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.

In synonymy:

Cispiomma Roewer, 1955 = Cispius Simon, 1898 (Blandin, 1978a: 44)

Gen. Cispius Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01703

type Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898; gender masculine

N.B.: also as 'nov. gen.' by Simon, 1898a: 296; considered a senior synonym of Cispiomma Roewer, 1955b: 259 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05157] (type Cispius bidentatum Lessert, 1936) by Blandin, 1978a: 44.

Transferred to other genera:

Cispius aethiopicus Caporiacco, 1939 -- see Charminus

Cispius ambiguus Lessert, 1925 -- see Charminus

Cispius atomarius Lawrence, 1942 -- see Charminus

Cispius minor Lessert, 1928 -- see Charminus

Cispius natalensis Lawrence, 1947 -- see Charminus

Cispius novus Caporiacco, 1941 -- see Charminus

Cispius orientalis Yaginuma, 1967 -- see Shinobius

Cispius quadrimaculatus Roewer, 1955 -- see Charminus

Cispius tanganus Roewer, 1955 -- see Hygropoda

Cispius tertalei Caporiacco, 1941 -- see Charminus

Nomina dubia:

Cispius delesserti Caporiacco, 1947c: 110 (j, Ethiopia) -- Blandin, 1978a: 66

Cispius kovacsi Caporiacco, 1947c: 113 (j, Ethiopia) -- Blandin, 1978a: 66

Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019556

Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916: 585, f. 19-20 (Df) Original description

Pisaura affinis Roewer, 1955c: 120

Cispius affinis Blandin, 1978a: 46, f. 7 (f, T from Pisaura)

Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936 | | DR Congo, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019557

Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936: 278, f. 75-76 (Dm) Original description

Cispiomma bidentatum Roewer, 1955b: 259 (T from Cispius)

Cispius bidentatus Blandin, 1978a: 47, f. 18 (m)

Cispius bidentatus Sierwald, 1997: 380, f. 15-16 (m)

Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978 | | South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019558

Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978a: 49, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Cispius kimbius Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 20, 4 f. (f)

Cispius maruanus (Roewer, 1955) | | Ivory Coast, Cameroon, DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019559

Nilus maruanus Roewer, 1955b: 256, f. 95a-b (Df) Original description

Cispius maruanus Blandin, 1978a: 48, f. 8, 19 (Dm, f, T from Nilus)

Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978 | | DR Congo, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019560

Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978a: 51, f. 21 (Dm) Original description

Cispius problematicus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 21, 5 f. (mf)

Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915 | | Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019561

Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915a: 52, pl. 3, f. 88 (Df) Original description

Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019562

Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947c: 112, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Cispius strandi Roewer, 1955b: 239, f. 88f (m)

Cispius strandi Blandin, 1978a: 68 (incertae sedis)

Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019564

Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978a: 50, f. 20 (Dm) Original description

Cispius thorelli Sierwald, 1997: 380, f. 12-14 (m)

Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019565 TYPE SPECIES

Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898f: 19 (Df) Original description

Cispius variegatus Blandin, 1978a: 44, f. 1, 4, 6 (f)

Cispius variegatus Sierwald, 1997: 380, f. 6-7 (f)

Cispius variegatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 22, 5 f. (f)