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. Maypacius Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01717

type Maypacius vittiger Simon, 1898; gender masculine; fixed by Simon, 1898a: 292

Transferred to other genera:

Maypacius berlandi Roewer, 1955 -- see Perenethis

Maypacius bilineatus (Pavesi, 1895) | | Ethiopia, DR Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019719

Tetragonophthalma bilineatus Pavesi, 1895a: 524 (Df) Original description

Maypacius bilineatus Simon, 1906a: 1169

Tetragonophthalma bilineatus Strand, 1908l: 47, pl. 2, f. 16 (f)

Maypacius bilineatus Roewer, 1955b: 153, f. 67a-d (f, Dm)

Maypacius bilineatus Blandin, 1975: 386, f. 16-17 (f)

Maypacius bilineatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 36, 6 f. (f)

Maypacius christophei Blandin, 1975 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019720

Maypacius christophei Blandin, 1975: 390, f. 23 (Df) Original description

Maypacius christophei Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 37, 1 f. (f)

Maypacius curiosus Blandin, 1975 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019721

Maypacius curiosus Blandin, 1975: 391, f. 26-27 (Dm) Original description

Maypacius curiosus Blandin, 1978b: 659, f. 5 (m)

Maypacius curiosus Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 7b (m)

Maypacius gilloni Blandin, 1978 | | Senegal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019722

Maypacius gilloni Blandin, 1978b: 658, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Maypacius kaestneri Roewer, 1955 | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019723

Maypacius kästneri Roewer, 1955b: 158, f. 66a-c (Dm) Original description

Maypacius kaestneri Roewer, 1955c: 116

Maypacius kastneri Blandin, 1974a: 315, f. 16 (m)

Maypacius kastneri Blandin, 1975: 388, f. 19-22 (m, Df)

Maypacius kastneri Blandin, 1978b: 659, f. 3 (m)

Maypacius kastneri Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 7a (m)

Maypacius kaestneri Sierwald, 1997: 399, f. 85-87 (f)

Maypacius petrunkevitchi Lessert, 1933 | | Angola, Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019724

Maypacius petrunkevitchi Lessert, 1933: 131, f. 51-52 (Df) Original description

Maypacius petrunkevitchi Blandin, 1974a: 314, f. 13 (f)

Maypacius petrunkevitchi Blandin, 1975: 387, f. 18 (f)

Maypacius petrunkevitchi Sierwald, 1997: 399, f. 82-84 (f)

Maypacius roeweri Blandin, 1975 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019725

Maypacius roeweri Blandin, 1975: 391, f. 24-25 (Dm) Original description

Maypacius roeweri Blandin, 1978b: 659, f. 4 (m)

Maypacius roeweri Blandin, 1978c: 26, f. 7c (m)

Maypacius roeweri Sierwald, 1997: 399, f. 91-96 (m)

Maypacius roeweri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 38, 4 f. (m)

Maypacius stuhlmanni (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) | | Tanzania (mainland, Zanzibar), South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019726

Tetragonophthalma stuhlmanni Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 37, pl. 1, f. 19, 19a (Df) Original description

Maypacius stuhlmanni Roewer, 1955b: 156, f. 65a-b (f)

Maypacius stuhlmanni Blandin, 1974a: 314, f. 12 (f)

Maypacius stuhlmanni Blandin, 1975: 385, f. 14-15 (f)

Maypacius stuhlmanni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 39, 3 f. (f)

Maypacius vittiger Simon, 1898 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019727 TYPE SPECIES

Maypacius vittiger Simon, 1898f: 13 (Df) Original description

Maypacius vittiger Blandin, 1975: 385, f. 13 (removed f from S of M. bilineatus)