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:

Euprosthenomma Roewer, 1955 = Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 (Blandin, 1974b: 946)

Podophthalma Brito Capello, 1867 = Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 (Pocock, 1897d: 116, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01709

type Podophthalma bayonianna Brito Capello, 1867; gender masculine

N.B.: replacement name for for Podophthalma Brito Capello, 1867: 13 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04399], preoccupied in Crustacea by Lamarck, 1801; considered a senior synonym of Euprosthenomma Roewer, 1955a: 148 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05158] (type E. schenkeli Roewer, 1955) by Blandin, 1974b: 946.

Transferred to other genera:

Euprosthenops annulipes Strand, 1913 -- see Tetragonophthalma

Euprosthenops armatus Strand, 1913 -- see Euprosthenopsis

Euprosthenops lesserti Roewer, 1955 -- see Euprosthenopsis

Euprosthenops lesserti garambensis Lessert, 1928 -- see Euprosthenopsis

Euprosthenops pulchellus Pocock, 1902 -- see Euprosthenopsis

In synonymy:

Euprosthenops grimmi Roewer, 1955 = Euprosthenops biguttatus Roewer, 1955 (Blandin, 1976a: 79)

Euprosthenops hartmanni Roewer, 1955 = Euprosthenops proximus Lessert, 1916 (Blandin, 1976a: 73)

Nomina dubia:

Euprosthenops affinitatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 569, f, Angola, originally in Podophthalma) -- Blandin, 1977b: 138

Euprosthenops banananus Strand, 1920: 112 (f, DR Congo) -- Blandin, 1976a: 84

Euprosthenops hilaris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 569, pl. 57, f. 7, j, Madagascar, originally in Podophthalma) -- Blandin, 1977b: 138

Euprosthenops pedatus Strand, 1913a: 414 (f, DR Congo) -- Blandin, 1976a: 84

Euprosthenops prospiciens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908b: 827, pl. 50, f. 38-40 (m, Zimbabwe) -- Blandin, 1976a: 84

Euprosthenops australis Simon, 1898 | | Senegal, Nigeria, DR Congo, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019676

Podophthalma bayaoniana Karsch, 1878a: 326, pl. 2, f. 8 (f, misidentified)

Euprosthenops australis Simon, 1898f: 12 (Df) Original description

Euprosthenops australis Lawrence, 1947: 33, f. 18 (f)

Euprosthenops australis Roewer, 1955b: 144, f. 62 (f)

Euprosthenops australis Blandin, 1976a: 70, f. 6-7, 14, 19, 22 (f)

Euprosthenops australis Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6c (f)

Euprosthenops australis Silva & Sierwald, 2014: 138, f. 1, 3-17 (Dm)

Euprosthenops australis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 24, p. 23: 3 f., p. 24: 6 f. (mf)

Euprosthenops australis Zonstein & Marusik, 2021: 15, f. 5B (m)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus (Brito Capello, 1867) | | Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, DR Congo, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019677 TYPE SPECIES

Podophthalma bayonianna Brito Capello, 1867: 13, pl. 2, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Simon, 1898a: 291, f. 285, 288-289, 299 (f, Dm)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Lessert, 1928: 331, f. 18 (f)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Roewer, 1955b: 125, f. 54a-e (mf)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Blandin, 1976a: 68, f. 1, 10-12, 24 (mf)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6a, 7d (mf)

Euprosthenops bayaonianus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 25, p. 23: 4 f., p. 25: 6 f. (mf)

Euprosthenops benoiti Blandin, 1976 | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019678

Euprosthenops benoiti Blandin, 1976a: 82, f. 8, 20 (Df) Original description

Euprosthenops benoiti Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6f (f)

Euprosthenops biguttatus Roewer, 1955 | | Congo, Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019679

Euprosthenops biguttatus Roewer, 1955b: 135, f. 57a-f (Dmf) Original description

Euprosthenops grimmi Roewer, 1955b: 141, f. 59a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056667]

Euprosthenops biguttatus Blandin, 1976a: 79, f. 5, 16-17, 26 (mf, S of Euprosthenops grimmi)

Euprosthenops biguttatus Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6g (f)

Euprosthenops ellioti (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) | | Pakistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019680

Podophthalma ellioti O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 567, pl. 57, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Euprosthenops ellioti Pocock, 1900a: 249

Euprosthenops ellioti Tikader & Malhotra, 1976c: 541, f. 4-7 (mf)

Euprosthenops ellioti Blandin, 1976d: 575, f. 1-4 (mf)

Euprosthenops ellioti Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6h, 7f (mf)

Euprosthenops ellioti Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 264, f. 19 (m)

Euprosthenops ellioti Sankaran et al., 2026: 7, f. 26-33 (f)

Euprosthenops insperatus Zonstein & Marusik, 2021 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053506

Euprosthenops insperatus Zonstein & Marusik, 2021: 15, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 4A-D, 5A, C, 7, 8 (Dm) Original description

Euprosthenops pavesii Lessert, 1928 | | Central, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019681

Euprosthenops pavesii Lessert, 1928: 333, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Euprosthenops pavesii Lessert, 1936: 278, f. 74 (f)

Euprosthenops pavesii Blandin, 1976a: 79, f. 3, 13 (f)

Euprosthenops pavesii Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6b (f)

Euprosthenops proximus Lessert, 1916 | | Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Angola, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019682

Euprosthenops proximus Lessert, 1916: 565, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Euprosthenops proximus Lawrence, 1937: 253 (Df)

Euprosthenops proximus Roewer, 1955b: 130, f. 63a-b (m)

Euprosthenops hartmanni Roewer, 1955b: 131, f. 60a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056668]

Euprosthenops proximus Blandin, 1976a: 73, f. 4, 15, 25 (mf, S of Euprosthenops hartmanni)

Euprosthenops proximus Blandin, 1976d: 578, f. 4B (m)

Euprosthenops proximus Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6e, 7e (mf)

Euprosthenops proximus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 26, p. 23: 1 f., p. 26: 6 f. (mf)

Euprosthenops proximus Zonstein & Marusik, 2021: 15, f. 3A-E, 4E-G, 5D (m)

Euprosthenops proximus maximus Blandin, 1976 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019683

Euprosthenops proximus maximus Blandin, 1976a: 77, f, 9a-d, 21 (Dmf; N.B.: omitted by Brignoli) Original description

Euprosthenops schenkeli (Roewer, 1955) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019684

Euprosthenops proximus Schenkel, 1936a: 330, f. 9 (f, misidentified)

Euprosthenomma schenkeli Roewer, 1955b: 149 (Df) Original description

Euprosthenops schenkeli Blandin, 1976a: 82, f. 2, 18 (f)

Euprosthenops schenkeli Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 6d (f)

Euprosthenops wuehlischi Roewer, 1955 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019685

Euprosthenops wühlischi Roewer, 1955b: 140, f. 58a-e (Dm) Original description

Euprosthenops wuhlischi Blandin, 1976a: 84, f. 23 (m)