & Hoogstraal, 1977 | Daniel's western Himalayan haemaphysaline | (rediscovered) | Afghanistan & Pakistan | Rediscovered | Access |
Haemaphysalis kopetdaghica | (Kerbabaev, 1962) | - | (rediscovered) | Iran, Tajikistan, Turkey & Turkmenistan | "Rediscovered" | Access |
Ixodes nitens | Neumann, 1904 | - | ? | Christmas Islands, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Family: Laelapidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Cosmolaelaps lignicolus | (G. & R. Canestrini, 1882) | - | - | Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
Gaeolaelaps dailingensis | (Ma & Yin, 1998) | China & Far East Russia | Rediscovered | Access | ||
Gaeolaelaps longichaetus | (Ma) | - | China & Far East Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Otopheidomenidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Prasadiseius cocytes | (Prasad, 1970) | - | - | South America | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Phytoseiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Silvaseius barretoae | (Yoshida-Shaul and Chant, 1991) | - | - | Argentina & Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Psoroptoididae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Chiasmalges carolinensis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Pterolichidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Genoprotolichus simplex | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Lopharalichus beckeri | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Neorhytidelasma conuropsis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Pteronyssidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Pterotrogus principalis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1944 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Teneriffiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Teneriffia quadripapillata | Sig Thor, 1911 | (rediscovered) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Macaronesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Tetranychidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Tenuipalponychus tabebuiae | (Flechtmann, 1971) | (rediscovered) | Brazil & Costa Rica | Rediscovered | Access | |
Tetranychus gigas | Pritchard & Baker, 1955 | - | (rediscovered) | Brazil & USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Thermacaridae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Thermacarus nevadensis | Marshall, 1928 | Nevada water mite | ? | Nevada (& Utah?), USA | ? | Access |
Family Xolalgidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Fainalges gracilitarsus | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | Carolina parakeet feather mite | Before 1869 | North America | Extinct | |
Protonyssus proctorae | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Before 1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Order: Amblypygi/Pedipalpia (Whip Scorpions or Whip Spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Order: 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: 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) | - | 1999 | Madagascar, Grand Comore & Seychelles | Missing | 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 sp. nov. 'Pico' | - | - | 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 | - | ? | St. Helena | Extinct? | Access |
Family: Gnaphosidae (Ground spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Benoitodes caheni | (Benoit, 1977) | - | ? | St. Helena | Extinct | 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 | - | - | Myanmar (=Burma) | Rediscovered | Access |
Liphistius lordae | Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984 | - | - | 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 | ? | Porto Santo, Madeira | Extinct | Access |
Hogna cinica | (Tongiorgi, 1977) | Prosperous Bay plain wolf spider | 1967 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Migidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Migas nitens | Hickman, 1927 | - | - | 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 | Extinct | Access |
Family: Nemesiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nemesia arboricola | Pocock, 1903 | - | - | 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 | Extinct | Access |
Family: Oonopidae (Goblin spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Gamasomorpha austera | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Palpimanidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Steriphopus lacertosus | Simon, 1898 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Pisauridae (Water Spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nilus kochi | Roewer, 1951 | - | - | Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Chrysilla volupe | (Karsch, 1879) | - | (rediscovered) | India | Rediscovered | Access |
Maratus nigromaculatus | (Keyserling, 1883) | - | (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: 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 | Extinct | Access |
Nesiergus halophilus | Benoit, 1978 | - | 1972 | Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Poecilotheria metallica | Pocock, 1899 | - | - | 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 | Extinct | Access |
Family: Thomisidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Bonapruncinia sanctaehelenae | Benoit, 1977 | - | 1967 | St. Helena | Extinct | 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 | - | - | Nicaragua | Rediscovered | Access |
Order: Opiliones/Phalangida (harvestmen)
Family: Biantidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Biantes parvulus | (Hirst, 1911) | - | 1972 | Mahé, Praslin & Silhouette islands, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Cosmetidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Eulibitia ectroxantha | (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | - | Colombia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Epedanidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Lobonychium palpiplus | Roewer, 1938 | - | - | Borneo (Indonesian & Malaysian) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Otilioleptidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phalangodidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hirstienus nanus | Hirst, 1913 | - | 1908 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Podoctidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Centrobunus braueri | Loman, 1902 | - | 1894 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
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Holozoster ovalis |
Loman, 1902 |
- | 1972 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Ibalonius lomani | Hirst, 1911 | - | 1972 | Silhouette, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Peromona erinacea |
Roewer, 1949 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Sitalcicus gardineri | (Hirst, 1911) | - | 1908 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Sitalcicus incertus | Rambla, 1984 "1983" | - | 1972 | Silhouette, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Samoidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Mitraceras crassipalpum | Loman, 1902 | - | 1972 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Triaenonychidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Prasmiola unica | Forster, 1954 | - | (rediscovered) | Days Bay, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Zalmoxidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Metazalmoxis ferruginea | Roewer, 1912 | - | 1892 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Order: Palpigradi (Palpigrades or Microwhip Scorpions)
Family: Eukoeneniidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Eukoenenia draco | (Peyerimhoff, 1906) | - | - | Majorca | Rediscovered | Access |
Order: Pseudoscorpionida (False Scorpions or Book Scorpions)
Family: Garypinidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hemisolinus helenae | Beier, 1977 | - | >1966 / <2004 | St. Helena | Extinct | Access |
Family: Geogarypidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Afrogarypus seychellesensis | (Beier, 1940) | - | 1940 | Praslin Island, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Order: Ricinulei (Hooded Tickspiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Schizomida (Short-tailed Whip Scorpions)
Family: Hubbardiidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Surazomus chavin | Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 | Peruvian short-tailed whip scorpion | - | Panguana, Dept. Huanuco, Peru | Rediscovered | Access |
Order: Scorpiones/Scorpionida (scorpions)
Family: Buthidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Microcharmus henderickxi | Lourenço, 2009 | Holocene | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
Palaeogrosphus copalensis | Lourenço, 1996 | Holocene | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
Palaeogrosphus jacquesi | Lourenço & Henderickx, 2012 | Holocene | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
Tityus exstinctus | Lourenço, 1995:29 | Martinique tityus scorpion | 1884 | Martinique, Lesser Antilles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Chactidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Chactas pleistocenicus | Lourenço & Weitschat, 2005 | Holocene | Colombia | Missing | Access |
Family: Scorpionidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Orobothriurus bivittatus | (Thorell, 1877) | - | - | Sierra del Tontal, Argentina | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: †Typhlochactinae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
†Akrav israchanani | Levy, 2007 | Eyeless cave scorpion | Early 1990s? | Ayalon cave, Israel | Extinct | Access |
Order: Solifugae (Solifuges or Camel Spiders)
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Ascorhynchidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Ascorhynchus hippos | Turpaeva, 1994 | (rediscovered) | Kuril-Kamchatka Trench | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Nymphonidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nymphon gerlachei | Giltay, 1935 | (rediscovered) | Antarctic | Rediscovered | Access |
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Appendix 1: Taxa not recorded since the type collection
Andre, H. M. and Ducarme, X. (2003). Rediscovery of the genus Pseudotydeus (Acari: Tydeoidea), with description of the adult using digital imaging. Insect Systematics & Evolution 34(4): 373-379. [Pseudotydeus perplexus: "The type-material...from old lawn clippings collected from Columbus (Ohio, USA)."]