Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the names Gnaphosae and Gnaphosi were used firstly at tribe level by Banks, 1892d: 92, 94 and thus Banks, 1892 is the valid authorship and year for the family, not Pocock, 1898c: 219; for the family name Drassidae Sundevall, 1833 see Simon, 1893a: 340 and Bonnet, 1956: 1554. Family relimited by Platnick, 1990a: 35 and Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 612; most genera listed by Brignoli, 1983c under Micariinae are treated here under Corinnidae and Phrurolithidae. Prodidomidae revalidated by Platnick, 1990a: 36 to include the former Prodidominae, Molycriinae and Anagraphidinae; Anagraphidinae transferred from Prodidomidae to Gnaphosidae by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 5; Prodidomidae downgraded to subfamily of Gnaphosidae by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 613 (synonyms: Molycriinae Simon, 1897 and Theuminae Simon, 1893), redefined by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694 and elevated to familiy rank again by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 (without Molycriinae); Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 612 distinguish several well definded clades within Gnaphosidae (Gnaphosinae Banks, 1892, Zelotinae Platnick, 1990, Herpyllinae Platnick, 1990, Drassodinae Simon, 1893, Prodidominae Simon, 1884 and Leptodrassinae Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018) and state three monogeneric subfamilies, Anagraphidinae Simon, 1893 (type genus Anagraphis), Echeminae Simon, 1893 (type genus Echemus) and Micariinae Banks, 1892 (type genus Micaria), which do not perform a grouping function; Micaria Westring 1851, Nauhea Forster, 1979 and Verita Ramirez & Grismado, 2015 (and some related genera) are probably not gnaphosids, and many genera are not assigned to a subfamily given their poorly supported and unstable relationships (Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 614); the subfamily Molycriinae Simon, 1897 is re-established by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 682 (includes Cryptotoerithus, Molycria, Myandra, Nomindra, Wesmaldra and Wydundra); Lin & Li, 2020e: 313 described the new subfamily Solitudinae, with the single genus Solitudes Lin & Li, 2020; Micariidae is regarded as a separate family (sister to Cithaeronidae) by Breitling, 2021: 19, but without listing the genera, which should belong to it, and it is also not accepted because it is based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7; Ammoxenidae (Ammoxenus, Austrammo, Barrowammo, Rastellus) are synonymized with Gnaphosidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 520, f. 19.
Gen. Gertschosa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02427

In synonymy:

Gertschosa cingulata (Roewer, 1933, T from Poecilochroa) = Gertschosa concinna Simon, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 178)

Gertschosa nigra (Chickering, 1949, T from Cesonia) = Gertschosa cincta Banks, 1929 (Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 179)

Gertschosa amphiloga (Chamberlin, 1936) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027183
Sergiolus amphilogus Chamberlin, 1936b: 4, f. 18 (Df) Original description
Poecilochroa amphiloga Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 6 (Tf from Sergiolus)
Gertschosa amphiloga Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 180, f. 11-12 (Tf from Poecilochroa)
Gertschosa cincta (Banks, 1929) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027184
Cesonia cincta Banks, 1929: 58, pl. 4, f. 79 (Df) Original description
Cesonia nigra Chickering, 1949: 316, f. 3-5 (Dm)
Gertschosa cincta Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 179, f. 5-8 (Tf from Cesonia, Sm)
Gertschosa concinna (Simon, 1895) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027185
Poecilochroa concinna Simon, 1895f: 107 (Df) Original description
Cesonia cingulata Roewer, 1933: 136, f. 2 (Df)
Poecilochroa cingulata Ubick & Roth, 1973c: 2 (Tf from Cesonia)
Gertschosa concinna Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 177, f. 1-4 (Tm from Poecilochroa, Sf)
Gertschosa concinna Murphy, 2007: 46, f. 276-277 (mf)
Gertschosa palisadoes Platnick & Shadab, 1981 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027186
Gertschosa palisadoes Platnick & Shadab, 1981b: 180, f. 9-10 (Dm) Original description

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