World Spider Catalog

Hexathelidae Simon, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Raven, 1980a: 252, new circumscription by Hedin et al., 2018: 5; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487.

Transferred to other families:

Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 -- see Atracidae

Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 -- see Atracidae

Illawarra Gray, 2010 -- see Atracidae

Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 -- see Macrothelidae

Porrhothele Simon, 1892 -- see Porrhothelidae

In synonymy:

Terania Raven, 1980 = Teranodes Raven, 1985 (Raven, 1985a: 71, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Terania Raven, 1980 -- see Teranodes Raven, 1985

Gen. Bymainiella Raven, 1978 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00014

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253.

Transferred to other genera:

Bymainiella boycei Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella boydi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella brindabella Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella cannoni Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella grayi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella montana (Hickman, 1927) -- see Teranodes

Bymainiella montisbossi Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella otwayensis Raven, 1978 -- see Teranodes

Bymainiella tubrabucca Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella variabilis Raven, 1978 -- see Paraembolides

Bymainiella lugubris Raven, 1978 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000147

Bymainiella lugubris Raven, 1978: 56, f. 93-94, 99-101, 110, 113-114, 120 (Dmf) Original description

Bymainiella monteithi Raven, 1978 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000148

Bymainiella monteithi Raven, 1978: 62, f. 95-96, 102-105, 111, 115-116, 121 (Dmf) Original description

Bymainiella polesoni Raven, 1978 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000149

Bymainiella polesoni Raven, 1978: 66, f. 97-98, 106-109, 112, 117-119, 122-124 (Dmf) Original description

Bymainiella terraereginae (Raven, 1976) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000150

Hexathele terraereginae Raven, 1976: 53, f. 1a-h, 2a-d, g-l (Dmf) Original description

Bymainiella terraereginae Raven, 1978: 72 (Tmf from Hexathele)

Gen. Hexathele Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00016

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253.

Transferred to other genera:

Hexathele fentoni Hickman, 1936 -- see Plesiothele

Hexathele montana Hickman, 1927 -- see Teranodes

Hexathele terraereginae Raven, 1976 -- see Bymainiella

In synonymy:

Hexathele sandersoni Todd, 1945 = Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 (Forster, 1968: 140)

Hexathele websteri Hogg, 1908 = Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 (Chamberlain, 1944: 75)

Hexathele cantuaria Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000164

Hexathele cantuaria Forster, 1968: 158, f. 510 (Df) Original description

Hexathele cavernicola Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000165

Hexathele cavernicola Forster, 1968: 150, f. 491 (Df) Original description

Hexathele exemplar Parrott, 1960 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000166

Hexathele exemplar Parrott, 1960: 200, f. 2-3, pl. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele exemplar Forster, 1968: 154, f. 494, 502 (mf)

Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000167

Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871a: 172, pl. 1, f. 4-6 (Df) Original description

Hexathele hochstetteri L. Koch, 1873: 459, pl. 35, f. 7 (f)

Hexathele hochstetteri Simon, 1892a: 188, f. 126

Hexathele hochstetteri Hogg, 1901: 276, f. 41 (f, Dm)

Hexathele websteri Hogg, 1908: 337, f. 73 (Df)

Hexathele hochstetteri Chamberlain, 1944: 75 (S)

Hexathele hochstetteri Todd, 1945: 396, f. 19, 23, 34, 47, 62, 68 (mf)

Hexathele sandersoni Todd, 1945: 397, f. 20, 24, 35, 48, 63 (Dmf)

Hexathele hochstetteri Forster, 1968: 140, f. 12, 474-475, 479, 501 (f, S)

Hexathele hochstetteri Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 7, f. 23-24

Hexathele huka Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000168

Hexathele huka Forster, 1968: 151, f. 472-473, 477, 493 (Df) Original description

Hexathele huttoni Hogg, 1908 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000169

Hexathele huttoni Hogg, 1908: 337 (D) Original description

Hexathele huttoni Forster, 1968: 145, f. 481, 490, 504-505 (mf, removed from S of H. hochstetteri, contra Chamberlain, 1944: 75 and Todd, 1945: 396; N.B.: omitted by Roewer)

Hexathele kohua Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000170

Hexathele kohua Forster, 1968: 141, f. 476, 485, 499 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele maitaia Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000171

Hexathele maitaia Forster, 1968: 154, f. 462, 469, 480, 487 (Df) Original description

Hexathele nigra Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000172

Hexathele nigra Forster, 1968: 156, f. 494, 506, 512 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele otira Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000173

Hexathele otira Forster, 1968: 155, f. 2, 478, 482, 508, 514 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele para Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000174

Hexathele para Forster, 1968: 143, f. 484, 500 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele petriei Goyen, 1887 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000175

Hexathele petreii Goyen, 1887: 207 (Dmf; N.B.: patronym for M. Petrie) Original description

Hexathele petriei Forster, 1968: 160, f. 483, 517, 521-525, 528 (mf, not a synonym of H. hochstetteri, contra Chamberlain, 1944 and Todd, 1945: 396)

Hexathele pukea Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000176

Hexathele pukea Forster, 1968: 148, f. 492 (Df) Original description

Hexathele putuna Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000177

Hexathele putuna Forster, 1968: 150, f. 488 (Df) Original description

Hexathele ramsayi Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000178

Hexathele ramsayi Forster, 1968: 157, f. 10, 493, 507, 511 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele rupicola Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000179

Hexathele rupicola Forster, 1968: 164, f. 518-520, 526-527 (Df) Original description

Hexathele taumara Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000180

Hexathele taumara Forster, 1968: 152, f. 497, 503 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele waipa Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000181

Hexathele waipa Forster, 1968: 159, f. 509, 513 (Df) Original description

Hexathele waita Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000182

Hexathele waita Forster, 1968: 152, f. 489 (Df) Original description

Hexathele wiltoni Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000183

Hexathele wiltoni Forster, 1968: 145, f. 486, 498 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Mediothele Raven & Platnick, 1978 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00018

N.B.: transferred here from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1985a: 71.

