This is a list of all species of spiders that are known to occur in New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands. The list contains 1,151 species as of July 2025.Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp.
Mygalomorphae
Porrhothelidae
Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) Porrhothele blanda Forster, 1968 Porrhothele moana Forster, 1968 Porrhothele modesta Forster, 1968 Porrhothele quadrigyna Forster, 1968 Porrhothele peninsularis Thompson & Sirvid, 2026
Hexathelidae
Hexathele cantuaria Forster, 1968 Hexathele cavernicola Forster, 1968 Hexathele exemplar Parrott, 1960 Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 Hexathele huka Forster, 1968 Hexathele huttoni Hogg, 1908 Hexathele kohua Forster, 1968 Hexathele maitaia Forster, 1968 Hexathele nigra Forster, 1968 Hexathele otira Forster, 1968 Hexathele para Forster, 1968 Hexathele petriei Goyen, 1887 Hexathele pukea Forster, 1968 Hexathele putuna Forster, 1968 Hexathele ramsayi Forster, 1968 Hexathele rupicola Forster, 1968 Hexathele taumara Forster, 1968 Hexathele waipa Forster, 1968 Hexathele waita Forster, 1968 Hexathele wiltoni Forster, 1968
Pycnothelidae
Stanwellia bipectinata (Todd, 1945) Stanwellia hapua (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia hollowayi (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia kaituna (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia media (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia puna (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia regia (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia taranga (Forster, 1968) Stanwellia tuna (Forster, 1968)
Migidae
Migas australis Wilton, 1968 Migas borealis Wilton, 1968 Migas cambridgei Wilton, 1968 Migas cantuarius Wilton, 1968 Migas centralis Wilton, 1968 Migas cumberi Wilton, 1968 Migas distinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 Migas gatenbyi Wilton, 1968 Migas giveni Wilton, 1968 Migas goyeni Wilton, 1968 Migas hesperus Wilton, 1968 Migas hollowayi Wilton, 1968 Migas insularis Wilton, 1968 Migas kirki Wilton, 1968 Migas kochi Wilton, 1968 Migas linburnensis Wilton, 1968 Migas lomasi Wilton, 1968 Migas marplesi Wilton, 1968 Migas minor Wilton, 1968 Migas otari Wilton, 1968 Migas paradoxus L. Koch, 1873 Migas quintus Wilton, 1968 Migas sandageri Goyen, 1891 Migas saxatilis Wilton, 1968 Migas secundus Wilton, 1968 Migas solitarius Wilton, 1968 Migas taierii Todd, 1945 Migas tasmani Wilton, 1968 Migas toddae Wilton, 1968 Migas tuhoe Wilton, 1968
Idiopidae
Cantuaria abdita Forster, 1968 Cantuaria allani Forster, 1968 Cantuaria aperta Forster, 1968 Cantuaria apica Forster, 1968 Cantuaria assimilis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria borealis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria catlinsensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria cognata Forster, 1968 Cantuaria collensis (Todd, 1945) Cantuaria delli Forster, 1968 Cantuaria dendyi (Hogg, 1901) Cantuaria depressa Forster, 1968 Cantuaria dunedinensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria gilliesi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1878) Cantuaria grandis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria huttoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) Cantuaria insulana Forster, 1968 Cantuaria isolata Forster, 1968 Cantuaria johnsi Forster, 1968 Cantuaria kakahuensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria kakanuiensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria lomasi Forster, 1968 Cantuaria magna Forster, 1968 Cantuaria marplesi (Todd, 1945) Cantuaria maxima Forster, 1968 Cantuaria medialis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria minor Forster, 1968 Cantuaria myersi Forster, 1968 Cantuaria napua Forster, 1968 Cantuaria orepukiensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria parrotti Forster, 1968 Cantuaria pilama Forster, 1968 Cantuaria prina Forster, 1968 Cantuaria reducta Forster, 1968 Cantuaria secunda Forster, 1968 Cantuaria sinclairi Forster, 1968 Cantuaria stephenensis Forster, 1968 Cantuaria stewarti (Todd, 1945) Cantuaria sylvatica Forster, 1968 Cantuaria toddae Forster, 1968 Cantuaria vellosa Forster, 1968 Cantuaria wanganuiensis (Todd, 1945)
Araneomorphae
Gradungulidae
Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955 Pianoa isolata Forster, 1987 Spelungula cavernicola Forster, 1987
Segestriidae
Ariadna barbigera Simon, 1905 Ariadna bellatoria Dalmas, 1917 Ariadna septemcincta (Urquhart, 1891) Segestria saeva Walckenaer, 1837
Dysderidae
Dysdera crocata C.L. Koch 1838
Oonopidae
Kapitia obscura Forster, 1956
Orsolobidae
Anopsolobus subterraneus Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta australis Forster, 1956 Ascuta cantuaria Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta inopinata Forster, 1956 Ascuta insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta leith Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta media Forster, 1956 Ascuta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta musca Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta ornata Forster, 1956 Ascuta parornata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta taupo Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta tongariro Forster & Platnick, 1985 Ascuta univa Forster & Platnick, 1985 Bealeyia unicolor Forster & Platnick, 1985 Dugdalea oculata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta alta Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta australis Forster, 1956 Duripelta borealis Forster, 1956 Duripelta egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta hunua Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta koomaa Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta mawhero Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta minuta Forster, 1956 Duripelta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta otara Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta pallida (Forster, 1956) Duripelta paringa Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta scuta Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta totara Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 Duripelta watti Forster & Platnick, 1985 Maoriata magna (Forster, 1956) Maoriata montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 Maoriata vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1985 Orongia medialis Forster & Platnick, 1985 Orongia motueka Forster & Platnick, 1985 Orongia whangamoa Forster & Platnick, 1985 Paralobus salmoni (Forster, 