Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: family stated polyphyletic and Halonoproctidae recircumscribed and splitted from the Ctenizidae by Godwin et al., 2018: 307; family redelimited (to the genera Cteniza and Cyrtocarenum) and Stasimopus transferred to the Stasimopidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 698, 699.

Transferred to other families:

Acattyma L. Koch, 1878 -- see Antrodiaetidae

Acontius Karsch, 1879 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Actinopus Perty, 1833 -- see Actinopodidae

Actinoxia Simon, 1890 -- see Euctenizidae

Aganippe O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 -- see Idiopidae

Albaniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Idiopidae

Aliatypus Smith, 1908 -- see Antrodiaetidae

Amblyocarenum Simon, 1892 -- see Nemesiidae

Ancylotrypa Simon, 1889 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Anemesia Pocock, 1895 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Anidiops Pocock, 1897 -- see Idiopidae

Antrochares Rainbow, 1898 -- see Dipluridae

Antrodiaetus Ausserer, 1871 -- see Antrodiaetidae

Aporoptychus Simon, 1886 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Aptostichus Simon, 1891 -- see Euctenizidae

Arbanitis L. Koch, 1874 -- see Idiopidae

Armadalia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Idiopidae

Astrosoga Chamberlin, 1940 -- see Euctenizidae

Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 -- see Bemmeridae

Atypoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 -- see Antrodiaetidae

Bancroftiana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Idiopidae

Bemmeris Simon, 1903 -- see Bemmeridae

Bessia Pocock, 1900 -- see Bemmeridae

Blakistonia Hogg, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Bolostromoides Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Bolostromus Ausserer, 1875 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Bothriocyrtum Simon, 1891 -- see Halonoproctidae

Brachybothrium Simon, 1884 -- see Antrodiaetidae

Calisoga Chamberlin, 1937 -- see Nemesiidae

Cantuaria Hogg, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Cantuarides Strand, 1907 -- see Idiopidae

Cataxia Rainbow, 1914 -- see Idiopidae

Chaco Tullgren, 1905 -- see Pycnothelidae

Clitotrema Simon, 1904 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Closterochilus Ausserer, 1871 -- see Actinopodidae

Conothele Thorell, 1878 -- see Halonoproctidae

Ctenochelus Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Pycnothelidae

Ctenolophus Purcell, 1904 -- see Idiopidae

Ctenonemus Simon, 1903 -- see Bemmeridae

Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 -- see Halonoproctidae

Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Damarchodes Simon, 1903 -- see Entypesidae

Damarchus Thorell, 1891 -- see Bemmeridae

Diadocyrtus Simon, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Dyarcyops Hogg, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Enrico O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 -- see Euctenizidae

Entychides Simon, 1888 -- see Euctenizidae

Eucteniza Ausserer, 1875 -- see Euctenizidae

Eucyrtops Pocock, 1897 -- see Idiopidae

Euoplos Rainbow, 1914 -- see Idiopidae

Gaius Rainbow, 1914 -- see Idiopidae

Galeosoma Purcell, 1903 -- see Idiopidae

Genysa Simon, 1889 -- see Idiopidae

Genysochoera Simon, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Gorgyrella Purcell, 1902 -- see Idiopidae

Hebestatis Simon, 1903 -- see Halonoproctidae

Heligmomerus Simon, 1892 -- see Idiopidae

Hermacha Simon, 1889 -- see Entypesidae

Hermachola Hewitt, 1915 -- see Entypesidae

Hermachura Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Pycnothelidae

Hermeas Karsch, 1878 -- see Idiopidae

Hermorhachias Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Hiboka Fage, 1922 -- see Idiopidae

Homostola Simon, 1892 -- see Bemmeridae

Idiops Perty, 1833 -- see Idiopidae

Idiosoma Ausserer, 1871 -- see Idiopidae

Juambeltzia Mello-Leitão, 1946 -- see Idiopidae

Kishinouyeus Kishida, 1927 -- see Halonoproctidae

Korua Todd, 1945 -- see Idiopidae

Latouchia Pocock, 1901 -- see Halonoproctidae

Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 -- see Entypesidae

Megalosara Rainbow, 1914 -- see Idiopidae

Misgolas Karsch, 1878 -- see Idiopidae

Missulena Walckenaer, 1805 -- see Actinopodidae

Myrmekiaphila Atkinson, 1886 -- see Euctenizidae

Nemesia Audouin, 1826 -- see Nemesiidae

Nemesiellus Pocock, 1900 -- see Idiopidae

Nemesiothele Dalmas, 1920 -- see Nemesiidae

Nemesoides Chamberlin, 1920 -- see Euctenizidae

Neocteniza Pocock, 1895 -- see Idiopidae

Neohomogona Main, 1985 -- see Idiopidae

Parapselligmus Piza, 1939 -- see Pycnothelidae

Paromostola Purcell, 1903 -- see Bemmeridae

Pelmatorycter Pocock, 1902 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Petropolisia Mello-Leitão, 1920 -- see Pycnothelidae

