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.

Gen. Themacrys Simon, 1906 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02069

N.B.: the spelling Themarcys in Roewer is a lapsus; transferred from the Tengellidae (= Zoropsidae) to the Amaurobiidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 270 and to the Phyxelididae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

Transferred to other genera:

Themacrys stolida Simon, 1906 -- see Xevioso

In synonymy:

Themacrys australis (Lawrence, 1937, T from Haemilla=Phyxelida) = Themacrys irrorata Simon, 1906 (Lehtinen, 1967: 270)

Themacrys cavernicola (Lawrence, 1939) | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023153

Haemilla cavernicola Lawrence, 1939: 274, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Themacrys cavernicola Lehtinen, 1967: 270, f. 389 (Tmf from Haemilla=Phyxelida)

Themacrys cavernicola Griswold, 1990: 142, f. 75a-c, 76b, d, 78c-d (mf)

Themacrys cavernicola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 24, 4 f. (mf)

Themacrys irrorata Simon, 1906 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023154

Themacrys irrorata Simon, 1906b: 288 (Dmf) Original description

Haemilla australis Lawrence, 1937: 217, f. 2 (Dmf)

Themacrys irrorata Lehtinen, 1967: 269, f. 384, 387 (mf, S)

Themacrys irrorata Griswold, 1990: 144, f. 76a, c, 77a-c, 78a-b (mf)

Themacrys irrorata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 25, 6 f. (mf)

Themacrys monticola (Lawrence, 1939) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023155

Haemilla monticola Lawrence, 1939: 273, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Themacrys monticola Lehtinen, 1967: 270 (Tm from Haemilla=Phyxelida)

Themacrys monticola Griswold, 1990: 138, f. 71c-d, 73a-c, 74a-b, d-e (m, Df)

Themacrys monticola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 26, 7 f. (mf)

Themacrys silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023156

Haemilla silvicola Lawrence, 1938a: 466, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Haemilla silvicola Lawrence, 1939: 272, f. 2 (Df)

Themacrys silvicola Lehtinen, 1967: 270 (Tmf from Haemilla=Phyxelida)

Themacrys silvicola Griswold, 1990: 133, f. 1b, d, 4e-f, 8a-d, 9, 11d, 15c, 16c, 67a-d, 68a-b, 70a-c, 71a-b, 72a, c (m, Df; f of Lawrence, 1939 = T. cavernicola)

Themacrys silvicola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 27, 8 f. (mf)

Themacrys ukhahlamba Griswold, 1990 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023157

Themacrys ukhahlamba Griswold, 1990: 136, f. 72b, d (Df) Original description

Themacrys ukhahlamba Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 28, 3 f. (f)