ARANEAE
(spiders)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AGELENIDAE
cobweb spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 4 subtaxa 54 images 3 ident. refs
AMAUROBIIDAE
lace-webbed spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 41 images
ARANEIDAE
orb spiders, orb-weavers
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 12 subtaxa 208 images 1 ident. refs
CLUBIONIDAE
foliage spiders
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 4 subtaxa 12 images 3 ident. refs
CYBAEIDAE
water spiders
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 1 images
DICTYNIDAE
mesh webbed spiders, mesh-webbed spiders
Family 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
DYSDERIDAE
woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 15 images 3 ident. refs
GNAPHOSIDAE
ground spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 28 images 4 ident. refs
LINYPHIIDAE
money spiders
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 19 subtaxa 113 images 13 ident. refs
LIOCRANIDAE
running foliage spiders
Family 2 subtaxa 6 images
Agroeca
a genus of running foliage spiders
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 6 images
LYCOSIDAE
wolf spiders
(Click to open)
 		Family 6 subtaxa 1 images 6 ident. refs
OONOPIDAE
six-eyed spiders
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 5 images
PHILODROMIDAE
running crab spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 8 images 6 ident. refs
PHOLCIDAE
daddy-long-legs spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 62 images
PISAURIDAE
raft spiders and tent or nursery-web spider, nursery-web and raft spiders
(Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 42 images
SALTICIDAE
jumping spiders
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 		Family 5 subtaxa 6 images 3 ident. refs
SEGESTRIIDAE
six-eyed spiders
Family 1 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
Segestria
a genus of six-eyed spiders
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
TETRAGNATHIDAE
long-jawed spiders
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 6 subtaxa 77 images 2 ident. refs
THERIDIIDAE
comb-footed spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 6 subtaxa 111 images
THOMISIDAE
crab spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 56 images
ULOBORIDAE
triangle spiders, cribellate orb-web spiders
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderARANEAE (spiders)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Insects & Spiders from Finland www.kolumbus.fi/hannu.j.tanner/coleoptera/
Anon. Spiders of Wiltshire geocities.com/mc28askins/doc1.htm
Anon. Central European Spider Wikipedia wiki.spinnen-forum.de/
Anon. Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Locate
Blackwall, J. 1860 *** A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) Vol 31 & 34, The Ray Society, London
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Falk, S. Araneae (spiders) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157631875078693/
Hopkin, S. Steve Hopkin www.stevehopkin.co.uk
Jones-Walters, L.M. 1989 Keys to the Families of British Spiders AIDGAP Keys, No. 197, 2 edition, 79pp, Field Studies Council
Jones, D. 1983 The Country Life Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe Country Life Guides, 320pp, Country Life Books
Linssen, E.F. & Newman, L.H. 1964 *** The Observer’s Book of Insects ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 17, Revised edition edition, 128pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Locket G.A. & Millidge A.F. 1953 British Spiders (3 Vols) Nos 135, 137 & 149, 1968 Reprint edition, 310+449pp, The Ray Society, London
Oger, P. Les araignees de Belgique et France arachno.piwigo.com/index.php?/categories
() Roberts, M.J. 1995 Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Field Guides, 383pp, HarperCollins
Roberts, M.J. 1993 The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (compact edition) 1 & 2, Compact edition (2 vols) edition, 705pp, Harley Books
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Water And Wetland Spiders

Brauer, A. 1909 *** Araneae, Acarina und Tardigrada ***(Superseded) Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands, Heft 12, 191pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

ARANEAE (spiders) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARANEAE (spiders)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARANEAE (spiders)
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