Phaeoclita Simon, 1889 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Pionothele Purcell, 1902 -- see Pycnothelidae

Promyrmekiaphila Schenkel, 1950 -- see Euctenizidae

Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924 -- see Pycnothelidae

Proshermacha Simon, 1908 -- see Anamidae

Pselligmus Simon, 1892 -- see Pycnothelidae

Pseudidiops Simon, 1889 -- see Idiopidae

Pseudohermacha Strand, 1907 -- see Entypesidae

Pseudohermachura Mello-Leitão, 1927 -- see Dipluridae

Pseudonemesia Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Microstigmatidae

Rachias Simon, 1892 -- see Pycnothelidae

Rhytidicolus Simon, 1889 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Scalidognathus Karsch, 1892 -- see Idiopidae

Segregara Tucker, 1917 -- see Idiopidae

Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982 -- see Microstigmatidae

Spiroctenus Simon, 1889 -- see Bemmeridae

Stasimopella Roewer, 1953 -- see Cyrtaucheniidae

Stasimopus Simon, 1892 -- see Stasimopidae

Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 -- see Pycnothelidae

Sterrhochrotus Simon, 1892 -- see Halonoproctidae

Stictogaster Purcell, 1902 -- see Bemmeridae

Tambouriniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Idiopidae

Ummidia Thorell, 1875 -- see Halonoproctidae

In synonymy:

Aepycephalus Ausserer, 1871 = Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Wunderlich, 1995a: 358)

Gen. Cteniza Latreille, 1829 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00065
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Aepycephalus Ausserer, 1871a: 150 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05048] (type A. brevidens Doleschall, 1871 = Cteniza sauvagesi (Rossi, 1788)) by Wunderlich, 1995a: 358; synonmy of Sterrhochrotus Simon, 1892 (considered by Raven, 1985a: 159) rejected by Decae et al., 2019: 519 by transfer of the type species, see Ummidia Thorell, 1875.

Transferred to other genera:

Cteniza ferghanensis Kroneberg, 1875 -- see Ummidia

In synonymy:

Cteniza brevidens (Doleschall, 1871) = Cteniza sauvagesi Rossi, 1788 (Decae et al., 2019: 505)

Cteniza fodiens (Walckenaer, 1805, T from Mygale) = Cteniza sauvagesi Rossi, 1788 (Ausserer, 1871a: 153)

Nomina dubia:

Cteniza solitaria (Risso, 1826: 159, France or Italy, originally in Mygale) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1596, Bonnet, 1956: 1266

Cteniza spinosa Blackwall, 1833: 442 (unknown origin) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1452

Cteniza genevieveae Canard, 2018 | | France (Corsica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050593
Cteniza genevieveae Canard, 2018: 35, f. 2, 3A, 4A, 5A (Df) Original description
Cteniza genevieveae Decae et al., 2019: 500 (possible local variation of another species of Cteniza)
Cteniza moggridgei O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 | | France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000536
Cteniza fodiens O. Pickard-Cambridge in Moggridge, 1873: 89, pl. 7 (f, misidentified per Decae et al., 2019: 514)
Cteniza moggridgei O. Pickard-Cambridge in Moggridge, 1874: 254, pl. 20, f. A (Dmf) Original description
Cteniza moggridgei Simon, 1914: 4, 5, 19 (mf)
Cteniza moggridgei Buchli, 1968: 1, f. 14-27 (mf)
Cteniza moggridgei Trotta, 2005: 149, f. 30 (m)
Cteniza moggridgei Le Peru, 2011: 71, f. 31 (mf)
Cteniza moggridgei Canard, 2018: 31, f. 3B, 4B, 5B (f)
Cteniza moggridgei Decae et al., 2019: 514, f. 2, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35, 38-39, 44, 47-48, 66-69 (mf)
Cteniza sauvagesi (Rossi, 1788) | | France (Corsica), Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000537
Aranea sauvagii Rossi, 1788: 141 (D; for the spelling sauvagesi see Bonnet, 1956: 1266 and ICZN article 33.3.1) Original description
Aranea sauvagii Rossi, 1790: 138, pl. 2, f. 11 (D)
Aranea sauvagesii Latreille, 1799a: 125, pl. 6, f. 2A-D
Mygale sauvagesi Latreille, 1804a: 165, pl. 63, f. 7-10 (mf)
Mygale fodiens Walckenaer, 1805: 4 (D, new name for Aranea sauvagesi Rossi, 1788) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060032]
Mygale sauvagesi Dufour, 1820b: 102, pl. 73, f. 3
Mygale fodiens Walckenaer, 1826: 4, pl. 2, f. 1-2 (Df)
Mygale fodiens Walckenaer, 1837: 237
Mygalodonta fodiens Simon, 1864: 75
Nemesia fodiens Carruccio, 1871: 55, pl. 1, f. 6-8, pl. 2, f. 1-9 (Dm)
Aepycephalus brevidens Doleschall in Ausserer, 1871a: 151 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000534]
Cteniza sauvagei Ausserer, 1871a: 152 (S of Mygale fodiens)
Cteniza sauvagesi Simon, 1873a: 34, pl. 1, f. 1, 5 (f)
Cteniza sauvagesi Simon, 1892a: 95, f. 92-93
Cteniza sauvagesi Le Peru, 2011: 72, f. 32 (m)
Cteniza sauvagesi Canard, 2018: 31, f. 3C, 4C, 5C (f)
Cteniza sauvagesi Decae et al., 2019: 505, f. 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 36-37, 40-43, 45-46, 49-65 (mf, S of Cteniza brevidens)
Gen. Cyrtocarenum Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00067

