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. Vidole Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02070

type Auximus capensis Pocock, 1900; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Phyxelididae by Griswold et al., 1999: 59.

In synonymy:

Vidole profundissima (Lawrence, 1964, T from Phyxelida) = Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (Griswold, 1990: 66)

Vidole promontorii (Simon, 1906, T from Amaurobius) = Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) (Lehtinen, 1967: 274)

Vidole capensis (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023158 TYPE SPECIES

Auximus capensis Pocock, 1900e: 323 (Df) Original description

Amaurobius promontorii Simon, 1906b: 294 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065027]

Haemilla profundissima Lawrence, 1964: 60, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065026]

Vidole capensis Lehtinen, 1967: 274, f. 388, 393 (mf, T from Auximus, S of Amaurobius promontorii and Auximus schreineri [revalidated by Griswold, 1990: 70, see Vidole schreineri])

Phyxelida profundissima Brignoli, 1983c: 528

Vidole capensis Griswold, 1990: 66, f. 1a, 3a, 5e-f, 12b, 15d, 17a-b, 19a-e, 25a-c, 26b, e (Dm, f, S of Phyxelida profundissima)

Vidole capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 30, 30: 7 f., 31: 1 f. (mf)

Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023159

Vidole helicigyna Griswold, 1990: 62, f. 22a-b, 23a-c, 26a, d (Dmf) Original description

Vidole helicigyna Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 32, 6 f. (mf)

Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023160

Vidole lyra Griswold, 1990: 64, f. 24a, c (Df) Original description

Vidole lyra Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 33, 2 f. (f)

Vidole schreineri (Purcell, 1904) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023161

Auximus schreineri Purcell, 1904: 131, pl. 10, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Vidole schreineri Griswold, 1990: 70, f. 26c, f, 27a-c (mf, removed from S of Vidole capensis, rejecting Lehtinen, 1967: 274)

Vidole schreineri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 34, 5 f. (mf)

Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990 | | Lesotho, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023162

Vidole sothoana Griswold, 1990: 59, f. 21a-c, 22c-d, 24b, d (Dmf) Original description

Vidole sothoana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021t: 35, 29: 2 f., 35: 6 f., 36: 1 f. (mf)