World Spider Catalog

Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered valid by Platnick, 1985a: 5; placed as a senior synonym of the former gnaphosid subfamily Hemicloeinae (genera Hemicloea and Vectius) by Wunderlich, 1987a: 248 and confirmed by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 612; relimited and considered a senior synonym of Platoridae by Platnick, 1990a: 38; Australian genera (with exception of Hemicloea, see the note there) transferred to the Trachycosmidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 11.

Gen. Vectius Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02496

N.B.: transferred from the Platoridae to the Gnaphosidae by Platnick, 1990a: 38 and to the Trochanteriidae by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 612.

In synonymy:

Vectius fraternus (Mello-Leitão, 1915) = Vectius niger Simon, 1880 (Corronca, 1996b: 397)

Vectius niger (Simon, 1880) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028053

Plator niger Simon, 1880a: 236 (Df) Original description

Vectius niger Simon, 1897a: 19, f. 14-15 (Dm)

Plator niger Tullgren, 1905: 40, pl. 6, f. 16 (m)

Selenops fraternus Mello-Leitão, 1915a: 136 (Dmf)

Vectius niger Corronca, 1996b: 397 (S)

Vectius niger Murphy, 2007: 73, f. 584-585 (mf)

Vectius niger Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 599, f. 7l, 15f, 16j-l, 19k, 20h, S8k, S10k (mf)

Vectius niger Pompeo, Brescovit & Araujo, 2023: 231, f. 1A-D, 2A-E (mf)