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:

Hirrius Simon, 1895 = Hirriusa Strand, 1932 (Strand, 1932: 138, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Hirriusa Strand, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02607

type Hirrius variegatus Simon, 1895; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Hirrius Simon, 1895b: 442 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05809], preoccupied in Orthoptera by Bolívar, 1887.

Hirriusa arenacea (Lawrence, 1927) | | Namibia, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029707

Hirrius arenaceus Lawrence, 1927: 38, pl. 1, f. 27-28, pl. 3, f. 66 (Dmf) Original description

Hirrius arenaceus Lessert, 1933: 125, f. 45 (f)

Hirriusa arenacea Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022g: 9, p. 9: 7 f., p. 10: 2 f. (mf)

Hirriusa arenacea Dippenaar-Schoeman & Webb, 2024b: 15, f. 1-17 (mf)

Hirriusa bidentata (Lawrence, 1927) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029708

Hirrius bidentatus Lawrence, 1927: 38, pl. 1, f. 26, pl. 3, f. 65 (Dmf) Original description

Hirriusa bidentata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022g: 11, 5 f. (mf)

Hirriusa variegata (Simon, 1895) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029709 TYPE SPECIES

Hirrius variegatus Simon, 1895b: 442 (Df) Original description

Hirriusa variegata Strand, 1932: 138 (generic replacement name)

Hirriusa variegata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022g: 12, 4 f. (f)