Liocranidae Simon, 1897

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: a diagnosis has not been presented (see Lehtinen, 1967: 290-291, 340 for comments); family name predated by Cybaeodinae Simon, 1893, but that name has remained unused; considered a subgroup of Zoridae by Wunderlich, 2008c: 486; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 521, f. 19.
Gen. Apostenus Westring, 1851 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02172
type Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Apostenus acutus Emerton, 1909 -- see Agroeca

Apostenus bertkaui Bösenberg, 1899 -- see Scotina

Apostenus cinctipes Banks, 1896 -- see Dirksia

Apostenus pacificus Gertsch, 1935 -- see Drassinella

Apostenus rutilius Simon, 1897 -- see Agraecina

Apostenus saxatilis Ausserer, 1867 -- see Cryphoeca

Homonym replaced:

Apostenus annulipes Wunderlich, 1987 -- see Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987

Apostenus algericus Bosmans, 1999 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037141
Apostenus algericus Bosmans, 1999: 33, f. 29-30 (Dm) Original description
Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024174
Apostenus annulipes Wunderlich, 1987a: 240, f. 639a (Df; preoccupied) Original description
Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987b: 363 (replacement name for A. annulipes Wunderlich)
Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1992a: 478, f. 750e-h (f, Dm)
Apostenus annulipes Caporiacco, 1935 | | Pakistan (Karakorum) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024175
Apostenus annulipes Caporiacco, 1935b: 220, pl. 6, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Apostenus californicus Ubick & Vetter, 2005 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040337
Apostenus californicus Ubick & Vetter, 2005: 64, f. 1, 3-10, 15-32 (Dmf) Original description
Apostenus crespoi Lissner, 2017 | | Portugal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049526
Apostenus crespoi Lissner, 2017b: 55, f. 9, 10a-b, 11a-d (Df) Original description
Apostenus ducati Bennett, C. Copley & D. Copley, 2013 | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045876
Apostenus ducati Bennett, Copley & Copley, 2013: 64, f. 1-15 (Dmf) Original description
Apostenus epidaurus Wunderlich, 2022 | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053749
Apostenus epidaurus Wunderlich, 2022: 51, f. 114-117 (Dm) Original description
Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 | | Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024177 TYPE SPECIES
Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851: 46 (D) Original description
Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1861: 322 (Dmf)
Zora fusca L. Koch, 1870: 6
Apostenus fuscus Menge, 1873: 335, pl. 59, f. 191 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Hansen, 1882: 52, pl. 3, f. 11 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 249, pl. 10, f. 12 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Simon, 1897a: 144, f. 145 (m)
Apostenus fuscus Simon, 1932: 936, 969, f. 1427-1429 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Reimoser, 1937a: 77, f. 58-59 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Tullgren, 1946: 43, f. 12A-B, pl. 7, f. 84-86 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Brændegaard, 1966: 213, f.179-180 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Miller, 1971: 108, pl. XII, f. 19-20 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Williams & Locket, 1982: 408, f. 1-6 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Sterghiu, 1985: 127, f. 38a-d (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Grimm, 1986: 37, f. 3, 10, 39-41 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Roberts, 1987: 177, f. 91 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 390, f. 1018 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Terhivuo, 1993: 55, f. 1g (m)
Apostenus fuscus Roberts, 1995: 141, f. (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Roberts, 1998: 150, f. (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Trotta, 2005: 167, f. 314-315 (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Almquist, 2007: 343, f. 297a-i (mf)
Apostenus fuscus Bosselaers, 2024b: 17, 6I-K, M (m)
Apostenus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024178
Apostenus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 478, f. 750i (Df) Original description
Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024179
Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 479, f. 751-751a (Df) Original description
Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 2011: 113, 420, f. 17a-d, 1-2 (Dm)
Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932 | | Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Czechia, Georgia? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024180
Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932: 936, 969, f. 1430-1432 (Dmf) Original description
Apostenus humilis Bosselaers, 2009: 39, f. 1A-E, 2B-C, 8A (mf)
Apostenus cf. humilis Seropian et al., 2024a: 102, f. 22 (f)
Apostenus humilis Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 95, f. 55A-C (f)
Apostenus maroccanus Bosmans, 1999 | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037142
Apostenus maroccanus Bosmans, 1999: 33, f. 25-28 (Dmf) Original description
Apostenus maroccanus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 96, f. 56A-D (f)
Apostenus naxos Wunderlich, 2022 | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053748
Apostenus naxos Wunderlich, 2022: 50, f. 107-113 (Dmf) Original description
Apostenus naxos Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 26, f. 12A-C (f)
Apostenus ochraceus Hadjissarantos, 1940 | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024181
Apostenus ochraceus Hadjissarantos, 1940: 96, f. 31 (Df) Original description
Apostenus ochraceus Bosselaers, 2009: 42, f. 1F-G, 2D, 8B (f; misidentified per Bosselaers, in litt.)
Apostenus palmensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024182
Apostenus palmensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 480, f. 752-753 (Df) Original description
Apostenus turcicus Danışman, Kunt & Yağmur, 2026 | | Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067190
Apostenus turcicus Danışman, Kunt & Yağmur, in Danışman et al., 2026b: 167, f. 2A-D, 3A-D, 4A-D, 5A-D (Dmf) Original description

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