World Spider Catalog

Hexathelidae Simon, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Raven, 1980a: 252, new circumscription by Hedin et al., 2018: 5; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487.

Gen. Hexathele Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00016

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 253.

Transferred to other genera:

Hexathele fentoni Hickman, 1936 -- see Plesiothele

Hexathele montana Hickman, 1927 -- see Teranodes

Hexathele terraereginae Raven, 1976 -- see Bymainiella

In synonymy:

Hexathele sandersoni Todd, 1945 = Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 (Forster, 1968: 140)

Hexathele websteri Hogg, 1908 = Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 (Chamberlain, 1944: 75)

Hexathele cantuaria Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000164

Hexathele cantuaria Forster, 1968: 158, f. 510 (Df) Original description

Hexathele cavernicola Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000165

Hexathele cavernicola Forster, 1968: 150, f. 491 (Df) Original description

Hexathele exemplar Parrott, 1960 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000166

Hexathele exemplar Parrott, 1960: 200, f. 2-3, pl. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele exemplar Forster, 1968: 154, f. 494, 502 (mf)

Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000167

Hexathele hochstetteri Ausserer, 1871a: 172, pl. 1, f. 4-6 (Df) Original description

Hexathele hochstetteri L. Koch, 1873: 459, pl. 35, f. 7 (f)

Hexathele hochstetteri Simon, 1892a: 188, f. 126

Hexathele hochstetteri Hogg, 1901: 276, f. 41 (f, Dm)

Hexathele websteri Hogg, 1908: 337, f. 73 (Df)

Hexathele hochstetteri Chamberlain, 1944: 75 (S)

Hexathele hochstetteri Todd, 1945: 396, f. 19, 23, 34, 47, 62, 68 (mf)

Hexathele sandersoni Todd, 1945: 397, f. 20, 24, 35, 48, 63 (Dmf)

Hexathele hochstetteri Forster, 1968: 140, f. 12, 474-475, 479, 501 (f, S)

Hexathele hochstetteri Gertsch & Platnick, 1979: 7, f. 23-24

Hexathele huka Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000168

Hexathele huka Forster, 1968: 151, f. 472-473, 477, 493 (Df) Original description

Hexathele huttoni Hogg, 1908 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000169

Hexathele huttoni Hogg, 1908: 337 (D) Original description

Hexathele huttoni Forster, 1968: 145, f. 481, 490, 504-505 (mf, removed from S of H. hochstetteri, contra Chamberlain, 1944: 75 and Todd, 1945: 396; N.B.: omitted by Roewer)

Hexathele kohua Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000170

Hexathele kohua Forster, 1968: 141, f. 476, 485, 499 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele maitaia Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000171

Hexathele maitaia Forster, 1968: 154, f. 462, 469, 480, 487 (Df) Original description

Hexathele nigra Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000172

Hexathele nigra Forster, 1968: 156, f. 494, 506, 512 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele otira Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000173

Hexathele otira Forster, 1968: 155, f. 2, 478, 482, 508, 514 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele para Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000174

Hexathele para Forster, 1968: 143, f. 484, 500 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele petriei Goyen, 1887 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000175

Hexathele petreii Goyen, 1887: 207 (Dmf; N.B.: patronym for M. Petrie) Original description

Hexathele petriei Forster, 1968: 160, f. 483, 517, 521-525, 528 (mf, not a synonym of H. hochstetteri, contra Chamberlain, 1944 and Todd, 1945: 396)

Hexathele pukea Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000176

Hexathele pukea Forster, 1968: 148, f. 492 (Df) Original description

Hexathele putuna Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000177

Hexathele putuna Forster, 1968: 150, f. 488 (Df) Original description

Hexathele ramsayi Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000178

Hexathele ramsayi Forster, 1968: 157, f. 10, 493, 507, 511 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele rupicola Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000179

Hexathele rupicola Forster, 1968: 164, f. 518-520, 526-527 (Df) Original description

Hexathele taumara Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000180

Hexathele taumara Forster, 1968: 152, f. 497, 503 (Dmf) Original description

Hexathele waipa Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000181

Hexathele waipa Forster, 1968: 159, f. 509, 513 (Df) Original description

Hexathele waita Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000182

Hexathele waita Forster, 1968: 152, f. 489 (Df) Original description

Hexathele wiltoni Forster, 1968 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000183

Hexathele wiltoni Forster, 1968: 145, f. 486, 498 (Dmf) Original description