Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family |   ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Crosbyellum Strand, 1934 = Minosia Dalmas, 1921 (Bonnet, 1956: 1249)

Prominosia Dalmas, 1921 = Minosia Dalmas, 1921 (Dalmas, 1921: 307, as subgenus)

Gen. Minosia Dalmas, 1921 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02452
type Pythonissa spinosissima Simon, 1878; gender feminine
N.B.: objective senior synonym of Crosbyellum Strand, 1934: 272 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05727] (type Pythonissa spinosissima Simon, 1878), replacement name for Minosia, erroneously thought preoccupied by Minosia Dunker, 1882, which is merely a lapsus for Minolia Adams, 1860 in Gastropoda (Bonnet, 1956: 1249); Prominosia Dalmas, 1921: 307 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06386] (type Minosia senegaliensis Dalmas, 1921) was described as subgenus of Minosia.

Transferred to other genera:

Minosia cretica Roewer, 1928 -- see Callilepis

In synonymy:

Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995 = Minosia karakumensis (Spassky, 1939) (Esyunin et al., 2025: 433)

Nomen dubium:

Minosia jaffana (Strand, 1915c: 144, j, Israel, originally in Callilepis) -- Levy, 1995: 945

Minosia assimilis Caporiacco, 1941 | | Ethiopia, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027589
Minosia (Prominosia) assimilis Caporiacco, 1941b: 112, f. 35a-b (Dm) Original description
Minosia assimilis Murphy, 2007: 32, f. 114-115 (mf)
Minosia berlandi Lessert, 1929 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027590
Minosia berlandi Lessert, 1929: 107, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description
Minosia bicalcarata (Simon, 1882) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027591
Pythonissa bicalcarata Simon, 1882b: 235, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm) Original description
Minosia bicalcarata Dalmas, 1921: 309, f. 112 (m)
Minosia clypeolaria (Simon, 1907) | | Guinea-Bissau urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027592
Pterotricha clypeolaria Simon, 1907d: 239 (Dm) Original description
Minosia clypeolaria Dalmas, 1921: 306, f. 109-110 (m)
Minosia eburneensis Jézéquel, 1965 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027593
Minosia eburneensis Jézéquel, 1965: 306, f. 17-18 (Dmf) Original description
Minosia irrugata (Simon, 1907) | | Guinea-Bissau urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027594
Pterotricha irrugata Simon, 1907d: 240 (Dm) Original description
Minosia irrugata Dalmas, 1921: 305
Minosia karakumensis (Spassky, 1939) | | Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027595
Pterotricha karakumensis Spassky, 1939a: 142, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Minosia karakumensis Ovtsharenko & Fet, 1980: 446 (T from Pterotricha)
Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995: 924, f. 9-13 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027601]
Minosia simeonica Sadeghi et al., 2016: 6, f. 4b, 5a-b (f)
Minosia simeonica Al-Khazali, 2024: 14, f. 2A-E, 3B-C (f)
Minosia simeonica Nekhaeva, Kim & Yeszhanov, 2024: 400, f. 6F, I (f)
Minosia karakumensis Esyunin et al., 2025: 433, f. 4A-I (mf, S of Minosia simeonica)
Minosia simeonica Coşar, Kaya & Yağmur, 2025: 134, f. 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-D, 6A-B, 7A-B (mf)
Minosia lynx (Simon, 1886) | | Senegal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027596
Pythonissa lynx Simon, 1886g: 384 (Df) Original description
Pterotricha lynx Simon, 1907d: 240
Minosia lynx Dalmas, 1921: 306, f. 103 (f)
Minosia pharao Dalmas, 1921 | | Egypt, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027597
Minosia pharao Dalmas, 1921: 303, f. 102, 107-108 (Dmf) Original description
Minosia pharao Levy, 1995: 926, f. 14-17 (mf)
Minosia pharao occidentalis Dalmas, 1921 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027598
Minosia pharao occidentalis Dalmas, 1921: 304 (Df) Original description
Minosia santschii Dalmas, 1921 | | Tunisia, Libya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027599
Minosia santschii Dalmas, 1921: 302, f. 101, 105-106 (Dmf) Original description
Minosia senegaliensis Dalmas, 1921 | | Senegal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027600
Minosia (Prominosia) senegaliensis Dalmas, 1921: 307, f. 104, 111 (Dmf) Original description
Minosia spinosissima (Simon, 1878) | | Spain, France, Tunisia, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027602 TYPE SPECIES
Pythonissa spinosissima Simon, 1878a: 202 (Df) Original description
Pterotricha spinosissima Simon, 1914: 191, 222, f. 411-412 (f, Dm)
Minosia spinosissima Dalmas, 1921: 301, f. 100 (f)
Crosbyellum spinosissimum Strand, 1934: 272 (superfluous generic replacement name)
Minosia spinosissima Levy, 1995: 922, f. 3-8 (f, Dm)
Minosia spinosissima Wunderlich, 2011: 39, f. 57-58 (mf)

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