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.

In synonymy:

Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Sphingius Thorell, 1890 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489)

Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963 = Sphingius Thorell, 1890 (Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32)

Gen. Sphingius Thorell, 1890 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02267
N.B.: transferred from the Gnaphosidae (Micariinae) to the Corinnidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165 and to the Liocranidae by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489; considered a senior synonym of Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04810] (type A. linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995, originally described in Clubionidae) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489 and of Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963: 49 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02473] (type S. sinensis Schenkel, 1963, originally described in Gnaphosidae) by Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32; transfer to the Corinnidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.

Transferred to other genera:

Sphingius kambakamensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Cambalida

Sphingius longipes Gravely, 1931 -- see Inthaeron

In synonymy:

Sphingius delakharae Pawaria, Bodkhe, Kamble, Uniyal & Talwar, 2018 = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 506)

Sphingius jabalpurensis (Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001, T from Sosticus) = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554)

Sphingius linoi (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) = Sphingius vivax Thorell, 1897 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 494)

Sphingius pingtung Tso, Zhu, J. X. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2005 = Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897 (Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18)

Sphingius poonaensis (Tikader, 1982, T from Sphingius) = Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554)

Sphingius sinensis (Schenkel, 1963) = Sphingius gracilis Thorell, 1895 (Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 17)

Sphingius sundargarhensis (Gajbe, 1979, T from Sosticus) = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554)

Nomen nudum:

Sphingius cornua Sebastian, Sudhikumar, Mathew & Samson, in Sebastian & Peter, 2009: 208, 488, pl. 60 (f, India) -- Sebastian & Peter, 2009, description is invalid as no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4.2

Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 | | India, Bangladesh urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025442
Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19G-H (Dmf) Original description
Sosticus sundargarhensis Gajbe, 1979: 72, f. 2A-E (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027978]
Sosticus sundargarhensis Tikader, 1982b: 438, f. 325-329 (f)
Sphingius barkudensis Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 152, f. 320-325 (mf)
Sphingius barkudaensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2000: 132, f. 8-14 (mf; lapsus)
Sosticus jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001c: 89, f. 7-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040628]
Sosticus jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2004d: 89, f. 99-103 (f)
Sphingius delakharae Pawaria et al., 2018: 164, f. 1.1-4, 2.5-8, 3.1-6, 4.7-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051050
Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 506, f. 1A-D,F, 2A-F, 3A-K, 4A-D (mf, S of Sphingius delakharae)
Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554, f. 59-65 (f, S of Sosticus jabalpurensis and Sosticus sundargarhensis)
Sphingius bifurcatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044375
Sphingius bifurcatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 15, f. 31-35 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025443
Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906c: 301 (Df) Original description
Sphingius bilineatus Gravely, 1931: 272, f. 19J-K (f, Dm)
Sphingius bilineatus Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 511, f. 5A-B (mf, probably senior S of Sphingius barkudensis)
Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025444
Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906c: 301 (Df) Original description
Sphingius caniceps Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19E-F (Dm, f; misidentified per Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 15)
Sosticus poonaensis Tikader, 1982b: 440, f. 330-334 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027976]
Sphingius caniceps Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 150, f. 315-319 (f; misidentified per Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 15)
Sphingius caniceps Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 19, f. 38-39 (f)
Sphingius caniceps Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554, f. 69-72, 75-77 (f, S of Sosticus poonaensis)
Sphingius deelemanae Zhang & Fu, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043337
Sphingius deelemanae Zhang & Fu, 2010: 25, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description
Sphingius dherikanalensis (Gajbe, 1979) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027971
Sosticus dherikanalensis Gajbe, 1979: 71, f. 1F-J (Df) Original description
Sosticus dherikanalensis Tikader, 1982b: 434, f. 315-319 (f)
Sphingius dherikanalensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 557, f. 78-82 (f, T from Sosticus)
Sphingius elongatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044372
Sphingius elongatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 8, f. 17-21 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius gongsunsheng Lin & Li, 2023 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057137
Sphingius gongsunsheng Lin & Li in Lin, Li & Pham, 2023: 15, f. 13A-B, 14C (Df) Original description
Sphingius gothicus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037227
Sphingius gothicus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 495, f. 843-846 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius gothicus Bosselaers & JocquƩ, 2002: 251, f. 4A (f)
Sphingius gracilis (Thorell, 1895) | | China, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025445
Thamphilus gracilis Thorell, 1895b: 36 (Df) Original description
Sphingius gracilis Simon, 1897a: 158
Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel, 1963: 49, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027846]
Sphingius gracilis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489, f. 837-838 (f)
Scotophaeoides sinensis Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 209, f. 124A-C (f)
Scotophaeoides sinensis Murphy, 2007: 589, f. 596-597 (f, misplaced in the Gnaphosidae)
Sphingius sinensis Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 38, f. 13-20 (f)
Sphingius gracilis Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 17, f. 2 (f, S)
Sphingius hainan Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042799
Sphingius hainan Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 35, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description
Sphingius hainan Zhang & Fu, 2010: 27, f. 8-13 (m, Df)
Sphingius nainitalensis (Gajbe, 1979) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027974
Sosticus nainitalensis Gajbe, 1979: 70, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description
Sosticus nainitalensis Tikader, 1982b: 432, f. 310-314 (f)
Sphingius nainitalensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 557, f. 84-88 (f, T from Sosticus)
Sphingius nilgiriensis Gravely, 1931 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025448
Sphingius nilgiriensis Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19C (Dm) Original description
Sphingius nilgiriensis Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 155, f. 330-333 (m)
Sphingius nilgiriensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 512, f. 6A-F,H (m)
Sphingius octomaculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037228
Sphingius octomaculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 500, f. 857-861 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius paltaensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025449
Sphingius paltaensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 426, f. 36-38 (Df) Original description
Sphingius paltaensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 514, f. 7A-D,F (f)
Sphingius penicillus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037229
Sphingius penicillus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 497, f. 847-852 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius prolixus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044376
Sphingius prolixus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 15, f. 36-37 (Df) Original description
Sphingius punctatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand to Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037230
Sphingius punctatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 862-867 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius rama Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044371
Sphingius rama Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 6, f. 12-16 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897 | | China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025450
Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897a: 236 (Dm) Original description
Sphingius scrobiculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489, f. 839 (m)
Sphingius pingtung Tso et al., 2005: 49, f. 9-12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040338]
Sphingius pingtung Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 37, f. 9-12 (m)
Sphingius scrobiculatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 1 (m, S)
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025451
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897a: 155, f. 155-157 (m)
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897c: 15 (Dm) Original description
Sphingius solanensis (Gajbe, 1979) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027977
Sosticus solanensis Gajbe, 1979: 73, f. 2F-J (Df) Original description
Sosticus solanensis Tikader, 1982b: 436, f. 320-324 (f)
Sphingius solanensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 561, f. 90-94 (f, T from Sosticus)
Sphingius songi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037231
Sphingius songi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 499, f. 853-856 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius spinosus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044373
Sphingius spinosus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 10, f. 22-26 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius superbus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | | Thailand, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044374
Sphingius superbus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 12, f. 5, 27-30 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025452
Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890d: 285 (Dm) Original description
Sphingius thecatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 4, f. 6-11 (m, Df)
Sphingius tristiculus Simon, 1903 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025453
Sphingius tristiculus Simon, 1903d: 33 (Dmf) Original description
Sphingius tristiculus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 3 (f)
Sphingius vivax (Thorell, 1897) | | Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025454
Thamphilus vivax Thorell, 1897a: 233 (Df) Original description
Alaeho linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170, f. 97a-d (Dm)
Sphingius vivax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 494, f. 840-842 (f, Sm)
Sphingius vivax Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 4 (f)
Sphingius zhangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042800
Sphingius zhangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 40, f. 21-31 (Dmf) Original description

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