World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae Blackwall, 1877 by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017, Prószyński, 2017b and Zhang et al., 2024f; the subfamilies Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015, Eupoinae Maddison, 2015, Hisponinae Simon 1901, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae Maddison, 2015, Salticinae and Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 are confirmed by Zhang et al., 2024f: 347.

Gen. Massagris Simon, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03062

type Massagris constricta Simon, 1900; gender feminine

N.B.: the type species is a nomen dubium (cf. Wesolowska, 1993c: 140).

In synonymy:

Massagris contortuplicata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 = Massagris mirifica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 894)

Massagris regina Wesołowska, 1993 = Massagris honesta Wesołowska, 1993 (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 210)

Nomina dubia:

Massagris constricta Simon, 1900b: 397 (m, South Africa) * -- Wesołowska, 1993c: 140

Massagris martini Simon, 1900b: 398 (m, South Africa) -- Wesołowska, 1993c: 141

Massagris budongo Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061990

Massagris budongo Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 62, f. 41A-F, 42A-F (Dmf) Original description

Massagris honesta Wesołowska, 1993 | | Central African Rep., South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034509

Massagris honesta Wesołowska, 1993c: 140, f. 18-20 (Dm) Original description

Massagris regina Wesołowska, 1993c: 138, f. 15-17 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034511]

Massagris honesta Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 210, f. 19, 90-91, 107-113 (mf, S of Massagris regina)

Massagris honesta Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47L (mf)

Massagris maculosa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050746

Massagris maculosa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 893, f. 31, 36, 62, 82-87 (Dmf) Original description

Massagris mirifica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034510

Massagris mirificus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 186, pl. 19, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Massagris mirifica Wesołowska, 1993c: 137, f. 1-8 (m)

Massagris cf. honesta Maddison & Needham, 2006: 39, f. 12 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 208)

Massagris contortuplicata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 208, f. 89, 103-106 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045911]

Massagris mirifica Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 894, f. 37, 63-64, 88-92 (mf, S of Massagris contortuplicata)

Massagris mohale Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 | | Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047195

Massagris mohale Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 250, f. 69-70, 74-81 (Dmf) Original description

Massagris natalensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042463

Massagris natalensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 53, f. 93-998, 218 (Dm) Original description

Massagris natalensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 895, f. 93-95, 100-101 (Df)

Massagris schisma Maddison & Zhang, 2006 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040845

Massagris schisma Maddison & Zhang, 2006: 32, f. 8-10 (Dm) Original description

Massagris schisma [misplaced?] Prószyński, 2017b: 112, f. 49D (m)

Massagris separata Wesołowska, 1993 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034512

Massagris separata Wesołowska, 1993c: 137, f. 9-14 (Dm) Original description