World Spider Catalog

Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the family name Palpimanidae (as Palpimaninae) and the name Otiothopidae Thorell, 1869: 43 (as Otiothopoidae) are introduced in the same publication; the current subfamilies of Palpimanidae are Chediminae, Otiothopinae and Palpimaninae; former subfamilies are the current families Huttoniidae and Stenochilidae.

In synonymy:

Pachypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 = Steriphopus Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1887a: 274, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Steriphopus Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00620

type Pachypus macleayi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873; gender masculine

N.B.: replacement name for Pachypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873d: 115 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06366], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Billberg, 1820; Bonnet's spelling (Steriphropus) is a lapsus.

Transferred to other genera:

Steriphopus gyirongensis (Hu & Li, 1987) -- see Tibetima

Steriphopus benjamini Zonstein & Marusik, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059669

Steriphopus benjamini Zonstein & Marusik, 2023: 47, f. 11-21 (Df) Original description

Steriphopus crassipalpis Thorell, 1895 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005632

Steriphopus crassipalpis Thorell, 1895b: 20 (Dm) Original description

Steriphopus hinnihamiae Benjamin, 2024 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063405

Steriphopus hinnihamiae Benjamin, 2024c: 8, f. 3E-F, 4A-D (Dmf) Original description

Steriphopus lacertosus Simon, 1898 | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005633

Steriphopus lacertosus Simon, 1898d: 374 (Df) Original description

Chediminae sp. Saaristo, 2010: 156, f. 24.1-3 (f; considerd to belong to this species by Marusik & Zonstein, 2018: 491)

Steriphopus lacertosus Zonstein & Marusik, 2023: 45, f. 1-8 (f)

Steriphopus macleayi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005634 TYPE SPECIES

Pachypus macleayi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873d: 116, pl. 16, f. 2 (Dmf; generic name preoccupied) Original description

Steriphopus macleayi Simon, 1887a: 274

Steriphopus macleayi Zonstein & Marusik, 2023: 44, f. 9-10 (f)

Steriphopus macleayi Benjamin, 2024c: 10, f. 5A-F, 7C-D, 9E-F (m)

Steriphopus punchimenikae Benjamin, 2024 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063406

Steriphopus punchimenikae Benjamin, 2024c: 11, f. 2E-H, 3C-D (Dmf) Original description

Steriphopus ritigalensis Benjamin, 2024 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063407

Steriphopus macleayi Marusik & Zonstein, 2018: 492, f. 1-27 (mf; misidentifed per Benjamin, 2024c: 11)

Steriphopus ritigalensis Benjamin, 2024c: 11 (Dmf, new name for Steriphopus macleayi sensu Marusik & Zonstein, 2018: 492) Original description

Steriphopus spiralus Benjamin, 2024 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063408

Steriphopus spiralus Benjamin, 2024c: 13, f. 4E-H, 6A-B (Dmf) Original description

Steriphopus wangala Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061290

Steriphopus wangala Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran in Sankaran, Tripathi & Kadam, 2024: 97, f. 1A-H, 2A-B (Df) Original description

Steriphopus woolfi Benjamin, 2024 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063409

Steriphopus woolfi Benjamin, 2024c: 13, f. 4I-L, 7A-B (Dmf) Original description