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:

Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961 = Perenethis L. Koch, 1878 (Sierwald, 1997: 395)

Gen. Perenethis L. Koch, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01723

type Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961b: 40 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05163] (type P. badius Roewer, 1961 = Perenethis symmetrica (Lawrence, 1927)) by Sierwald, 1997: 395 (by synonymy of the type species).

In synonymy:

Perenethis badius (Roewer, 1961, T from Pisaurellus) = Perenethis symmetrica (Lawrence, 1927) (Sierwald, 1997: 395)

Perenethis berlandi (Roewer, 1955, T from Maypacius) = Perenethis simoni (Lessert, 1916) (Blandin, 1975: 379)

Perenethis huberti Blandin, 1975 = Perenethis symmetrica (Lawrence, 1927) (Sierwald, 1989a: 97)

Perenethis kawangisa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878 (Raven & Hebron, 2018: 287)

Perenethis lejeunei Blandin, 1975 = Perenethis symmetrica (Lawrence, 1927) (Sierwald, 1989a: 97)

Perenethis parkinsoni Dahl, 1908 = Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878 (Sierwald, 1997: 396)

Perenethis stilatus (Karsch, 1878) = Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878 (Raven & Hebron, 2018: 287)

Perenethis straeleni Roewer, 1955 = Perenethis simoni (Lessert, 1916) (Blandin, 1975: 379)

Nomina dubia:

Perenethis brevipes (Strand, 1906b: 685, 1908l: 45, pl. 2, f. 11, j, Ethiopia, originally in Tetragonophthalma) -- Blandin, 1975: 384

Perenethis rectifasciata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 78, j, Pakistan or India, originally in Ocyale) -- Sierwald, 1997: 398

Perenethis unifasciata (Doleschall, 1859: 10, pl. 6, f. 6, m, Philippines to Australia/Queensland, originally in Dolomedes) -- Sierwald, 1997: 398

Perenethis dentifasciata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) | | Pakistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019739

Ocyale dentifasciata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 79 (Df) Original description

Pisaura dentifasciata Simon, 1898a: 289

Perenethis dentifasciata Sierwald, 1989a: 97 (T from Pisaura)

Perenethis dentifasciata Sierwald, 1997: 388, f. 48-50 (f)

Perenethis fascigera (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019740

Tetragonophthalma fascigera Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 306, pl. 13, f. 329 (Df) Original description

Tetragonophthalma fascigera Yaginuma, 1960: 81, f. 74.5 (f)

Tetragonophthalma fascigera Paik, 1970b: 87, f. 5-7 (m)

Perenethis fascigera Yaginuma, 1971: 81, f. 74.5 (f)

Perenethis fascigera Paik, 1978e: 375, f. 170.1-4 (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Song, 1980: 177, f. 96a-c (f)

Perenethis fascigera Hu, 1984: 260, f. 274.1-3 (f)

Perenethis fascigera Yaginuma, 1986a: 173, f. 95.5 (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Song, 1987: 209, f. 168 (f)

Perenethis fascigera Chikuni, 1989b: 106, f. 3 (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Chen & Gao, 1990: 136, f. 170a-b (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Chen & Zhang, 1991: 225, f. 233.1-2 (f)

Perenethis fascigera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 348, f. 203M-N (f)

Perenethis fascigera Namkung, 2002: 349, f. 21.4a-b (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Namkung, 2003: 351, f. 21.4a-b (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004d: 387, f. 97-103, 214-219 (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Tanikawa & Ono, 2009: 220, f. 28-30 (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Yin et al., 2012: 887, f. 445a-c (f)

Perenethis fascigera Kim & Lee, 2013: 78, f. 51A-D (mf)

Perenethis fascigera Serita, 2023b: 26, f. 1, 3 (m)

Perenethis fascigera Suguro, 2025: 75, f. 4-6 (m)

Perenethis simoni (Lessert, 1916) | | Africa, Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019742

Tetragonophthalma phylla Simon, 1898a: 293, 295, f. 300 (m; misidentified per Lessert, 1916: 577)

Tetragonophthalma simoni Lessert, 1916: 577, f. 11-14 (Dmf) Original description

Tetragonophthalma stuhlmanni Berland, 1922: 78, f. 21-23 (mf; misidentified per Roewer, 1955b: 160)

