Prodidomidae Simon, 1884

Family |   ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Hyltonia Birabén, 1954 = Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 (Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 9)

Iyoa Kishida, 1959 (nomen nudum) = Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 (Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13, by synonymy of the type species)

Miltia Simon, 1870 = Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 (Simon, 1884g: 302)

Prodida Dalmas, 1919 = Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 (Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694)

Gen. Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02380
type Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847; gender masculine [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 Miltia Simon, 1870a: 147 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06066] (type Enyo amaranthina Lucas, 1846) by Simon, 1884g: 302, of Hyltonia Birabén, 1954 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02370] (type H. scottae Birabén, 1954 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847) by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 9, of Iyoa Kishida, 1959: 374 (a nomen nudum, see Platnick, 1976f: 38 and Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 561) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06062] (type Prodidomus imaidzumii Kishida, 1914 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847) by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 9 (by synonymy of the type species), and of Prodida Dalmas, 1919a: 324 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02379] (type P. longiventris Dalmas, 1919) by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694.

Transferred to other genera:

Prodidomus scaber Purcell, 1904 -- see Austrodomus

In synonymy:

Prodidomus clarki Cooke, 1964 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 (Sherwood et al., 2023i: 86)

Prodidomus diversus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) (Cooke, 1964: 267)

Prodidomus gulosus (Simon, 1884) = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 (Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13)

Prodidomus hirsutus Lawrence, 1927 = Prodidomus reticulatus Lawrence, 1927 (Cooke, 1964: 270)

Prodidomus hispanicus Dalmas, 1919 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 (Sherwood et al., 2023i: 86)

Prodidomus imaidzumii Kishida, 1914 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 (Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13)

Prodidomus letourneuxi (Simon, 1880) = Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) (Cooke, 1964: 267)

Prodidomus scottae (Birabén, 1954, T from Hyltonia) = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 (Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13)

Nomen dubium:

Prodidomus lampei Strand, 1915a: 78 (f, Namibia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24

Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026472
Enyo amaranthina Lucas, 1846: 231, pl. 14, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Clotho amaranthinus Walckenaer, 1847a: 454
Miltia amaranthina Simon, 1870a: 148
Miltia amaranthina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 218 (Dm)
Miltia diversa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 219 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058607]
Miltia letourneuxi Simon, 1880e: 56 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058609]
Prodidomus amaranthinus Simon, 1892b: 80
Prodidomus letourneuxi Simon, 1907e: 3
Prodidomus amaranthinus Dalmas, 1919a: 301, f. 1, 6, 8, 18, 22 (mf)
Prodidomus diversus Dalmas, 1919a: 303
Prodidomus letourneuxi Dalmas, 1919a: 304, f. 9-10 (Dmf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Cooke, 1964: 267, f. 3-4, 8, 27 (mf, S of Prodidomus diversus and P. letourneuxi)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Pérez & Blasco, 1986: 156, f. 1-6 (mf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Topçu & Türkes, 2010: 425, f. 1-3 (mf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Kunt et al., 2012: 644, f. 10a-e (f)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Martín & Adame, 2024: 151, f. 7A-B (f)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 142, f. 86A-F (m)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Seyyar & Demir, 2025: 433, f. 2A-B, 3A-D (mf)
Prodidomus aurantiacus Simon, 1890 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026473
Prodidomus aurantiacus Simon, 1890a: 89 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus aurantiacus Simon, 1893a: 335, f. 303 (m)
Prodidomus aurantiacus Dalmas, 1919a: 313, f. 12, 25 (m, Df)
Prodidomus beattyi Platnick, 1977 | | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026474
Prodidomus beattyi Platnick, 1977a: 72, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus beattyi Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 20, f. 45-49 (mf)
Prodidomus bendee Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040531
Prodidomus bendee Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 23, f. 50-52 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus bicolor Denis, 1957 | | Sudan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026475
Prodidomus bicolor Denis, 1957a: 446, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus bicolor Cooke, 1964: 274, f. 6 (f)
Prodidomus birmanicus Thorell, 1897 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026476
Prodidomus birmanicus Thorell, 1897a: 203 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus birmanicus Cooke, 1964: 275, f. 23 (f)
Prodidomus bryantae Alayón, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026477
Prodidomus bryantae Alayón, 1995b: 2, f. 1A-B (Df) Original description
Prodidomus capensis Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026478
Prodidomus capensis Purcell, 1904: 170, pl. 11, f. 39 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus capensis Cooke, 1964: 278, f. 20 (f)
Prodidomus capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 46, 4 f. (f)
Prodidomus capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 17, f. 1-3 (f)
Prodidomus chaperi (Simon, 1884) | j | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026479
Miltia chaperi Simon, 1884b: 141 (Dj) Original description
Prodidomus chaperi Simon, 1885h: 21
Prodidomus dalmasi Berland, 1920 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026481
Prodidomus dalmasi Berland, 1920a: 347, f. 1 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus dalmasi Berland, 1920c: 98, f. 113-114 (m)
Prodidomus dalmasi Cooke, 1964: 273, f. 28 (m)
Prodidomus djibutensis Dalmas, 1919 | | Somalia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026482
Prodidomus djibutensis Dalmas, 1919a: 314, f. 13 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus domesticus Lessert, 1938 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026483
Prodidomus domesticus Lessert, 1938: 429, f. 7-9 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus domesticus Cooke, 1964: 272, f. 36, 48-49 (mf)
Prodidomus duffeyi Cooke, 1964 | | Ascension Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026484
Prodidomus duffeyi Cooke, 1964: 286, f. 10 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus duffeyi Sherwood et al., 2023i: 88, f. 2A-D (f)
Prodidomus emiratus Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | United Arab Emirates urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066912
Prodidomus emiratus Zamani & Marusik, in Zamani et al., 2026a: 115, f. 6E, 15A-C (Df) Original description
Prodidomus flavidus (Simon, 1884) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026485
Miltia flavida Simon, 1884b: 140 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus flavidus Strand, 1915a: 83
Prodidomus flavidus Dalmas, 1919a: 309, f. 11, 24 (mf)
Prodidomus flavipes Lawrence, 1952 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026486
Prodidomus flavipes Lawrence, 1952a: 192, f. 17 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus flavipes Cooke, 1964: 276, f. 12 (f)
Prodidomus flavipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 47, 2 f. (f)
Prodidomus flavipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 18, f. 1-2 (f)
Prodidomus flavus Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040532
Prodidomus flavus Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 24, f. 58-60 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus geniculosus Dalmas, 1919 | | Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026487
