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:

Dapanus Hentz, 1867 = Pisaurina Simon, 1898 (ICZN, 1977: 30, older name suppressed)

Pelopatis Bishop, 1924 = Pisaurina Simon, 1898 (Carico, 1973b: 297)

Thanatidius Simon, 1898 = Pisaurina Simon, 1898 (Carico, 1973b: 297)

Gen. Pisaurina Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01726

type Dolomedes mirus Walckenaer, 1837; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Thanatidius Simon, 1898a: 293 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05166] (type Thomisus dubius Hentz, 1847) and Pelopatis Bishop, 1924a: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05162] (type Tetragonophthalma undulata Keyserling, 1887) by Carico, 1973b: 297; the older name Dapanus Hentz, 1867: 104 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05160] (type Micrommata marmorata Hentz, 1845 = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837)) was supressed after the proposal of Carico, 1972 by ICZN, 1977 (Opinion 1083).

Transferred to other genera:

Pisaurina brasiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Architis

Pisaurina proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1920) -- see Architis

Pisaurina spinipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903) -- see Architis

In synonymy:

Pisaurina binotata (C. L. Koch, 1847, T from Dolomedes) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Banks, 1910: 54)

Pisaurina carolinensis (Hentz, 1845, T from Micrommata) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Simon, 1898a: 289)

Pisaurina floridana (Simon, 1898, T from Thanatidius) = Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847) (Carico, 1973b: 308)

Pisaurina marmorata (Hentz, 1845, T from Micrommata) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Banks, 1910: 54)

Pisaurina serrata (Hentz, 1845, T from Micrommata) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Simon, 1898a: 289)

Pisaurina subinflata (Hentz, 1850) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Carico, 1973b: 300)

Pisaurina tenuis (Hentz, 1847, T from Thanatidius) = Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847) (Carico, 1973b: 308)

Pisaurina undata (Hentz, 1845, T from Ocyale) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Simon, 1898a: 289)

Pisaurina virgata (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Ocyale) = Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (Simon, 1898a: 289)

Pisaurina brevipes (Emerton, 1911) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019771

Pisaura brevipes Emerton, 1911: 400, pl. 4, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Pisaurina brevipes Bishop, 1924b: 29, pl. 7, f. 2, pl. 33, f. 5 (f)

Pisaurina brevipes Kaston, 1938c: 185, pl. 9, f. 24 (f, Dm)

Thanatidius tenuis Bryant, 1945b: 179, f. 1, 6 (Dm)

Pisaurina brevipes Kaston, 1948: 297, f. 963, 978 (mf)

Pisaurina brevipes Carico, 1973b: 304, f. 7-8, 14, 19-20 (mf)

Pisaurina brevipes Dondale & Redner, 1990: 329, f. 554-557 (mf)

Pisaurina brevipes Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 189, f. 2107-2109 (mf)

Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019772

Thomisus dubius Hentz, 1847: 448, pl. 23, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Thomisus tenuis Hentz, 1847: 449, pl. 23, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064193]

Thanatidius dubius Simon, 1898a: 293

Thanatidius tenuis Simon, 1898a: 293

Maypacius floridanus Simon, 1898f: 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064191]

Maypacius floridanus Banks, 1913: 181, pl. 12, f. 30 (f)

Thanatidius dubius Bishop, 1924b: 17, pl. 1, pl. 33, f. 2 (f)

Thanatidius tenuis Bishop, 1924b: 18, pl. 2, f. 15 (f)

Thanatidius dubius Bishop & Crosby, 1936a: 242, f. 4-5 (Dm)

Thanatidius tenuis Bryant, 1945b: 179, pl. 15, f. 1-6 (Dm)

Pisaurina dubia Carico, 1973b: 308, f. 11-12, 16, 23-24 (mf, S of Thanatidius floridanus and T. tenuis)

Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019773 TYPE SPECIES

Dolomedes mirus Walckenaer, 1837: 357 (Df) Original description

Dolomedes virgatus Walckenaer, 1837: 358 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064520]

Micrommata undata Hentz, 1845: 192, pl. 16, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064521]

Micrommata serrata Hentz, 1845: 193, pl. 16, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064522]

Micrommata marmorata Hentz, 1845: 193, pl. 17, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064523]

Micrommata carolinensis Hentz, 1845: 194, pl. 16, f. 9 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064524]

Dolomedes binotatus C. L. Koch, 1847: v. 14: 121, f. 1356 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064525]

Micrommata subinflata Hentz, 1850: 288, pl. 10, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064192]

Ocyale mira Simon, 1864: 382

Ocyale virgata Simon, 1864: 382

Micrommata canadensis Emerton, 1876: 131 (lapsus)

Ocyale undata Emerton, 1885: 499, pl. 49, f. 7 (f, Dm)

Pisaurina mira Simon, 1898a: 289, 295 (S of Micrommata carolinensis, M. serrata, Ocyale undata and O. virgata)

Ocyale undata Emerton, 1902: 88, f. 215-217 (mf)

Ocyale undata Montgomery, 1902: 584, pl. 30, f. 49 (f)

Dolomedes mira Montgomery, 1904: 320 (m)

Pisaurina undata Banks, 1910: 54 (S of Dolomedes binotatus and Micrommata marmorata)

Pisaurina mira Comstock, 1912: 607, f. 683-684, 687, 691-692

Pisaurina mira Bishop, 1924b: 23, pl. 5, f. 1-2, pl. 6, f. 1-2, pl. 7, f. 1, pl. 8, f. 1-4, pl. 9, f. 1-6, pl. 10-11 (mf)

Dapanus mirus Bryant, 1941: 134

Pisaurina mira Muma, 1943: 44, pl. XII, f. 7 (f)

Pisaurina mira Kaston, 1948: 296, f. 960-961, 976-977 (mf)

Pisaurina mira subinflata Kaston, 1948: 297, pl. 48, f. 962

Pisaurina mira Carico, 1973b: 300, f. 1-6, 13, 17-18 (mf, S of Pisaurina subinflata)

Pisaurina mira Roth, 1985: B34-1, f. 2-3 (mf)

Pisaurina mira Sierwald, 1989b: 7, f. 9-10, 17, 28-29, 52-58 (f)

Pisaurina mira Sierwald, 1990: 29, f. 27-29, 44 (m)

Pisaurina mira Dondale & Redner, 1990: 326, f. 550-553 (mf)

Pisaurina mira Roth, 1994: 149, f. 2-3 (mf)

Pisaurina mira Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 189, f. 2110-2112 (mf)

Pisaurina mira Boudreau et al., 2022: 56, f. 1a-d, 2a-d, 3a-c, 4a-c (mf)

Pisaurina undulata (Keyserling, 1887) | | USA, Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019774

Tetragonophthalma undulatus Keyserling, 1887b: 486, pl. 6, f. 42 (Df) Original description

Pelopatis undulatus Bishop, 1924b: 21, pl. 3, f. 1-2, pl. 4, f. 1-5 (Dm, f)

Pisaurina undulata Carico, 1973b: 306, f. 9-10, 15, 21-22 (mf, T from Pelopatis)