An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands

This study updates the previous checklist of Faroese spiders published in 2004. Fifteen species are added to the list: Amaurobius fenestralis (Ström, 1768), A. similis (Blackwall, 1861), Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757), Allomengea scopigera (Grube, 1859), Baryphyma trifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1863), Erigone dentigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1874, E. whymperi O. P.-Cambridge, 1877, Halorates reprobus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879), Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830), Porrhomma campbelli
F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1894, P. pallidum Jackson, 1913, Silometopus ambiguus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1905), Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911), Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758), and Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841). Nine species are deleted from the checklist. While Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757, A. quadratus Clerck, 1757, and Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) have been repeatedly introduced to the Faroes they have failed to establish and are deleted. Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834) and Walckenaeria obtusa Blackwall, 1836 are considered accidental imports unable to breed in the islands and are also deleted. Bolephthyphantes index (Thorell, 1856) and Tmeticus affinis (Blackwall, 1855) are assumed erroneously reported from the islands and are deleted from the list along with Agyneta ramosa Jackson, 1912 and Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801) which were found to be misidentified upon re-examination of museum specimens. The status of Porrhomma egeria Simon, 1884 in the Faroes is uncertain and is maintained on the list. At least 114 spider species have been recorded in the Faroes, however only 90 meet the criteria of the checklist