Prodidomus geniculosus Dalmas, 1919a: 319, f. 27 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus granulosus Cooke, 1964 | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026488
Prodidomus granulosus Cooke, 1964: 289, f. 31 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus inexpectatus Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053235
Prodidomus inexpectatus Zamani et al., 2021a: 96, f. 18A-I (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus kimberley Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040533
Prodidomus kimberley Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 19, f. 40-44 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus lampeli Cooke, 1964 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026493
Prodidomus lampeli Cooke, 1964: 283, f. 44 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus latebricola Cooke, 1964 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026494
Prodidomus latebricola Cooke, 1964: 288, f. 46 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus longiventris (Dalmas, 1919) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026471
Prodida longiventris Dalmas, 1919a: 324, f. 31 (Df) Original description
Prodida longiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 562, f. 975-979 (f)
Prodidomus longiventris Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694 (T from Prodida)
Prodidomus margala Platnick, 1976 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026495
Prodidomus margala Platnick, 1976f: 40, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus maximus Lessert, 1936 | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026496
Prodidomus maximus Lessert, 1936: 215, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus maximus Cooke, 1964: 271, f. 33 (f)
Prodidomus nigellus Simon, 1890 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026497
Prodidomus nigellus Simon, 1890a: 90 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus nigellus Dalmas, 1919a: 310, f. 28 (f)
Prodidomus nigricaudus Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026498
Prodidomus nigricauda Simon, 1893b: 450 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus nigricauda Dalmas, 1919a: 322, f. 29 (f)
Prodidomus opacithorax Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026499
Prodidomus opacithorax Simon, 1893b: 451 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus opacithorax Dalmas, 1919a: 323, f. 30 (f)
Prodidomus palkai Cooke, 1972 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026500
Prodidomus palkai Cooke, 1972a: 130, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus papavanasanemensis Cooke, 1972 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026501
Prodidomus papavanasanemensis Cooke, 1972a: 135, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus purpurascens Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026502
Prodidomus purpurascens Purcell, 1904: 171, pl. 11, f. 40 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus purpurascens Cooke, 1964: 277, f. 17, 45 (f, Dm)
Prodidomus purpurascens Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 48, 7 f. (mf)
Prodidomus purpurascens Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 19, f. 1-7 (mf)
Prodidomus purpureus Simon, 1907 | | Guinea-Bissau urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026503
Prodidomus purpureus Simon, 1907d: 233 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus purpureus Cooke, 1964: 275, f. 25-26 (m)
Prodidomus redikorzevi Spassky, 1940 | | Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026504
Prodidomus redikorzevi Spassky, 1940: 362, pl. 7, f. 14-15 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus redikorzevi Cooke, 1964: 279, f. 14 (f)
Prodidomus redikorzevi Marusik, 2010a: 59, f. 1-17 (f, Dm)
Prodidomus redikorzevi Kunt et al., 2012: 642, f. 9a-e (f)
Prodidomus redikorzevi Al-Khazali, 2021b: 37, f. 1-12 (f)
Prodidomus reticulatus Lawrence, 1927 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026505
Prodidomus reticulatus Lawrence, 1927: 9, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus hirsutus Lawrence, 1927: 10, pl. 3, f. 58 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058608]
Prodidomus reticulatus Cooke, 1964: 270, f. 2, 38 (mf, S of Prodidomus hirsutus)
Prodidomus revocatus Cooke, 1964 | | Mauritius urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026506
Prodidomus revocatus Cooke, 1964: 287, f. 22 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus robustus Dalmas, 1919 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026507
Prodidomus robustus Dalmas, 1919a: 311 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus robustus Cooke, 1964: 269, f. 5 (f)
Prodidomus rodolphianus Dalmas, 1919 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026508
Prodidomus rodolphianus Dalmas, 1919a: 305, f. 23 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus rollasoni Cooke, 1964 | | Libya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026509
Prodidomus rollasoni Cooke, 1964: 287, f. 11 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847 | | Native probably to Africa, Mediterranean, Israel, Iraq. Introduced to USA, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, St. Helena, China, Japan, New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026510 TYPE SPECIES
Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847: 467, pl. 30, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1867: 108, pl. 18, f. 9 (f)
