Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: see note under Agelenidae regarding the placement of Coelotinae; transfer of the former members of Neolanidae (now part of Stiphidiidae) to the Amaurobiidae by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; after Wheeler et al., 2017: 605 Amaurobiidae include Altellopsinae Lehtinen, 1967, Amaurobiinae, Arctobiinae Leech, 1972, Macrobuninae (incl. Chummidae, Malenellinae [transferred from the Anyphaenidae, genus Malenella] and and Tasmarubriinae [transferred from the Amphinectidae, genera Tasmarubrius, Tasmabrochus and Teeatta]) and Ovtchinnikoviinae Marusik, Kovblyuk, & Ponomarev, 2010; Pakeha and Paravoca transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Cycloctenidae and Bakala, Manjala and Poaka from the Amaurobiidae to the Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Macrobuninae elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 10; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

In synonymy:

Alauximus Bryant, 1948 = Tugana Chamberlin, 1948 (Alayón, 1992c: 2, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 210, sub Callioplus)

Gen. Tugana Chamberlin, 1948 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02050
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Alauximus Bryant, 1948b: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04912] (type A. crassus Bryant, 1948) by Alayón, 1992c: 2, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 210.
Tugana cavatica (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023085
Scotolathys cavaticus Bryant, 1940: 300, f. 64, 67 (Df) Original description
Tugana cavatica Chamberlin, 1948: 17
Tugana cavatica Lehtinen, 1967: 444, f. 188 (f)
Tugana cavatica Leech, 1972: 105, f. 387-389 (f)
Tugana cavatica Alayón, 1992c: 6, f. 2A (f)
Tugana crassa (Bryant, 1948) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023086
Alauximus crassus Bryant, 1948b: 346, pl. 2, f. 13 (Df) Original description
Callioplus crassus Lehtinen, 1967: 445, f. 205 (f)
Tugana crassa Alayón, 1992c: 7, f. 2B (Tf from Cybaeopsis)
Tugana cudina Alayón, 1992 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023087
Tugana cudina Alayón, 1992c: 2, f. 1A-F (Dmf) Original description
Tugana infumata (Bryant, 1948) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038308
Alauximus infumatus Bryant, 1948b: 347, pl. 2, f. 14 (Df) Original description
Tugana cavatica Alayón, 1992c: 6 (S)
Tugana infumata Alayón, 2002b: 86 (rejected S)

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