World Spider Catalog

Nemesiidae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family level, relimited and considered a senior synonym of Pycnothelidae by Raven, 1985a: 79; possibly paraphyletic (Goloboff, 1993: 30, Goloboff, 1995: 5, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix); Nemesiidae newly circumscribed, Anaminae elevated to family level, Pycnothelidae revalidated and Entypesidae (Entypesa, Hermacha, Lepthercus) separated by Opatova et al., 2020: 700, 701, 702; redefined again and transfer of 12 genera to the Pycnotelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11, 15; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

In synonymy:

Hesperopholis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 = Calisoga Chamberlin, 1937 (Raven, 1985a: 97)

Gen. Calisoga Chamberlin, 1937 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00108

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae and considered a senior synonym of Hesperopholis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939b: 3 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04867] (type H. centronethus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) by Raven, 1985a: 97.

Calisoga anomala (Schenkel, 1950) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001087

Brachythele anomala Schenkel, 1950b: 32, f. 2a-d (Df; immature specimen) Original description

Calisoga anomala Leavitt et al., 2015: 63 (Tf from Brachythele)

Calisoga centronetha (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001096

Hesperopholis centronethus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939b: 3, f. 7-9 (Dm) Original description

Calisoga longitarsis (Simon, 1891) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001092

Brachythele longitarsis Simon, 1891e: 305 (Dm) Original description

Brachythele longitarsis Simon, 1891f: 319 (Df)

Brachythele longitarsis Smith, 1908a: 226, pl. 18, f. 1-2, pl. 19, f. 1 (mf)

Calisoga longitarsis Leavitt et al., 2015: 63 (Tmf from Brachythele)

Calisoga sacra Chamberlin, 1937 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001097

Calisoga sacra Chamberlin, 1937b: 5, pl. 1, f. 1-5, pl. 2, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Calisoga theveneti (Simon, 1891) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001098

Brachythele theveneti Simon, 1891e: 305 (Dm) Original description

Calisoga theveneti Raven, 1985a: 160 (Tm from Brachythele)