World Spider Catalog

Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Miller et al., 2010: 801 rejected the placement of Coelotes and allied genera by Wunderlich, 1986: 24 as being more closely related to Amaurobius than to Agelena; Coelotinae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893: 158 were treated as a separate family Coelotidae by Ono, 2008; transfers of Cryphoeca and Tuberta to the Hahniidae and genera Blabomma, Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967.

In synonymy:

Ritalena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 = Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Roth, 1972: 11, Roth & Brame, 1972: 45)

Gen. Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01833

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ritalena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04783] (type type R. rita Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) by Roth, 1972: 11 and Roth & Brame, 1972: 45.

Transferred to other genera:

Melpomene bipunctata (Roth, 1967) -- see Novalena

Melpomene bicavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021060

Agelenopsis bicavata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 337, pl. 32, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Agelena bicavata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 527

Melpomene bicavata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 238, f. 74-76 (f, Dm)

Melpomene bicavata Roth & Brame, 1972: 45, f. 62 (m)

Melpomene bicavata Roth, 1982: 7-9, f. 62 (m)

Melpomene bicavata Roth, 1985: B1-8, f. 62 (m)

Melpomene bicavata Roth, 1994: 54, f. 62 (m)

Melpomene chamela Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049581

Melpomene chamela Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017b: 583, f. 3D-F, 4C,F (Df) Original description

Melpomene chiricana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021062

Melpomene chiricana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 240, f. 78 (Df) Original description

Melpomene coahuilana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021063

Agelena coahuilana Gertsch & Davis, 1940a: 2, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Melpomene coahuilana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 240, f. 64 (f)

Melpomene coahuilana Lehtinen, 1967: 449, f. 250 (Dm)

Melpomene coahuilana Gómez-Rodríguez & Salazar, 2012: 2, f. I.10A-B (mf)

Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021064

Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 285, pl. 39, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Agelenopsis elegans F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 336, pl. 31, f. 37 (m)

Agelena elegans Petrunkevitch, 1911: 527

Melpomene elegans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 238

Melpomene elegans Lehtinen, 1967: 449, f. 249 (m)

Melpomene elegans Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017b: 582, f. 1A-B, 3A-C, 4A-B (Df)

Melpomene panamana (Petrunkevitch, 1925) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021065

Agelena panamana Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 161, f. 82 (Df) Original description

Melpomene panamana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 241

Melpomene penetralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021066

Agelenopsis penetralis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 337, pl. 32, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Agelena penetralis Banks, 1909a: 202

Melpomene penetralis Roth, 1956b: 177 (Tf from Agelenopsis)

Melpomene plesia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021067

Melpomene plesia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 239, f. 77 (Df) Original description

Melpomene plesia Lehtinen, 1967: 449, f. 252 (f)

Melpomene quadrata (Kraus, 1955) | | El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021068

Agelenopsis quadrata Kraus, 1955b: 32, f. 86 (Df) Original description

Melpomene quadrata Roth, 1972: 11 (Tf from Agelenopsis)

Ritalena quadrata Brignoli, 1983c: 479

Melpomene rita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021069

Ritalena rita Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941a: 613, f. 84 (Df) Original description

Melpomene rita Roth & Brame, 1972: 45, f. 63 (f)

Melpomene rita Roth, 1982: 7-9, f. 63 (f)

Melpomene rita Roth, 1985: B1-8, f. 63 (f)

Melpomene rita Roth, 1994: 54, f. 63 (f)

Melpomene singula (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021070

Agelena singula Gertsch & Ivie, 1936: 23, f. 49-50 (Dm) Original description

Melpomene singula Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 241, f. 79-80 (m)

Melpomene singula Stocks, 2009: 6, f. 14-15 (m)

Melpomene solisi Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049582

Melpomene solisi Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017b: 584, f. 1C-F, 2A-E, 4D-G,E-H (Dmf) Original description

Melpomene transversa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021071

Agelenopsis transversa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 336, pl. 31, f. 38 (Dm) Original description

Agelena transversa Petrunkevitch, 1911: 529

Melpomene transversa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942b: 241

Melpomene transversa Ibarra-Núñez, Maya-Morales & Chamé-Vázquez, 2011: 1186, f. 6e (m)