World Spider Catalog

Porrhothelidae Hedin & Bond, 2018

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: separated from the Hexathelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 5, confirmed by Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: f. 5; the re-including into the Hexathelidae (and synonymy with the Macrothelinae) by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 13 is not accepted here (see note at Hexathelidae).

In synonymy:

Hexops Ausserer, 1871 = Porrhothele Simon, 1892 (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Gen. Porrhothele Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00021

type Mygale antipodiana Walckenaer, 1837; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to the Porrhothelidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 5; the synonym of of the senior name Hexops Ausserer, 1871a: 155 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06336] (type H. whitei Ausserer, 1871), considered by Dalmas, 1917a: 321 (by synonymy of the type species), has been suppressed by all authors for lack of usage (see Bonnet, 1957: 2206 and Forster, 1968: 165).

In synonymy:

Porrhothele antipodum (White, 1849, T from Cteniza) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele avocae Todd, 1945 = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Forster, 1968: 172)

Porrhothele hexops (White, 1849, T from Cteniza) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele huttoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Forster, 1968: 167)

Porrhothele insignipes (Simon, 1891, T from Macrothele) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele kirki (Urquhart, 1894, T from Arbanitis) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Chamberlain, 1944: 74)

Porrhothele quoyi (Walckenaer, 1849, T from Cteniza) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele simoni Hogg, 1901 = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Todd, 1945: 392)

Porrhothele whitei (Ausserer, 1871, T from Hexops) = Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) (Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1837) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000215

Mygale antipodiana Walckenaer, 1837: 230 (Df) Original description

Mygale (Cteniza) antipodum White, 1849: 3 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065625]

Mygale (Cteniza) hexops White, 1849: 3 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065626]

Mygale quoyi Walckenaer in Lucas, 1849b: v. 8: 503 [1847], Atlas 3: 2, Arachnides pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065627]

Hexops whitei Ausserer, 1871a: 155 (superfluous new name for Cteniza antipodum White) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065628]

Macrothele huttonii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873h: 200, pl. 6, f. 14-19 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060530]

Macrothele insignipes Simon, 1891e: 307 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065629]

Porrhothele antipodiana Simon, 1892a: 185, f. 128

Nemesia kirkii Urquhart, 1894: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060531]

Arbanitis kirkii Hogg, 1901: 236

Porrhothele simoni Hogg, 1901: 269, f. 37 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060532]

Porrhothele antipodiana Dalmas, 1917a: 321 (S of Hexops whitei, Macrothele insignipes, Mygale antipodum, M. hexops, M. huttoni [revalidated by Todd, 1945: 394 and re-synonymised by Forster, 1968: 167] and M. quoyi)

Porrhothele antipodiana Hogg, 1918: 171, f. 3

Porrhothele antipodiana Chamberlain, 1944: 74 (S of Arbanitis kirki)

Porrhothele antipodiana Todd, 1945: 392, f. 17, 21, 31, 52, 61, 67 (mf, S of Porrhothele simoni)

Porrhothele avocae Todd, 1945: 394, f. 18, 22, 32, 53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060529]

Porrhothele huttoni Todd, 1945: 394 (removed from S of Porrhothele antipodiana, contra Dalmas, 1917a: 321)

Porrhothele antipodiana Forster, 1968: 165, f. 1, 11, 15, 529-552, 558 (mf, S of Porrhothele avocae and P. huttoni)

Porrhothele antipodiana Yoshikura, 1987: 156, f. 20.11 (m)

Porrhothele antipodiana Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 25, f. 3.1, 4 (m)

Porrhothele blanda Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000216

Porrhothele blanda Forster, 1968: 178, f. 559-562, 564-565, 567, 569 (Dmf) Original description

Porrhothele moana Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000217

Porrhothele moana Forster, 1968: 173, f. 553-557 (Dmf) Original description

Porrhothele modesta Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000218

Porrhothele modesta Forster, 1968: 175, f. 563, 566, 568 (Dmf) Original description

Porrhothele peninsularis Thompson & Sirvid, 2026 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066757

Porrhothele peninsularis Thompson & Sirvid in Thompson et al., 2026: 80, f. 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-B (Dmf) Original description

Porrhothele quadrigyna Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000219

Porrhothele quadrigyna Forster, 1968: 179, f. 570-571 (Df) Original description

Porrhothele quadrigyna Court, 1982: 360, f. 6 (f)

Porrhothele quadrigyna Court, 1984: 129, f. 1 (f)