World Spider Catalog

Nicodamidae Simon, 1897

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Nicodamidae considered a senior synonym of Megadictynidae Lehtinen, 1967: 247 by Forster, 1970b: 177. Megadictynidae re-established by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239, family status already assumend by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix. Nicodamidae assigned to Nicodamoidea by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 239 (contra Harvey, 1995: 285, who assigned it to Amaurobioidea).

Transferred to other families:

Forstertyna Harvey, 1995 -- see Megadictynidae

Megadictyna Dahl, 1906 -- see Megadictynidae

In synonymy:

Centropelma L. Koch, 1872 = Nicodamus Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1887d: 194, preoccupied, replacement name)

Ozaleus Thorell, 1890 = Nicodamus Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1898a: 224)

Homonym replaced:

Centropelma L. Koch, 1872 -- see Nicodamus Simon, 1887 - in Simon, 1887d

Gen. Ambicodamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02078

Ambicodamus audax Harvey, 1995 | | Eastern Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023217

Ambicodamus audax Harvey, 1995: 324, f. 62-67 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus crinitus (L. Koch, 1872) | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023218

Theridion crinitum L. Koch, 1872a: 271, pl. 22, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Ambicodamus crinitus Harvey, 1995: 333, f. 88-93 (Tf from Theridion, Dm)

Ambicodamus dale Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023219

Ambicodamus dale Harvey, 1995: 326, f. 68-71 (Dm) Original description

Ambicodamus darlingtoni Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023220

Ambicodamus darlingtoni Harvey, 1995: 337, f. 100-103 (Dm) Original description

Ambicodamus emu Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023221

Ambicodamus emu Harvey, 1995: 327, f. 72-75 (Dm) Original description

Ambicodamus kochi Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023222

Ambicodamus kochi Harvey, 1995: 322, f. 16, 56-61 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus leei Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023223

Ambicodamus leei Harvey, 1995: 329, f. 76-81 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus marae Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023224

Ambicodamus marae Harvey, 1995: 315, f. 3-14, 17-18, 42-49 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus sororius Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023225

Nicodamus semiflavus Levi & Levi, 1962: 66, f. 333-334 (m, misidentified)

Ambicodamus sororius Harvey, 1995: 319, f. 50-55 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus southwelli Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023226

Ambicodamus southwelli Harvey, 1995: 331, f. 82-87 (Dmf) Original description

Ambicodamus urbanus Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023227

Ambicodamus urbanus Harvey, 1995: 335, f. 94-99 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Dimidamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02079

Dimidamus arau Harvey, 1995 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023228

Dimidamus arau Harvey, 1995: 352, f. 135-141 (Dmf) Original description

Dimidamus dimidiatus (Simon, 1897) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023229

Nicodamus dimidiatus Simon, 1897c: 15 (Dmf) Original description

Nicodamus dimidiatus Simon, 1898a: 223, f. 213 (m)

Dimidamus dimidiatus Harvey, 1995: 348, f. 125-130, 158 (Tmf from Nicodamus)

Dimidamus enaro Harvey, 1995 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023230

Dimidamus enaro Harvey, 1995: 356, f. 148-153, 160 (Dmf) Original description

Dimidamus leopoldi (Roewer, 1938) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023231

Nicodamus leopoldi Roewer, 1938: 23, f. 12-14 (Dmf) Original description

Nicodamus leopoldi Chrysanthus, 1975: 39, f. 144-148 (mf)

Dimidamus leopoldi Harvey, 1995: 354, f. 142-147, 159 (Tmf from Nicodamus)

Dimidamus sero Harvey, 1995 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023232

Dimidamus sero Harvey, 1995: 358, f. 154-157, 161 (Dm) Original description

Dimidamus simoni Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023233

Dimidamus simoni Harvey, 1995: 351, f. 131-134 (Dm) Original description

Gen. Durodamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02080

Durodamus yeni Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Queensland, Victoria, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023234

Durodamus yeni Harvey, 1995: 310, f. 32-37 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Litodamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02082

Litodamus collinus Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023236

Litodamus collinus Harvey, 1995: 344, f. 117-122 (Dmf) Original description

Litodamus hickmani Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023237

Nicodamus bicolor Hickman, 1967: 74, f. 132-134 (mf, misidentified)