Mediothele anae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045319

Mediothele anae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 47, f. 53-58 (Df) Original description

Mediothele australis Raven & Platnick, 1978 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000205

Mediothele australis Raven & Platnick, 1978: 74, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Mediothele australis Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 41, f. 25-32 (Df)

Mediothele lagos Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045320

Mediothele lagos Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 47, f. 59-64 (Df) Original description

Mediothele linares Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045317

Mediothele linares Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 44, f. 39-46 (Df) Original description

Mediothele minima Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045316

Mediothele minima Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 42, f. 33-38 (Df) Original description

Mediothele nahuelbuta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045318

Mediothele nahuelbuta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 45, f. 47-52 (Df) Original description

Gen. Paraembolides Raven, 1980 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00019

Paraembolides boycei (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000206

Bymainiella boycei Raven, 1978: 16, f. 6, 13-14, 19-20, 44, 52-53, 66-68 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides boycei Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides boydi (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000207

Bymainiella boydi Raven, 1978: 22, f. 7, 15, 23-26, 45, 54-56, 69-70 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides boydi Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides brindabella (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000208

Bymainiella brindabella Raven, 1978: 26, f. 8, 16, 27-30, 46, 57, 71 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides brindabella Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides cannoni (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000209

Bymainiella cannoni Raven, 1978: 34, f. 10, 35-38, 48-49, 60-61 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides cannoni Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides grayi (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000210

Bymainiella grayi Raven, 1978: 39, f. 11, 39-40, 50, 62-63, 73 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides grayi Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides montisbossi (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000211

Bymainiella montisbossi Raven, 1978: 42, f. 12, 18, 41-43, 51, 64-65, 74 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides montisbossi Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides tubrabucca (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000212

Bymainiella tubrabucca Raven, 1978: 52, f. 78-83, 87, 89-90 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides tubrabucca Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Paraembolides variabilis (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000213

Bymainiella variabilis Raven, 1978: 31, f. 9, 17, 31-34, 47, 58-59, 72 (Dmf) Original description

Paraembolides variabilis Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)

Gen. Plesiothele Raven, 1978 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00020

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 256.

Plesiothele fentoni (Hickman, 1936) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000214

Hexathele fentoni Hickman, 1936: 132, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Plesiothele fentoni Raven, 1978: 10, f. 75 (Tmf from Hexathele)

Plesiothele fentoni Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 7, f. 25-26

Plesiothele fentoni Raven, 1985a: 71, f. 13-14

Gen. Scotinoecus Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00022

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a:253.

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus (Simon, 1889) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000220

Hexathele cinereo-pilosa Simon, 1889a: 222 (Df) Original description

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Simon, 1892a: 188

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1968a: 318, f. 9-12 (f)

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 7, f. 27-28

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1056, pl. XIX, f. 1-18 (f only; not m, =S. major)

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 34, f. 1-2, 7-13, 16-18 (f, Dm)

Scotinoecus fasciatus Tullgren, 1901 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000221

Scotinoecus fasciatus Tullgren, 1901b: 183 (Dj) Original description

Scotinoecus fasciatus Carbonell, 1924: 184 (Df)

Scotinoecus fasciatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1968a: 319, f. 1-8 (m, Dm)

Scotinoecus fasciatus Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1059, pl. XX, f. 1-14 (mf)

Scotinoecus fasciatus Grismado & Goloboff, 2014a: 97, f. 9-10 (mf)

Scotinoecus major Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045315

Scotinoecus cinereopilosus Calderón, 1973: 238, f. 1-7 (m, misidentified)

Scotinoecus major Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 39, f. 5-6, 15, 21-24 (Dmf) Original description

Scotinoecus ruiles Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045314

Scotinoecus ruiles Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012: 38, f. 3-4, 14, 19-20 (Df) Original description

Gen. Teranodes Raven, 1985 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00023

N.B.: replacement name for Terania Raven, 1980a: 253 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04890], preoccupied in Hemiptera by Pirán, 1963.

Teranodes montanus (Hickman, 1927) | | Australia (Tasmania, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000222

Hexathele montanus Hickman, 1927: 73, pl. 8, o, f. 13-16 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele montanus Hickman, 1929: 100, pl. 16, f. 1-2

Hexathele montana Hickman, 1967: 18, f. 22-23 (m)

Hexathele montana Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1968a: 316, f. 13 (f)

Bymainiella montana Raven, 1978: 46, f. 76, 84-85, 88 (Tmf from Hexathele)

Terania montana Raven, 1980a: 253 (T from Bymainiella)

Teranodes otwayensis (Raven, 1978) | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000223

Bymainiella otwayensis Raven, 1978: 48, f. 77, 86, 91-92 (Dmf) Original description

Terania otwayensis Raven, 1980a: 254 (T from Bymainiella)