World Spider Catalog

Actinopodidae Simon, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the name of the family is formed correctly in accordance with ICZN Article 29.3.1, based on the stem of the genitive singular (Actinopodis) of the name of the type genus (Actinopus) (contra Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, as Actinopidae); furthermore a wrong spelling would be protected by ICZN Article 29.5; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487.

Gen. Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00094

Plesiolena bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000935

Heteromigas bonneti Zapfe, 1961c: 152, f. 2-3 (Dm) Original description

Heteromigas bonneti Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1041, pl. XI, f. 1-12 (m)

Actinopus bonneti Raven, 1984d: 380 (T from Heteromigas)

Missulena bonneti Raven, 1985a: 144 (T from Actinopus)

Plesiolena bonneti Goloboff & Platnick, 1987: 13, f. 14, 19, 38-44 (Tm from Missulena, misidentified f)

Plesiolena bonneti Goloboff, 1994b: 67, f. 1-4 (Df; N.B.: f of Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 = Missulena tussulena)

Plesiolena jorgelina Goloboff, 1994 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000936

Plesiolena jorgelina Goloboff, 1994b: 69, f. 6-10 (Df) Original description