World Spider Catalog

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. Minotauria Kulczyński, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00492

type Minotauria attemsi Kulczyński, 1903; gender feminine

N.B.: the synonymy of this genus with Stalita Schiödte, 1847 by Cooke, 1965: 1027 has not been followed by subsequent workers.

Transferred to other genera:

Minotauria catholica Brignoli, 1984 -- see Harpactea

Minotauria cretica (Roewer, 1928) -- see Stalagtia

In synonymy:

Minotauria vallei (Brignoli, 1976, T from Harpactea) = Minotauria attemsi Kulczyński, 1903 (Gasparo, 2004b: 53)

Minotauria attemsi Kulczyński, 1903 | | Greece (Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004767 TYPE SPECIES

Minotauria attemsi Kulczyński, 1903a: 39, pl. 1, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactea vallei Brignoli, 1976b: 552, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004736]

Minotauria attemsi Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993a: 126, f. 37-42 (mf)

Minotauria attemsi Gasparo, 2004b: 53, f. 1-5, 10-12, 16-17 (mf, S of Harpactea vallei)

Minotauria attemsi Le Peru, 2011: 288, f. 480 (mf)

Minotauria fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) | | Greece (Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004768

Stalita cretica Fage, 1945a: 110, f. 1 (m; misidentified per Kratochvíl, 1970: 48)

Stalagtia (Folkia) cretica fagei Kratochvíl, 1970: 48, f. 3d, 24c (Dmf) Original description

Minotauria cretica fagei Brignoli, 1974b: 161 (T from Folkia)

Minotauria attemsi fagei Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993a: 126, f. 43-45 (mf, T from subspecies of Minotauria cretica)

Minotauria fagei Gasparo, 2004b: 57, f. 6-9, 13-15, 18-19 (mf, elevated to species)

Minotauria fagei Le Peru, 2011: 288, f. 481 (mf)