World Spider Catalog

Prodidomidae Simon, 1884

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Prodidomidae revalidated by Platnick, 1990a: 36 to include the former Prodidominae, Molycriinae and Anagraphidinae; Anagraphidinae transferred from Prodidomidae to Gnaphosidae by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 5; Prodidomidae synonymized with Gnaphosidae (as subfamily Prodidominae) by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 613, redefined by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694 (includes Austrodomus, Brasilomma, Caudalia, Chileomma, Chileuma, Chilongius, Eleleis, Indiani, Katumbea, Lygromma, Lygrommatoides, Moreno, Namundra, Neozimiris, Nopyllus, Paracymbiomma, Plutonodomus, Prodidomus, Purcelliana, Theuma, Theumella, Tivodrassus, Tricongius, Zimirina and Zimiris) and elevated to family rank again by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12.

In synonymy:

Katumbea Cooke, 1964 = Austrodomus Lawrence, 1947 (Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020a: 7)

Gen. Austrodomus Lawrence, 1947 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02364

type Austrodomus zuluensis Lawrence, 1947; gender masculine [like Prodidomus, but the Latin word 'domus' is feminine]

N.B.: transferred from the Prodidomidae to the Gnaphosidae (Prodidominae) by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 614 and to the restored Prodidomidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; considered a senior synonym of Katumbea Cooke, 1964: 281 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02371] (type K. oxoniensis Cooke, 1964) by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 7.

Austrodomus gamsberg Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051959

Austrodomus gamsberg Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020a: 17, f. 9A-C (Dm) Original description

Austrodomus gamsberg Haddad, 2025b: 12, f. 1-3 (m)

Austrodomus oxoniensis (Cooke, 1964) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026432

Katumbea oxoniensis Cooke, 1964: 281, f. 9, 51, 59 (Df) Original description

Austrodomus oxoniensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020a: 8, f. 7D-F (f, T from Katumbea)

Austrodomus scaber (Purcell, 1904) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026424

Prodidomus scaber Purcell, 1904: 172, pl. 11, f. 41 (Df; m f. 42 see Purcelliana problematica) Original description

Austrodomus scaber Cooke, 1964: 264, f. 32, 37, 60 (Tf from Prodidomus)

Austrodomus scaber Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020a: 9, f. 1C, 2A, 3A-F, 4A-F, 5A-F, 6A-F, 8A-F (Dm, f)

Austrodomus scaber Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 673, f. 10H, 13A, 15G, 24H, 27I (m)

Austrodomus scaber Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021B: 62, 6 f. (mf)

Austrodomus scaber Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 7, f. 1-7 (mf)

Austrodomus zuluensis Lawrence, 1947 | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026425 TYPE SPECIES

Austrodomus zuluensis Lawrence, 1947: 10, f. 3a-d (Df) Original description

Austrodomus zuluensis Cooke, 1964: 264, f. 13 (f)

Austrodomus zuluensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020a: 8, f. 2B-F, 7A-C (f)

Austrodomus zuluensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021B: 43, 6 f. (f)

Austrodomus zuluensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 8, f. 1-4 (f)