World Spider Catalog

Dolomedidae Simon, 1876

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Pisauridae (confirming Lehtinen, 1967: 231, rejecting Sierwald, 1990: 50) and synonymy of Bradystichidae Simon, 1884e: 298 by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8, confirmed by Yu et al., 2025: 431; Bradystichidae are removed from the synonym of Pisauridae, rejecting Platnick & Forster, 1993: 3 and were removed from the synonymy of Lycosidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 293; 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.

Gen. Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01718

type Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1865; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Pisauridae to the Dolomedidae by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8.

In synonymy:

Megadolomedes cervinus (L. Koch, 1876, T from Dolomedes) = Megadolomedes australianus (L. Koch, 1865) (Davies & Raven, 1980: 136)

Megadolomedes australianus (L. Koch, 1865) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019728 TYPE SPECIES

Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1865: 863 (Dj) Original description

Dolomedes cervinus L. Koch, 1876a: 872, pl. 75, f. 1 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063196]

Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1876a: 873, pl. 75, f. 2 (Df)

Megadolomedes australianus Davies & Raven, 1980: 136 (T from Dolomedes; S of D. cervinus and D. trux [revalidated by Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266]; figs. see Megadolomedes trux)

Megadolomedes australianus Raven & Hebron, 2018: 265, f. 40a-d (Dm, f, S of Dolomedes cervinus confirmed)

Megadolomedes australianus Yu et al., 2025: Suppl. 1: 7, f. S4E-F, S6C (m)

Megadolomedes johndouglasi Raven & Hebron, 2018 | | Australia (Tasmania, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050227

Dolomedes australianus Hickman, 1967: 82, f. 144-146 (f; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 268)

Megadolomedes johndouglasi Raven & Hebron, 2018: 268, f. 39d, 43a-d (Dmf) Original description

Megadolomedes nord Raven & Hebron, 2018 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050228

Megadolomedes nord Raven & Hebron, 2018: 269, f. 42d-e (Df) Original description

Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911) | | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050226

Dolomedes trux Lamb, 1911: 173, f. 4 (Df)

Dolomedes trux Rainbow, 1912c: 210, f. 1-3 (f)

Megadolomedes australianus Davies & Raven, 1980: 136, f. 1-12, pl. 1A-D (mf; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266)

Megadolomedes trux Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266, f. 1a, 3b,d, 39a-c, 41a-c, 42a-c (Dm, f, removed from S of Megadolomedes australianus, rejecting Davies & Raven, 1980: 136) Original description

Megadolomedes trux Yu et al., 2025: Suppl. 1: 4, f. S1G-I, S3C (f)