Tetragonophthalma stuhlmanni Berland, 1932b: 274, f. 412 (m; misidentified sensu Roewer, 1955b: 160)

Maypacius berlandi Roewer, 1955b: 160 (Dmf; new name for Tetragonophthalma stuhlmanni sensu Berland) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065179]

Perenethis simoni Roewer, 1955b: 262, f. 97 (m)

Perenethis straeleni Roewer, 1955b: 265, f. 98a-e (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065183]

Perenethis simoni Blandin, 1974a: 314, f. 11, 17 (mf)

Perenethis simoni Blandin, 1975: 379, f. 1-7 (mf, S of Maypacius berlandi and Perenethis straeleni)

Perenethis simoni Blandin, 1976c: 921, f. 3, 7c, 9 (m)

Pisaurellus badius Blandin, 1976c: 937, f. 2, 7b, 8, 35 (m; misidentified per Sierwald, 1997: 391, 396, sub Perenethis badicus)

Perenethis simoni Sierwald, 1997: 391, f. 31-33, 51-52, 54-56, 73-74 (mf)

Perenethis simoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 48, 9 f. (mf)

Perenethis sindica (Simon, 1897) | | Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019743

Tetragonophthalma sindica Simon, 1897i: 295 (Df) Original description

Perenethis indica Pocock, 1900a: 246

Perenethis sindica Sierwald, 1997: 395, f. 36-41, 59-72 (Dm, f)

Perenethis sindica Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004d: 387, f. 104-110 (mf)

Perenethis sindica Khan, Baset & Ali, 2025: 132, f. 1-5 (m)

Perenethis sindica Sankaran et al., 2026: 17, f. 5, 65-72 (f, probable S of Perenethis venusta)

Perenethis symmetrica (Lawrence, 1927) | | Senegal, Djibouti, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019744

Tetragonophthalma symmetrica Lawrence, 1927: 46, pl. 2, f. 33, pl. 3, f. 74 (Df) Original description

Pisaurellus badius Roewer, 1961b: 40, f. 5a-e (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065178]

Perenethis huberti Blandin, 1975: 382, f. 8-9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065180]

Perenethis lejeunei Blandin, 1975: 383, f. 10-12 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065181]

Perenethis symmetrica Sierwald, 1989a: 97 (S of Perenethis huberti and P. lejeunei)

Perenethis symmetrica Sierwald, 1997: 395, f. 34-35, 58, 81 (Dm, f, S of Pisaurellus badius)

Perenethis symmetrica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 49, 8 f. (mf)

Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878 | | India, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019745 TYPE SPECIES

Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878a: 980, pl. 85, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Dolomedes stilatus Karsch, 1878c: 814 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019656]

Perenethis venusta Thorell, 1881: 372 (Dm)

Perenethis parkinsoni Dahl, 1908: 228, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065182]

Perenethis venusta Chrysanthus, 1967a: 421, f. 58 (f, removed from S of Perenethis unifasciata [now a nomen dubium], rejecting Thorell, 1895b: 230)

Perenethis unifasciata Chrysanthus, 1967a: 422, f. 53-57 (mf; misidentified per Sierwald, 1997: 396)

Perenethis kawangisa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 205a-i (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019741]

Perenethis unifasciata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 348, f. 206a-f (f; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 287)

Perenethis venusta Sierwald, 1997: 396, f. 42-47, 53, 57, 75-76 (mf, S of Perenethis parkinsoni)

Perenethis venusta Chen & Chen, 2002: 32, f. 1A-F, 2A-D (mf)

Perenethis unifasciata Sunil Jose, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2007: 127, f. 1a-f (f; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 287)

Perenethis venusta Tanikawa & Ono, 2009: 220, f. 31-32 (mf)

Perenethis venusta Raven & Hebron, 2018: 287, f. 4f, 5a, 75a-c, 76a-d (mf, S of Dolomedes stilatus and Perenethis kawangisa)

Perenethis venusta Serita, 2021b: 105, f. 1a-b (f)

Perenethis venusta Serita, 2023b: 26, f. 2, 4 (m)