World Spider Catalog

Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: placement of some nursery-web spiders in a separate family Dolomedidae Simon, 1898a: 281, 301 (Lehtinen, 1967) [but Dolomedinae was first used by Simon, 1876a: 226, which makes it older than Pisauridae, overlooked by Bonnet, 1956: 1543] was rejected by Sierwald, 1990: 50, who also recognized a "Trechalea genus group [that] is not a close relative of the nursery-web Pisauridae" and whose members are now listed under Trechaleidae; considered a synonym of Bradystichidae Simon, 1884e: 298 (removed from the synonymy of Lycosidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 293) by Platnick & Forster, 1993: 3 and of Halidae Jocqué, 1994b: 281 by Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 212; probably includes Senoculidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix); mentioning of "Dolomediens" by Simon, 1864: 342, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this is continued here; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.

Gen. Charminus Thorell, 1899 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01700

In synonymy:

Charminus novus (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Cispius) = Charminus aethiopicus Caporiacco, 1939 (Sierwald, 1997: 379)

Charminus quadrimaculatus (Roewer, 1955, T from Cispius) = Charminus atomarius Lawrence, 1942 (Blandin, 1978a: 58)

Charminus tertalei (Caporiacco, 1941, T from Cispius) = Charminus aethiopicus Caporiacco, 1939 (Sierwald, 1997: 379)

Charminus aethiopicus (Caporiacco, 1939) | | Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019541

Cispius aethiopicus Caporiacco, 1939a: 318, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Cispius tertalei Caporiacco, 1941b: 51, f. 6a-b (Dm)

Cispius novus Caporiacco, 1941b: 52, f. 7 (Df)

Cispius tertalei aethiopicus Roewer, 1955b: 247, f. 88e, 93a-b (m)

Cispius aethiopicus Roewer, 1955b: 248, f. 88a (m)

Cispius novus Roewer, 1955b: 250, f. 94 (f)

Charminus aethiopicus Sierwald, 1997: 379, f. 8-9 (Tm from Cispius, Sf)

Charminus aethiopicus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 10, p. 9: 1 f., p. 10: 7 f. (mf)

Charminus ambiguus (Lessert, 1925) | | Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019542

Cispius ambiguus Lessert, 1925b: 329, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Cispius ambiguus Roewer, 1955b: 246, f. 88c (m)

Charminus ambiguus Blandin, 1978a: 54, f. 12, 23 (Tmf from Cispius)

Charminus ambiguus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 11, p. 9: 1 f., p. 11: 8 f. (mf)

Charminus ambiguus concolor (Caporiacco, 1947) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019543

Cispius ambiguus concolor Caporiacco, 1947c: 109 (Df) Original description

Charminus atomarius (Lawrence, 1942) | | DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019544

Cispius atomarius Lawrence, 1942: 179, f. 27 (Dmf) Original description

Cispius quadrimaculatus Roewer, 1955b: 235, f. 89a-b (Df)

Cispius atomarius Roewer, 1955b: 242, f. 88d, 91a-d (mf)

Charminus atomarius Blandin, 1978a: 58, f. 15, 24 (Tmf from Cispius, S)

Charminus atomarius Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 12, p. 9: 1 f., p. 12: 8 f. (mf)

Charminus bifidus Blandin, 1978 | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019545

Charminus bifidus Blandin, 1978a: 65, f. 27 (Dm) Original description

Charminus camerunensis Thorell, 1899 | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019546

Charminus camerunensis Thorell, 1899: 83 (Dmf) Original description

Nilus camerunensis Lessert, 1916: 601

Charminus camerunensis Blandin, 1978a: 52, f. 2, 5, 10, 22 (mf)

Charminus camerunensis Sierwald, 1990: 32, f. 49-51 (m)

Charminus camerunensis Sierwald, 1997: 379, f. 4-5, 10-11 (mf)

Charminus marfieldi (Roewer, 1955) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019547

Cispiolus marfieldi Roewer, 1955b: 192, f. 76a-b (Df) Original description

Charminus marfieldi Blandin, 1978a: 61, f. 3, 11, 17, 26 (Tf from Cispiolus=Dolomedes, Dm)

Charminus minor (Lessert, 1928) | | Ivory Coast, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019548

Cispius minor Lessert, 1928: 340, f. 23 (Df) Original description

Charminus minor Blandin, 1978a: 55, f. 16, 25 (Tf from Cispius, Dm)

Charminus natalensis (Lawrence, 1947) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019549

Cispius natalensis Lawrence, 1947: 33, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Cispius natalensis Roewer, 1955b: 245, f. 92 (f)

Charminus natalensis Blandin, 1978a: 60, f. 14 (Tf from Cispius)

Charminus natalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 13, p. 9: 1 f., p. 13: 6 f. (f)

Charminus rotundus Blandin, 1978 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019550

Charminus rotundus Blandin, 1978a: 64, f. 13 (Df; N.B.: omitted by Brignoli) Original description