Europe - Species numbers

The distribution of spider species numbers in Europe follows the common situation of high species diversity in the Mediterranean part and lower species numbers towards North. In addition, low species numbers such as in Portugal, many Balkan countries, Greece and Turkey probably indicate research gaps.
References

Tabular data

Country / region Number of species Number of genera
Albania 578 240
Algeria 836 312
Andorra 207 120
Armenia 247 138
Austria 1036 347
Azerbaijan 727 276
Azores (Pt.) 1 1
Belarus 513 224
Belgium 736 302
Bosnia and Herzegovina 181 110
Bulgaria 1110 351
Croatia 769 283
Cyprus 434 230
Czechia 898 336
Denmark 562 250
Egypt 396 199
Estonia 526 226
Faroe Islands 90 62
Finland 659 268
France 1600 442
France / Corsica 554 250
Georgia 627 250
Germany 1012 357
Gibraltar (UK) 2 2
Greece 1192 348
Greece / Crete 445 229
Hungary 810 312
Iceland 84 60
Ireland 427 211
Italy 1581 425
Italy / Sardinia 539 254
Italy / Sicily 456 220
Kosovo 191 117
Latvia 501 207
Libya 309 156
Liechtenstein 530 230
Lithuania 477 207
Luxembourg 497 229
Madeira (Pt.) 2 2
Malta 148 107
Moldova 292 149
Montenegro 671 276
Morocco 487 203
Netherlands 650 272
North Macedonia 826 282
Northern Ireland 318 172
Norway 643 270
Poland 848 322
Portugal 860 305
Romania 1020 328
Russia, Central 686 262
Russia, Eastern 864 294
Russia, Franz Jozef Land 2 2
Russia, Kaliningrad Region 215 127
Russia, Northern 607 230
Russia, Novaya Zemlya 23 13
Russia, Southern 1019 325
Russia, Western 446 195
Serbia 774 297
Slovakia 964 335
Slovenia 754 294
Spain 1391 402
Spain / Balearic Islands 351 191
Svalbard 18 14
Sweden 735 285
Switzerland 1014 350
Tunisia 393 216
Turkey (Asia) 1166 356
Turkey (Europe) 286 169
Ukraine 1094 351
United Kingdom 683 285
Total count for countries with several regions
Denmark (political) 581 258
France (political) 1703 447
Greece (political) 1290 360
Italy (political) 1721 439
Norway (political) 648 270
Russia (political) 1536 425
Spain (political) 1450 404
Turkey (political) 1197 362
United Kingdom (political) 683 285