1956) Pounamuella australis (Forster, 1964) Pounamuella complexa (Forster, 1956) Pounamuella hauroko Forster & Platnick, 1985 Pounamuella hollowayae (Forster, 1956) Pounamuella insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 Pounamuella kuscheli Forster & Platnick, 1985 Pounamuella ramsayi (Forster, 1956) Pounamuella vulgaris (Forster, 1956) Subantarctia centralis Forster & Platnick, 1985 Subantarctia dugdalei Forster, 1956 Subantarctia fiordensis Forster, 1956 Subantarctia florae Forster, 1956 Subantarctia muka Forster & Platnick, 1985 Subantarctia penara Forster & Platnick, 1985 Subantarctia stewartensis Forster, 1956 Subantarctia trina Forster & Platnick, 1985 Subantarctia turbotti Forster, 1955 Tangata alpina (Forster, 1956) Tangata furcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata horningi Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata kohuka Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata murihiku Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata nigra Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata orepukiensis (Forster, 1956) Tangata otago Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata parafurcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata plena (Forster, 1956) Tangata pouaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956) Tangata stewartensis (Forster, 1956) Tangata sylvester Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata tautuku Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tangata waipoua Forster & Platnick, 1985 Tautukua isolata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Turretia dugdalei Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia algida (Forster, 1956) Waiporia chathamensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia extensa (Forster, 1956) Waiporia hawea Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia hornabrooki (Forster, 1956) Waiporia mensa (Forster, 1956) Waiporia modica (Forster, 1956) Waiporia owaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia ruahine Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia tuata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waiporia wiltoni Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua gressitti (Forster, 1964) Waipoua hila Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua otiana Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua ponanga Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua toronui Forster & Platnick, 1985 Waipoua totara (Forster, 1956) Wiltonia elongata Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia eylesi Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia fiordensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia graminicola Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia lima Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia nelsonensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia pecki Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia porina Forster & Platnick, 1985 Wiltonia rotoiti Forster & Platnick, 1985
Pholcidae
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911)
Scytodidae
Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802)
Periegopidae
Periegops keani Vink, Dupérré & Malumbres-Olarte, 2013 Periegops suterii (Urquhart, 1892)
Oecobiidae
Oecobius navus Blackwall, 1859
Mimetidae
Australomimetus mendicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) Australomimetus sennio (Urquhart, 1891)
Malkaridae
Forstrarchaea rubra (Forster, 1949) Ozarchaea forsteri Rix, 2006 Pararchaea alba Forster, 1955 Whakamoke guacamole Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke heru Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke hunahuna Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke paoka Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke rakiura Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 Whakamoke tarakina Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Huttoniidae
Huttonia palpimanoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880
Anapidae
Algidiella aucklandica (Forster, 1955) Holarchaea novaeseelandiae (Forster, 1949) Novanapis spinipes (Forster, 1951) Paranapis insula (Forster, 1951) Paranapis isolata Platnick & Forster, 1989 Pua novaezealandiae Forster, 1959 Rayforstia antipoda (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia insula (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia mcfarlanei (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia plebeia (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia propinqua (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia salmoni (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia scuta (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia signata (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia vulgaris (Forster, 1959) Rayforstia wisei (Forster, 1964) Taliniella nigra (Forster, 1959) Taliniella vinki Rix & Harvey, 2010 Taphiassa punctata (Forster, 1959) Tinytrella pusilla (Forster, 1959) Zealanapis armata (Forster, 1951) Zealanapis australis (Forster, 1951) Zealanapis conica (Forster, 1951) Zealanapis insula Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis kuscheli Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis matua Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis montana Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis otago Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis punta Platnick & Forster, 1989 Zealanapis waipoua Platnick & Forster, 1989
Mecysmaucheniidae
Aotearoa magna (Forster, 1949) Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955
Deinopidae
Asianopis subrufa L. Koch 1879
Uloboridae
Waitkera waitakerensis (Chamberlain, 1946)
Araneidae
Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) Arachnura feredayi (L. Koch, 1872) Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 Backobourkia brouni (Urquhart, 1885) Celaenia atkinsoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) Celaenia excavata (L. Koch, 1867) Celaenia hectori (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) Celaenia olivacea (Urquhart, 1885) Celaenia penna (Urquhart, 1887) Celaenia tuberosa (Urquhart, 1889) Colaranea brunnea Court & Forster, 1988 Colaranea melanoviridis Court & Forster, 1988 Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887) Colaranea viriditas (Urquhart, 1887) Courtaraneus orientalis (Urquhart, 1887) Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) Cyclosa trilobata (Urquhart, 1885) Novakiella trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) Novaranea queribunda (Keyserling, 1887)