World Spider Catalog

Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the Dolomedidae (incl. Bradystichidae) are removed from the synonymy by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8, confirmed by Yu et al., 2025: 431 (confirming Lehtinen, 1967: 231, rejecting Sierwald, 1990: 50); Sierwald, 1990: 50 recognized also 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 Halidae Jocqué, 1994b: 281 by Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 212 (confirmed by Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015); probably includes Senoculidae per Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix; Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8 list three subfamilies (Halinae Jocqué, 1994: Hala, Tolma; Thaumasiinae Petrunkevitch, 1928: Architis, Thaumasia; Pisaurinae: Cladycnis, Dendrolycosa, Nilus, Paracladycnis, Perenethis, Pisaura, Pisaurina, Sphedanus) and numerous genera are deemed incertae sedis in terms of their subfamilial placement; Blandinia Tonini, Silva, Filho & Freitas, 2016 is excluded from the Pisauridae by Yu et al., 2025: 431 ("incertae sedis"), but not included into another family.

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

type Charminus camerunensis Thorell, 1899; gender masculine

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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063757]

Cispius novus Caporiacco, 1941b: 52, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063755]

Cispius tertalei 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 (mf, T from Cispius, S of Cispius novus and C. tertalei)

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 (mf, T from Cispius)

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

Charminus ambiguus concolor (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Tanzania 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) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063756]

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

Charminus atomarius Blandin, 1978a: 58, f. 15, 24 (mf, T from Cispius, S of Cispius quadrimaculatus)

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 | | Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019546 TYPE SPECIES

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) | | Ivory Coast, Cameroon, DR Congo 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 (Dm, f, T from Cispiolus)

Charminus minor (Lessert, 1928) | | Ivory Coast, DR 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 (Dm, f, T from Cispius)

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 (f, T from Cispius)

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

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

Charminus rotundus Blandin, 1978a: 64, f. 13 (Df) Original description