Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: Eutichuridae elevated to family status and relimited by Ramírez, 2014: 340; firstly mentioned as Eutichureae Kishida, 1936d: 37, so Eutichurinae Lehtinen, 1967: 312 is a synonym. Eutichuridae synonymyzed with Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887 (syn. Chiracanthiidae Ono, 2009a: 464) by Ono & Ogata, 2018: 611, contra Ramírez, 2014: 341. The original spelling Cheiracantidae by Wagner, 1887: 105 needs to be emended according to ICZN Art. 32.5.3.1. (correction of the suffix from -dae to -idae) and Art. 32.5.3.3 (correction of the stem from Cheiracanti- to Cheiracanthi-); the correct, available spelling  according to ICZN Art. 11.7.1.3 therefore is Cheiracanthiidae, which according to ICZN Art. 55.4. is not a homonym of the family group name Cheiracanthidae in use in other animal groups. Wagner's name had been in disuse and at some point could have qualified as a nomen oblitum; however, since the resurrection of the name by Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 126, the name has been widely used in the arachnological literature that a retroactive reversal of precedence according to ICZN Art. 23.9. is no longer possible, as the condition of Art. 23.9.1.1. (no use as a valid name after 1899) is no longer fulfilled.
Gen. Tecution Benoit, 1977 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02112
N.B.: transferred from the Clubionidae to the Miturgidae by Ramírez, Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1997: 45 and to the Eutichuridae (= Cheiracanthiidae) by Ramírez, 2014: 341.

In synonymy:

Tecution helenicola Benoit, 1977 = Tecution planum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 (Sherwood et al., 2023c: 781)

Tecution mellissi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) = Tecution planum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 (Sherwood et al., 2023c: 781)

Tecution planum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023606
Cheiracanthium mellissii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873e: 214, pl. 24, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023605]
Cheiracanthium planum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873e: 215, pl. 24, f. 5 (Dm) Original description
Tecution helenicola Benoit, 1977e: 77, f. 31a-d (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023604]
Tecution mellissi Benoit, 1977e: 75, f. 30a-e (m, T from Cheiracanthium)
Tecution planum Benoit, 1977e: 72, f. 28a-d, 29a-d (m, T from Cheiracanthium)
Tecution planum Sherwood et al., 2023c: 781, f. 1-46 (mf, S of Tecution helenicola and T. mellissi)

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