World Spider Catalog

Philodromidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: removed from the Thomisidae by Homann, 1975: 181; a division into Philodrominae and Thanatinae Schick, 1965: 86 (described as a tribe) is supported by do Prado et al., 2022: 25.

In synonymy:

Horodromus Chamberlin, 1924 = Apollophanes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Schick, 1965: 86)

Pelloctanes Schick, 1965 = Apollophanes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1176)

Gen. Apollophanes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02597

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Horodromus Chamberlin, 1924b: 653 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05645] (type H. absolutus Chamberlin, 1924 = Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904) by Gertsch, in Schick, 1965: 86 and of Pelloctanes Schick, 1965: 88 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05646] (type Apollophanes margareta Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955) by Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1176.

Transferred to other genera:

Apollophanes babaly Lyakhov, 1996 -- see Thanatus

Apollophanes bangalores Tikader, 1963 -- see Lycopus

Apollophanes bryanti Gertsch, 1933 -- see Cleocnemis

Apollophanes paraguensis Gertsch, 1933 -- see Cleocnemis

Apollophanes patricia Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 -- see Thanatus

In synonymy:

Apollophanes absolutus (Chamberlin, 1924) = Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904 (Schick, 1965: 88)

Apollophanes agamus (Chamberlin, 1928, T from Philodromus) = Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904 (Gertsch, 1934b: 15)

Apollophanes arizonensis Gertsch, 1933 = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178)

Apollophanes distinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178)

Apollophanes francesca Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 = Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1182)

Apollophanes lenensis Marusik, 1991 = Apollophanes macropalpus Paik, 1979 (Logunov, 1996b: 140)

Apollophanes maculatipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178)

Apollophanes mexicanus Gertsch, 1933 = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178)

Apollophanes punctiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891, T from Thanatus) = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 132)

Apollophanes similalis Gertsch, 1933 = Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 (Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178)

Apollophanes syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1925, T from Philodromus) = Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904 (Bryant, 1933a: 186)

Apollophanes aztecanus Dondale & Redner, 1975 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029627

Apollophanes aztecanus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1191, f. 16-17, 42-43 (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes caribaeus Dondale & Redner, 1975 | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029629

Apollophanes caribaeus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1188, f. 31-32 (Df) Original description

Apollophanes crispus Dondale & Redner, 1975 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029630

Apollophanes crispus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1190, f. 11-12, 40-41 (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes erectus Dondale & Redner, 1975 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029631

Apollophanes erectus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1191, f. 14-15 (Dm) Original description

Apollophanes fitzroyi Baert, 2013 | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045869

Apollophanes fitzroyi Baert, 2013a: 16, f. 6A-C, 7A-B (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes gaucho Francisco, Ott & Teixeira, 2016 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048607

Apollophanes gaucho Francisco, Ott & Teixeira, 2016: 178, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes indistinctus Gertsch, 1933 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029632

Apollophanes indistinctus Gertsch, 1933a: 16, f. 28 (Df) Original description

Apollophanes indistinctus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1188, f. 38-39 (f)

Apollophanes lonesomegeorgei Baert, 2013 | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045870

Apollophanes lonesomegeorgei Baert, 2013a: 19, f. 8A-B, 10A-B (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029633

Thanatus longipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 168, pl. 21, f. 12 (Dm) Original description

Apollophanes longipes Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1183, f. 7, 9, 29-30 (m, Df, removed from S of A. maculatipes, rejecting F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 132)

Apollophanes lujiani Lin & Li, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059740

Apollophanes lujiani Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2024a: 45, f. 26A-B, 37A-B, 40A-B, 41 (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes macropalpus (Paik, 1979) | | Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029634

Thanatus macropalpus Paik, 1979a: 120, f. 11-20 (Dmf) Original description

Apollophanes lenensis Marusik, 1991d: 52, f. 2.1-4, 4.5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055379]

Apollophanes macropalpus Marusik, 1991d: 53 (T from Thanatus)

Apollophanes macropalpus Logunov, 1996b: 140, f. 5, 16-25 (mf, S of Apollophanes lenensis)

Apollophanes macropalpus Kim & Jung, 2001: 188, f. 1-3 (mf)

Apollophanes macropalpus Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 209, f. 28.14, 17 (mf)

Apollophanes macropalpus Kim & Lee, 2017: 62, f. 35A-B (f)

Apollophanes margareta Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029635

Apollophanes margareta Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955: 16, f. 10-12 (Dmf) Original description

Pelloctanes margareta Schick, 1965: 90, f. 117-120 (mf, T from Apollophanes)

Apollophanes margareta Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1184, f. 8, 10, 33-35 (mf, T from Pelloctanes)

Apollophanes margareta Dondale & Redner, 1978b: 105, f. 64, 70, 348-352 (mf)

Apollophanes punctatus (Bryant, 1948) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029636

Gephyrina punctata Bryant, 1948b: 419, pl. 10, f. 96-97 (Df) Original description

Apollophanes punctatus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1188, f. 36-37 (f, T from Gephyrina)

Apollophanes punctipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) | | USA to Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029637

Tibellus punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891a: 79, pl. 9, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Thanatus punctiger O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891a: 88, pl. 11, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061430]

Philodromus maculatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 118, pl. 15, f. 14 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055380]

Apollophanes punctipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 252

Apollophanes distinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 290, pl. 32, f. 2 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055377]

Apollophanes punctipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 132, pl. 9, f. 19-20 (f, Dm, S of Thanatus punctiger)

Apollophanes maculatipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 132, pl. 8, f. 21 (m, S of Thanatus = Apollophanes longipes; revalidated by Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1183)

Apollophanes arizonensis Gertsch, 1933a: 15, f. 29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055376]

Apollophanes similalis Gertsch, 1933a: 15, f. 30 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055382]

Apollophanes mexicanus Gertsch, 1933a: 16, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055381]

Apollophanes punctipes Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1178, f. 1-2, 4-5, 13, 18-25 (mf, S of Apollophanes arizonensis, A. distinctus, A. maculatipes, A. mexicanus and A. similalis)

Apollophanes punctipes Galvis et al., 2024: 1129, f. 1A-D, 2A-E, 3A-D, 4A-G (mf)

Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029638

Apollophanes texanus Banks, 1904a: 113, f. 12, 20 (Dmf) Original description

Horodromus absolutus Chamberlin, 1924b: 654, f. 94 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055374]

Philodromus syntheticus Chamberlin, 1925c: 124, f. 35-36 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061431]

Philodromus crenifer Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1928: 181 (m; misidentified per Gertsch, 1934b: 15)

Philodromus agamus Chamberlin in Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1928: 182 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055375]

Apollophanes texanus Bryant, 1933a: 186 (S of Philodromus syntheticus)

Apollophanes texanus Gertsch, 1934b: 15 (S of Philodromus agamus)

Apollophanes francesca Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955: 15, f. 6-8 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055378]

Apollophanes texana Schick, 1965: 88, f. 8, 113-114, 116 (mf, S of Horodromus absolutus)

Apollophanes francesca Schick, 1965: 88, f. 112, 115 (f)

Apollophanes texanus Dondale & Redner, 1975c: 1181, f. 3, 6, 26-28 (mf, S of Apollophanes francesca)

Apollophanes texanus Jiménez, Palacios-Cardiel & Chávez-Lara, 2020: 12, f. 21-23 (f)