In synonymy:

Cyrtocarenum arianum (Walckenaer, 1837) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Thorell, 1873: 497)

Cyrtocarenum corcyraeum (Thorell, 1870, T from Cyrtauchenius) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Simon, 1880m: 140, sub Cyrtocarenum ionicum)

Cyrtocarenum hellenum Ausserer, 1871 = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Decae, 1996: 164)

Cyrtocarenum ionicum (Saunders, 1842) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Decae, 1996: 164)

Cyrtocarenum lapidarium (Lucas, 1853) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Decae, 1996: 164)

Cyrtocarenum lapidarium manni (Ausserer, 1871) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Decae, 1996: 164)

Cyrtocarenum orientale (Ausserer, 1871, T from Cteniza) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Simon, 1885c: 346, sub Cyrtocarenum lapidarium)

Cyrtocarenum tigrinum (L. Koch, 1867) = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Hadjissarantos, 1940: 19, sub Cyrtocarenum lapidarium)

Cyrtocarenum werneri Kulczyński, 1903 = Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Olivier, 1811 (Decae, 1996: 164)

Cyrtocarenum cunicularium (Olivier, 1811) | | Greece (incl. Crete, Rhodes), Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000542
Mygale cunicularia Olivier, 1811: 86 (Df) Original description
Mygale ariana Walckenaer, 1837: 239 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060039]
Mygale ionica Saunders, 1842: 160, pl. 9, f. 1-14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060034]
Cyrtocephalus lapidarius Lucas, 1853: 515, pl. 16, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060035]
Mygalodonta ariana Simon, 1864: 75
Cteniza tigrina L. Koch, 1867c: 882 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060037]
Cyrtauchenius lapidarius Thorell, 1870b: 165
Cyrtauchenius corcyraeus Thorell, 1870b: 166 (Df, provisional new name for Cyrtocephalus lapidarius) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060040]
Cteniza orientalis Ausserer, 1871a: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060041]
Cteniza orientalis mannii Ausserer, 1871a: 155 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060036]
Cyrtocarenum arianum Ausserer, 1871a: 157 (Df)
Cyrtocarenum tigrinum Ausserer, 1871a: 158
Cyrtocarenum hellenum Ausserer, 1871a: 159 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060033]
Cyrtocarenum lapidarium Ausserer, 1871a: 161
Cteniza ionica O. Pickard-Cambridge in Moggridge, 1873: 91
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Thorell, 1873: 497 (S of Cyrtocarenum arianum)
Cyrtocarenum ionicum Simon, 1880m: 140 (S of Cyrtauchenius corcyraeus)
Cyrtocarenum jonicum Simon, 1885c: 346
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Simon, 1885c: 348
Cyrtocarenum lapidarium Simon, 1885c: 346 (S of Cteniza orientalis)
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Simon, 1892a: 96, f. 94
Cyrtocarenum werneri Kulczyński, 1903b: 632 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060038]
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Reimoser, 1919: 5 (S of Cyrtocarenum tigrinum)
Cyrtocarenum lapidarium Hadjissarantos, 1940: 19, f. 3-4 (m, S of Cyrtocarenum tigrinum)
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Decae, 1996: 164, f. 3, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 (mf, S of Cyrtocarenum hellenum, C. ionicum, C. lapidarium, C. lapidarium manni and C. werneri)
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Le Peru, 2011: 72, f. 33 (mf)
Cyrtocarenum cunicularium Decae et al., 2019: 503, f. 16, 19, 23, 27, 31 (m)
Cyrtocarenum grajum (C. L. Koch, 1836) | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000543
Cteniza graja C. L. Koch, 1836a: 39, f. 194 (Df) Original description
Mygalodonta graja Simon, 1864: 75
Cyrtocarenum grajum Simon, 1885c: 347
Cyrtocarenum grajum Hadjissarantos, 1940: 17, f. 1-2 (Dm)
Cyrtocarenum grajum Decae, 1996: 166, f. 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 (mf)
Cyrtocarenum grajum Le Peru, 2011: 72, f. 34 (mf)
Cyrtocarenum grajum Decae et al., 2019: 503, f. 7, 10, 13, 24, 28, 32 (m)

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