World Spider Catalog

Philodromidae Simon, 1864

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the authorship of the family is corrected from Thorell, 1869: 46 to Simon, 1864: 393 (sub Philodromiens) following the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet, Platnick and in the WSC until 2026; elevated from a subfamily of the Thomisidae by Homann, 1975: 181; a division into the subfamilies Philodrominae and Thanatinae Schick, 1965: 86 (described as a tribe) is supported by do Prado et al., 2022: 25.

In synonymy:

Bacillocnemis Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Petrichus Simon, 1886 (Griotti et al., 2022: 317)

Gen. Petrichus Simon, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02613

type Petrichus marmoratus Simon, 1886; gender masculine

N.B.: the original spelling is Petrichus, 'Petricus' in Simon, 1895a was a lapsus, per Simon (see Bonnet, 1958: 3486); considered a senior synonym of Bacillocnemis Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 104 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029639] (type B. anomala Mello-Leitão, 1938) by Griotti et al., 2022: 317.

Transferred to other genera:

Petrichus athleticus Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Misumenoides

Petrichus corticinus Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Misumenoides

In synonymy:

Petrichus griseus Berland, 1913 = Petrichus granadensis (Keyserling, 1880) (Galvis et al., 2024: 1133)

Petrichus lancearius Simon, 1905 = Petrichus tullgreni Simon, 1902 (Griotti et al., 2022: 348)

Petrichus luteus (Nicolet, 1849) = Petrichus junior (Nicolet, 1849) (Griotti et al., 2022: 336)

Petrichus ornatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942 = Petrichus junior (Nicolet, 1849) (Griotti et al., 2022: 336)

Petrichus signatus Hogg, 1913 = Petrichus niveus (Simon, 1895) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 90)

Nomina dubia:

Petrichus cinereus Tullgren, 1901b: 225 (j, Argentina) -- Griotti et al., 2022: 350

Petrichus fuliginosus (Nicolet, 1849: 409, f, Chile, originally in Philodromus) -- Griotti et al., 2022: 350

Petrichus zonatus Tullgren, 1901b: 227, pl. 2, f. 9 (j, Argentina) -- Griotti et al., 2022: 350

Petrichus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1938) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029639

Bacillocnemis anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 105, f. 21-22 (Df) Original description

Petrichus anomalus Griotti et al., 2022: 327, f. 1c, 9a-f, 10a-d, 30d (Dm, f, T from Bacillocnemis)

Petrichus eremicus Griotti & Grismado, 2022 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054084

Petrichus eremicus Griotti & Grismado, in Griotti et al., 2022: 346, f. 5c-d, 6d, 24a-f, 25a-d, 30j (Dmf) Original description

Petrichus funebris (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029728

Philodromus funebris Nicolet, 1849: 410, pl. 3, f. 12 (Dmf) Original description

Petrichus funebris Simon, 1895a: 1061

Petrichus funebris Griotti et al., 2022: 330, f. 11a-f, 12a-d, 30b (mf)

Petrichus granadensis (Keyserling, 1880) | | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030019

Thanatus granadensis Keyserling, 1880: 199, pl. 5, f. 109 (Df) Original description

Petrichus griseus Berland, 1913b: 96 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029729]

Petrichus griseus Griotti et al., 2022: 333, f. 13a-f, 14a-e, 30e (Dm, f)

Petrichus griseus Dupérré, 2023a: 182, f. 44A-D (f)

Petrichus granadensis Galvis et al., 2024: 1133, f. 10A-D, 11A-D, 12A-G, 13A-E (mf, T from Thanatus, S of Petrichus griseus)

Petrichus junior (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029730

Philodromus junior Nicolet, 1849: 411 (Dmf) Original description

Philodromus luteus Nicolet, 1849: 412 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029732]

Petrichus luteus Simon, 1895a: 1061

Petrichus ornatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942: 323, f. 10-11, pl. 2, f. 1-2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029736]

Petrichus junior Dondale & Redner, 1976a: 153 (Tmf from Philodromus)

Petrichus junior Griotti et al., 2022: 336, f. 1d, 15a-f, 16a-e, 30f (mf, S of Petrichus luteus and P. ornatus)

Petrichus marmoratus Simon, 1886 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029733 TYPE SPECIES

Petrichus marmoratus Simon, 1886h: 565 (Dj) Original description

Petrichus marmoratus Simon, 1905e: 11 (Dmf)

Petrichus marmoratus Griotti et al., 2022: 323, f. 5a-b, 6b-c, 7a-f, 8a-d, 30a (mf)

Petrichus marmoratus Dupérré, 2023a: 187, f. 46A-C, 47A-D (mf)

Petrichus meridionalis (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029734

Philodromus meridionalis Keyserling, 1891: 251, pl. 10, f. 190 (Dm) Original description

Cleocnemis meridionalis Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 114 (Df)

Petrichus meridionalis Dondale & Redner, 1976a: 154 (T from Cleocnemis)

Petrichus meridionalis Griotti et al., 2022: 350 (species inquirenda)

Petrichus niveus (Simon, 1895) | | Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029735

Philodromus niveus Simon, 1895d: 171 (Df) Original description

Petrichus niveus Simon, 1896c: 144

Petrichus niveus Simon, 1902h: 28 (Dm)

Petrichus signatus Hogg, 1913: 46, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057262]

Petrichus niveus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 90, f. 29-33 (mf, S of Petrichus signatus)

Petrichus niveus Griotti et al., 2022: 345, f. 1f, 22a-f, 23a-d, 30i (mf)

Petrichus signatus Griotti et al., 2022: 350 ('most likely a synonym of Petrichus tullgreni', not revalidated)

Petrichus niveus Dupérré, 2023a: 189, f. 48A-D, 49A-D (mf)

Petrichus patagoniensis Griotti & Grismado, 2022 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054081

Petrichus patagoniensis Griotti & Grismado, in Griotti et al., 2022: 242, f. 17a-f (Dm) Original description

Petrichus roigjunenti Griotti & Grismado, 2022 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054082

Petrichus roigjunenti Griotti & Grismado, in Griotti et al., 2022: 342, f. 1a, 18a-f, 19a-d, 30h (Dmf; also spelled roijunenti in the text) Original description

Petrichus sordidus Tullgren, 1901 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029737

Petrichus sordidus Tullgren, 1901b: 224, pl. 16, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Petrichus sordidus Griotti et al., 2022: 350 (nomen dubium in abstract but not in text, probably S of Petrichus niveus or P. tullgreni, it would be the senior S of the latter, species inquirenda)

Petrichus spira Griotti & Grismado, 2022 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054083

Petrichus spira Griotti & Grismado, in Griotti et al., 2022: 343, f. 6a, 20a-f, 21a-d, 30c (Dmf) Original description

Petrichus tobioides Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029738

Petrichus tobioides Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 162, pl. 9, f. 40 (Dm [not f]) Original description

Petrichus tobioides Griotti et al., 2022: 347, f. 1b, e, 26a-f, 27a-d, 30m (m, Df)

Petrichus tullgreni Simon, 1902 | | Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029739

Petrichus niveus Tullgren, 1901b: 223, pl. 17, f. 7 (mf; misidentified per Simon, 1902h: 29)

Petrichus tullgreni Simon, 1902h: 29 (Dmf) Original description

Petrichus lancearius Simon, 1905e: 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029731]

Petrichus tullgreni Griotti et al., 2022: 348, f. 28a-e, 30k (mf, S of Petrichus lancearius)

Petrichus lancearius Dupérré, 2023a: 185, f. 45A-D (f)