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THE COMITY OF SPIDERS 

The following 7 species, which are not included in the list of 556 

British species, have been recorded from the Channel Islands 

(Bristowe, 1929): DRASSIDAE, 

Zelotes civicus 

Sim; SALTICIDAE, 

Heliophanus aeneus 

Hahn, 

H

.

 cambridgei 

Sim., 

Euophrys sulfurea

C.L.K.,

 Pellenes nigrociliatus 

L.K.; LYCOSIDAE, 

Tarentula 

albofasciata 

Brul.; AGELENIDAE, 

Tegenaria pusilla 

Sim. 

KEY TO THE ABBREVIATIONS. 

BRITISH ISLES. 

ENG, England; WAL, Wales; IRE, Ireland; SCOT, Scotland. 

Aberd., Aberdeen; Bedf., Bedford; Berw., Berwick; Brec., Brecon; Caithn., Caithness; 

Camb., Cambridge; Card., Cardigan; Carmar., Carmarthen; Chesh., Cheshire; Clackm., 

Clackmannan; Cornw., Cornwall; Cumb., Cumberland; Denb., Denbigh; Dev., Devon; Doneg., 

Donegal; Dors., Dorset; Dubl., Dublin; Dumb., Dumbarton; Dumfr., Dumfries; Durh., Durham; 

Edinb., Edinburgh; Ess., Essex; Ferman., Fermanagh; Forfar = Angus; Galw., Galway; Glam., 

Glamorgan; Glos., Gloucester; Hadd., Haddington; Hants., Hampshire; Heref., Hereford; 

Invern., Inverness; Kilken., Kilkenny; Kincard., Kincardine; Kinr., Kinross; Kirkcud., 

Kircudbright; L'derry., Londonderry; Leic., Leicester; Leitr., Leitrim; Limer., Limerick; 

Linlithg., Linlithgow; Lond., London; Longf., Longford; Merion., Merioneth; Middx., 

Middlesex; Monag., Monaghan; Monm., Monmouth; Montgom., Montgomery; Norf., Norfolk; 

Northumb., Northumberland; Oxf., Oxford; Pemb., Pembroke; Pemb. islands = Skomer, 

Skokholm and Ramsey; Radn., Radnor; Renfr., Renfrew; Roscom., Roscommon; Ross, Ross 

and Cromarty; Roxb., Roxburgh; Rutl., Rutland; Selk., Selkirk; Shrops., Shropshire; Somer., 

Somerset; Stirl., Stirling; Suff., Suffolk; Surr., Surrey; Suss., Sussex; Sutherl., Sutherland; 

Tipper., Tipperary; Warw., Warwick; Waterf., Waterford; Westmor., Westmorland; Wexf., 

Wexford; Wickl., Wicklow; Worc., Worcester; AV. coast islands = the islands off the West 

Coast. 

ABROAD. 

Alg., Algeria; As. Russ., Asiatic Russia; Austr., Austria; Az., Azores; Belg., Belgium; Bulg., 

Bulgaria; Can., Canary Islands; Cors., Corsica; Czecho., Czechoslovakia; Denm., Denmark; 

Eur. Russ., European Russia; Fr., France; Germ., Germany; Holl., Holland; Hung., Hungary; It., 

Italy; Jap., Japan; Kamtsch., Kamtschatka; Mad., Madeira; Norw., Norway; Pal., Palestine; 

Port., Portugal; Roam., Roumania; Russ., Eur. and As., Russia, European and Asiatic; Sardin., 

Sardinia; Sp., Spain; Spits., Spitsbergen; Sw., Sweden; Switz., Switzerland; Transcauc., 

Transcaucasus; Yugo., Yugoslavia. 

Note

.   No political significance should be attached 

(1) To the inclusion, for purposes of convenience, of the Channel Islands amongst the 

English counties; 

(2) To the treatment of Eire and Northern Ireland as one entity; and  

(3) To the treatment of Germany and Austria as separate countries.