Nicodamus bicolor Forster, 1970b: 177, f. 506-513 (mf, misidentified)

Litodamus hickmani Harvey, 1995: 340, f. 105-110 (Dmf) Original description

Litodamus olga Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023238

Litodamus olga Harvey, 1995: 342, f. 111-116 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Nicodamus Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02084

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Nicodamidae by Forster, 1970b: 177; replacement name for Centropelma L. Koch, 1872a: 246 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05999], preoccupied in Aves by Sclater & Salvin, 1869; considered a senior synonym of Ozaleus Thorell, 1890a: 293 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06000] (type O. tarandus Thorell, 1890 = Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841)) by Simon, 1898a: 224.

Transferred to other genera:

Nicodamus bidens (Karsch, 1878) -- see Oncodamus

Nicodamus dimidiatus Simon, 1897 -- see Dimidamus

Nicodamus leopoldi Roewer, 1938 -- see Dimidamus

Nicodamus nodatus (Karsch, 1878) -- see Novodamus

In synonymy:

Nicodamus bicolor (L. Koch, 1872) = Nicodamus peregrinus Walckenaer, 1841 (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus semiflavus (L. Koch, 1865) = Nicodamus peregrinus Walckenaer, 1841 (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus tarandus (Thorell, 1890) = Nicodamus peregrinus Walckenaer, 1841 (Harvey, 1995: 300)

Nicodamus mainae Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023240

Nicodamus mainae Harvey, 1995: 304, f. 15, 26-31 (Dmf) Original description

Nicodamus mainae Griswold et al., 2005: 32, f. 172A-D (m)

Nicodamus mainae Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 184, f. 69b-i (mf)

Nicodamus mainae Ramírez, 2014: 212, f. 140A, 170E (mf)

Nicodamus peregrinus (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Australia (Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Capital Territory, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023241

Theridion peregrinum Walckenaer, 1841: 297 (Dm) Original description

Theridium semiflavum L. Koch, 1865: 858 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058186]

Centropelma bicolor L. Koch, 1872a: 246, pl. 20, f. 5-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058185]

Theridium semiflavum L. Koch, 1872a: 259, pl. 21, f. 6-7 (f, Dm)

Centropelma peregrina Keyserling, 1884a: 97, pl. 5, f. 64 (m)

Nicodamus bicolor Simon, 1887d: 194

Ozaleus tarandus Thorell, 1890a: 294 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058187]

Nicodamus peregrinus Simon, 1898a: 223, f. 210-212

Nicodamus bicolor Simon, 1898a: 224, f. 214 (m)

Nicodamus semiflavum Rainbow, 1911: 258

Nicodamus tarandus Rainbow, 1911: 258

Nicodamus bicolor Butler, 1933: 287, pl. 17, f. 3

Nicodamus bicolor Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 30 (m)

Nicodamus peregrinus Harvey, 1995: 300, f. 19-24 (mf, S of Nicodamus bicolor, N. semiflavus and N. tarandus)

Gen. Novodamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02085

In synonymy:

Novodamus melanozanthus (Urquhart, 1893, T from Linyphia) = Novodamus nodatus Karsch, 1878 (Harvey, 1995: 361)

Novodamus nodatus (Karsch, 1878) | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023242

Centropelma nodata Karsch, 1878c: 815 (Dm) Original description

Linyphia melanozantha Urquhart, 1893b: 103 (Dmf)

Novodamus nodatus Harvey, 1995: 361, f. 164-170 (Tm from Nicodamus, Df, S)

Novodamus supernus Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023243

Novodamus supernus Harvey, 1995: 365, f. 171-177 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Oncodamus Harvey, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02086

Oncodamus bidens (Karsch, 1878) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023244

Centropelma bidens Karsch, 1878c: 815 (Dm) Original description

Oncodamus bidens Harvey, 1995: 367, f. 178-183 (m, Df, T from Nicodamus)

Oncodamus decipiens Harvey, 1995 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023245

Oncodamus decipiens Harvey, 1995: 371, f. 162, 186-191 (Dmf) Original description