Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the subfamily Segestriinae was raised to family level by Brignoli, 1976g: 30; Cooke, 1965: 1028 (not mentioning the Segestriinae) divided the Dysderidae into four tribes (Dysderini, Harpacteini Cooke, 1965 [as Harpactini], Orsolobini Cooke, 1965 and Rhodini Simon, 1893a: 312 [as Rhodeae]); Orsolobidae was elevated to family level and relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1985: 6; Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988: 148 raised Cooke's remaining tribes to the subfamilies Dysderinae, Harpacteinae and Rhodinae; the Harpacteinae include the former tribe Holisseae Simon, 1893a: 314 [which would be the older name]; the monophyly of Dysderinae and Rhodinae is confirmed, but the Harpacteinae are considered paraphyletic by Adrián-Serrano, Pavlek & Arnedo, 2024: 592.
Gen. Mesostalita Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00491
type Mesostalita kratochvili Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971; gender feminine
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Stalita Schiödte, 1847 by Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988: 148, contra Brignoli, 1978h: 39.
Mesostalita comottii (Gasparo, 1999) | | Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004764
Stalita comottii Gasparo, 1999a: 18, f. 1-5 (Df, placed here because of its stated membership in this species group) Original description
Stalita comottii Le Peru, 2011: 295, f. 509 (f)
Mesostalita kratochvili Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004765 TYPE SPECIES
Mesostalita kratochvili Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971b: 98, f. 1, 2b, 3a (Dm) Original description
Stalita kratochvili Brignoli, 1978h: 39
Stalita kratochvili Le Peru, 2011: 296, f. 512 (m)
Mesostalita nocturna (Roewer, 1931) | | Italy, Slovenia, Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004766
Stalita nocturna Roewer, 1931: 5, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description
Mesostalita nocturna Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971b: 100, f. 3b, 4, 12d (mf, T from Stalita)
Stalita nocturna Gasparo, 1996b: 50, f. 2-6 (f)
Stalita nocturna Le Peru, 2011: 296, f. 513 (mf)

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