World Spider Catalog

Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated from subfamily of Amaurobiidae and placed as sister group of Titanoecidae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

In synonymy:

Amphigyrioides Strand, 1913 = Phyxelida Simon, 1894 (Lehtinen, 1967: 213)

Amphigyrum Tullgren, 1910 = Phyxelida Simon, 1894 (Berland, 1914: 58, sub Haemilla)

Haemilla Simon, 1909 = Phyxelida Simon, 1894 (Lehtinen, 1967: 237)

Gen. Phyxelida Simon, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02067

N.B.: transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Phyxelididae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59; considered a senior synonym of Haemilla Simon, 1909c: 29 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05698] (type Tegenaria mirabilis L. Koch, 1875) and Amphigyrioides Strand, 1913a: 327 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05697] (type A. bifoveata Strand, 1913) by Lehtinen, 1967: 259; Amphigyrum Tullgren, 1910: 93 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05699] (type A. nebulosum Tullgren, 1910) considered a junior synonym of Haemilla by Berland, 1914: 58.

Transferred to other genera:

Phyxelida australis (Lawrence, 1937) -- see Themacrys

Phyxelida cavernicola (Lawrence, 1939) -- see Themacrys

Phyxelida fanivelona Griswold, 1990 -- see Rahavavy

Phyxelida grindleyi (Lawrence, 1964) -- see Malaika

Phyxelida malagasyana Griswold, 1990 -- see Rahavavy

Phyxelida monticola (Lawrence, 1939) -- see Themacrys

Phyxelida profundissima (Lawrence, 1964) -- see Vidole

Phyxelida silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) -- see Themacrys

Phyxelida tuberculata (Lawrence, 1939) -- see Xevioso

Phyxelida zuluana (Lawrence, 1939) -- see Xevioso

Phyxelida abyssinica Griswold, 1990 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023132

Phyxelida abyssinica Griswold, 1990: 154, f. 83c-d, 84a-c (Dm) Original description

Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990 | | Cyprus, Turkey, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023133

Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990: 167, f. 90c-d (Df) Original description

Phyxelida anatolica Thaler & Knoflach, 1998a: 36, f. 1-16, 18-23 (f, Dm)

Phyxelida anatolica Zonstein, Marusik & Omelko, 2015: 379, f. 4a-b (f)

Phyxelida anatolica Gavish-Regev et al., 2016: 41, f. 3a-h (mf)

Phyxelida anatolica Bosmans et al., 2019b: 26, f. 16a-j (mf)

Phyxelida apwania Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023134

Phyxelida apwania Griswold, 1990: 184, f. 91g, 99e-f (Df) Original description

Phyxelida bifoveata (Strand, 1913) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023135

Amphigyriodes bifoveata Strand, 1913a: 327 (Dmf) Original description

Phyxelida bifoveata Lehtinen, 1967: 456, f. 394 (f)

Phyxelida bifoveata Griswold, 1990: 177, f. 91e, 96a-c, 97a-b, 99a-b (mf)

Phyxelida bifoveata Griswold et al., 2005: 35, f. 173A-C, 188C-D (m)

Phyxelida carcharata Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023136

Phyxelida carcharata Griswold, 1990: 162, f. 89a-e (Dmf) Original description

Phyxelida carcharata Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 208, f. 81f-h (mf)

Phyxelida crassibursa Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023137

Phyxelida crassibursa Griswold, 1990: 174, f. 93c, 95e-f (Df) Original description

Phyxelida eurygyna Griswold, 1990 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023138

Phyxelida eurygyna Griswold, 1990: 176, f. 95a-b (Df) Original description

Phyxelida irwini Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023140

Phyxelida irwini Griswold, 1990: 171, f. 93d, 94b, d (Df) Original description

Phyxelida jabalina Griswold, 1990 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023141

Phyxelida jabalina Griswold, 1990: 169, f. 92b, d, 93a (Df) Original description

Phyxelida kipia Griswold, 1990 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023142

Phyxelida kipia Griswold, 1990: 158, f. 79a-b, 86a-c, 87c-d (Dm) Original description

Phyxelida makapanensis Simon, 1894 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023143

Phyxelida makapanensis Simon, 1894b: 64, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Phyxelida makapanensis Lehtinen, 1967: 456, f. 379 (m)

Phyxelida makapanensis Griswold, 1990: 156, f. 4c, 6b, 15e, 85a-c, 90e-f, 91a (mf)

Phyxelida makapanensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 19, 18: 1 f., 19: 3 f. (mf)

Phyxelida mirabilis (L. Koch, 1875) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023145

Tegenaria mirabilis L. Koch, 1875b: 34, pl. 4, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Tegenaria mirabilis Simon, 1898a: 253, f. 245 (m)

Haemilla mirabilis Simon, 1909c: 29 (Df)

Haemilla mirabilis Berland, 1914: 59, f. 19-20 (f)

Haemilla mirabilis Berland, 1922: 45, pl. A1, f. 2

Haemilla mirabilis Simon & Fage, 1922: 527, f. 1 (2, 4) (m)

Phyxelida mirabilis Lehtinen, 1967: 456, f. 380-381 (m)

Phyxelida mirabilis Griswold, 1990: 151, f. 82a-e, 83a-b, 91c (m, Df)

Phyxelida nebulosa (Tullgren, 1910) | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023146

Amphigyrum nebulosum Tullgren, 1910: 93, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Haemilla nebulosa Berland, 1914: 59

Haemilla nebulosa Caporiacco, 1949a: 323, f. 2 (m)

Phyxelida nebulosa Lehtinen, 1967: 213, f. 382, 386 (mf, S of Haemilla tanganensis; revalidated by Griswold, 1990: 180)

Phyxelida nebulosa Griswold, 1990: 170, f. 93e, 94a, c (f)

Phyxelida pingoana Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023147

Phyxelida pingoana Griswold, 1990: 165, f. 90a-b, 91b (Df) Original description

Phyxelida sindanoa Griswold, 1990 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023148

Phyxelida sindanoa Griswold, 1990: 159, f. 79c-d, 80a-b, 87a-b, 88a-e (Dmf) Original description

Phyxelida tanganensis (Simon & Fage, 1922) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023149

Haemilla tanganensis Simon & Fage, 1922: 526, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Phyxelida tanganensis Griswold, 1990: 180, f. 91f, 97c-d, 98a-e (mf, removed from S of Phyxelida nebulosa, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 213)

Phyxelida umlima Griswold, 1990 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023150

Phyxelida umlima Griswold, 1990: 172, f. 93b, 95c-d (Df) Original description