Miltia gulosa Simon, 1884b: 141 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026489]
Prodidomus rufus Banks, 1892c: 259, f. 12
Prodidomus gulosus Simon, 1893a: 333, f. 296-299
Prodidomus imaidzumii Kishida, 1914d: 324, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026491]
Prodidomus hispanicus Dalmas, 1919a: 318 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026490]
Prodidomus gulosus Dalmas, 1919a: 318, f. 26 (f)
Prodidomus rufus Bryant, 1935b: 164, f. 1 (f)
Prodidomus hispanicus Hadjissarantos, 1940: 84, f. 30 (Dm)
Prodidomus rufus Bryant, 1949a: 22, f. 1 (Dm)
Hyltonia scottae Birabén, 1954b: 13, f. 1-7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026431]
Iyoa imaidzumii Kishida, 1959: 374 (in generic nomen nudum)
Prodidomus clarki Cooke, 1964: 284, f. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026480]
Prodidomus rufus Cooke, 1964: 266, f. 15, 29-30 (mf)
Prodidomus rufus Platnick, 1976f: 38, f. 4-5 (f)
Prodidomus imaidzumii Platnick, 1976f: 38, f. 1-3 (f)
Prodidomus rufus Hu & Wang, 1981: 51, f. 1-8 (mf)
Prodidomus hispanus Pérez & Blasco, 1986: 156, f. 7-9 (f)
Prodidomus rufus Song, 1987: 342, f. 296 (mf)
Prodidomus imaidzumii Chen & Zhang, 1991: 240, f. 250.1-5 (mf)
Prodidomus imaidzumii Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 432, f. 14E, 258L-O (mf)
Prodidomus rufus Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 13, f. 24-28 (mf, S of Hyltonia scottae, Miltia gulosa and Prodidomus imaidzumii)
Prodidomus rufus Kamura, 2009: 500, f. 1-4 (f)
Prodidomus rufus Yin et al., 2012: 1150, f. 612a-i (mf)
Prodidomus hispanicus Zonstein, Marusik & Omelko, 2015: 381 (may be a junior S of Prodidomus rufus)
Prodidomus rufus Zhang & Wang, 2017: 576, 4 f. (f)
Prodidomus cfr. rufus Ferrández & Carrillo, 2018: 123, f. 1-4 (m)
Prodidomus rufus Al-Yacoub & Najim, 2022: 240, f. 2A-D, 3A-D (mf)
Prodidomus rufus Sherwood et al., 2023i: 86, 1A-D (f, S of Prodidomus clarki and P. hispanicus)
Prodidomus saharanpurensis (Tikader, 1982) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026511
Micaria saharanpurensis Tikader, 1982b: 357, f. 145-149 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus saharanpurensis Platnick, 1989b: 482 (T from Micaria)
Prodidomus sampeyae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040534
Prodidomus sampeyae Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 17, f. 35-39 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus seemani Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040535
Prodidomus seemani Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 23, f. 55-57 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus simoni Dalmas, 1919 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026512
Prodidomus simoni Dalmas, 1919a: 315, f. 14 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus simoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 49, 1 f. (m)
Prodidomus simoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2023c: 20, f. 1 (m)
Prodidomus singulus Suman, 1967 | | Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026513
Prodidomus singulus Suman, 1967: 21, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus sirohi Platnick, 1976 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026514
Prodidomus sirohi Platnick, 1976f: 41, f. 8-9 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus stella (Saaristo, 2002) | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038993
Prodida stella Saaristo, 2002: 23, f. 61-63 (Df) Original description
Prodida stella Saaristo, 2010: 173, f. 26.1-3 (f)
Prodidomus stella Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694 (T from Prodida)
Prodidomus tigrinus Dalmas, 1919 | j | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026515
Prodidomus tigrinus Dalmas, 1919a: 306 (Djj) Original description
Prodidomus tigrinus Sherwood, 2024b: 211 (immature, species inquirenda)
Prodidomus tirumalai Cooke, 1972 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026516
Prodidomus tirumalai Cooke, 1972a: 129, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus trihelicoides Seropian, Bulbulashvili, Makharadze & Baznikin, 2024 | | Georgia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062409
Prodidomus trihelicoides Seropian et al., 2024b: 199, f. 26-28 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus venkateswarai Cooke, 1972 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026517
Prodidomus venkateswarai Cooke, 1972a: 132, f. 3, 5-6 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus watongwensis Cooke, 1964 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026518
Prodidomus watongwensis Cooke, 1964: 290, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Prodidomus woodleigh Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040536
Prodidomus woodleigh Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 15, f. 4, 11, 18, 29-34 (Dmf) Original description
Prodidomus woodleigh Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 669, f. 6D, 24I, 25J, 26J (m)
Prodidomus wunderlichi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037335
Prodidomus wunderlichi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 561, f. 970-974 (Dm) Original description
Prodidomus yorke Platnick & Baehr, 2006 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040537
Prodidomus yorke Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 21, f. 53-54 (Df) Original description

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