World Spider Catalog

Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Loxoscelidae Simon, 1893a: 271 (as a subfamily). Loxoscelidae was raised to familiar status by Gertsch, 1949: 234, downgraded to subfamily by Gertsch, 1967a: 130, again elevated to family by Alayón, 1981a (incl. Drymusa) and Gertsch & Ennik, 1983: 277. The recent subfamiliar status was set by Platnick et al., 1991: 71. Re-separation of Loxoscelidae by Wunderlich, 2004b: 703 and Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.

In synonymy:

Sicarioides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Simon, 1903a: 982)

Thomisoides Nicolet, 1849 = Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Simon, 1893a: 271)

Gen. Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00326

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Thomisoides Nicolet, 1849: 350 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05609] (type N. terrosus Nicolet, 1849 = Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847) by Simon, 1893a: 271 and of Sicarioides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 49 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05610] (type S. rugosus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) by Simon, 1903a: 982.

Transferred to other genera:

Sicarius albospinosus Purcell, 1908 -- see Hexophthalma

Sicarius damarensis Lawrence, 1928 -- see Hexophthalma

Sicarius dolichocephalus Lawrence, 1928 -- see Hexophthalma

Sicarius hahni (Karsch, 1878) -- see Hexophthalma

Sicarius spatulatus Pocock, 1900 -- see Hexophthalma

Sicarius testaceus Purcell, 1908 -- see Hexophthalma

In synonymy:

Sicarius deformis (Nicolet, 1849) = Sicarius fumosus Nicolet, 1849 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 812)

Sicarius irregularis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) = Sicarius rupestris Holmberg, 1881 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979a: 88, as S of S. patagonicus)

Sicarius minoratus (Nicolet, 1849) = Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 799)

Sicarius nicoleti (Keyserling, 1880) = Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 799)

Sicarius patagonicus Simon, 1919 = Sicarius rupestris Holmberg, 1881 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 831)

Sicarius rubripes (Nicolet, 1849) = Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 799)

Sicarius terrosus (Nicolet, 1849) = Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847 (Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 799)

Sicarius andinus Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049235

Sicarius andinus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 827, f. 47A-F (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius boliviensis Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049236

Sicarius boliviensis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 829, f. 18E, 31E, 32E, 33J, 48A-D, 49A-J (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius cariri Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045681

Sicarius tropicus Lucas et al., 1981a: 132, f. 1-2 (m, misidentified)

Sicarius cariri Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 117, f. 2-15, 17-19, 21-27, 35-36, 41, 64-69, 72-81, 83, 85-87, 126-127, 136-137, 144-145 (Dmf) (partly misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 841, see S. cariri) Original description

Sicarius crustosus (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002757

Thomisoides crustosa Nicolet, 1849: 355, pl. 1, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Sicarius crustosa Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius crustosus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 815, f. 4C-D, 10A-D, 15C-D, 30D, 33L, 40C-D, 41A-I (Dm, f)

Sicarius diadorim Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045682

Sicarius diadorim Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 126, f. 37-38, 88-90, 92-97, 100-103, 128-129, 138-139 (Dmf), partly misidentified after Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 844, see S. jequitinhonha) Original description

Sicarius diadorim Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 844, f. 12D, 58A-D (m)

Sicarius fumosus (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002761

Thomisoides deformis Nicolet, 1849: 357 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002759]

Thomisoides fumosa Nicolet, 1849: 354, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Thomisa fumosa Simon, 1864: 434

Thomisa deformis Simon, 1864: 434

Sicarius deformis Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius fumosus Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius fumosus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 812, f. 4A-B, 15E, 17B, 18B, 24B, 28B, 31A, 32B, 33D-E, 38A-F, 39A-M, 40B (mf, S of S. deformis)

Sicarius gracilis (Keyserling, 1880) | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002762

Thomisoides gracilis Keyserling, 1880: 275 (Df) Original description

Sicarius gracilis Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius gracilis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 825, f. 46A-J (Dm, f)

Sicarius jequitinhonha Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049237

Sicarius diadorim Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 126, f. 91, 98-99, 146-147 (mf, partly misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 844)

Sicarius jequitinhonha Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 844, f. 16E, 57A-F, 58E-G (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius lanuginosus (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002764

Thomisoides lanuginosa Nicolet, 1849: 356 (Df) Original description

Sicarius lanuginosus Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius lanuginosus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 817, f. 15F, 40A, 42A-H (Dm, f)

Sicarius levii Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049238

Thomisoides terrosus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 108, f. 4 (m, misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 838)

Sicarius terrosus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979a: 87, f. 1b, pl. 1.4-5 (f, misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 838)

Sicarius levii Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 838, f. 5A-F, 9A-G, 16A-B, 18F, 30C, 31F, 32F, 33K, 54A-K (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius mapuche Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049239

Sicarius mapuche Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 836, f. 18C, 31D, 32D, 33I, 53A-J (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius ornatus Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045683

Sicarius ornatus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 130, f. 20, 29-31, 39-40, 104-123, 130-133, 140-141, 148-149 (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius peruensis (Keyserling, 1880) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002768

Thomisoides peruensis Keyserling, 1880: 272, pl. 8, f. 150 (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius peruensis Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius peruensis Aguilar & Méndez, 1971: 143, pl. II (m)

Sicarius peruensis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 822, f. 16C, 17C, 18D, 31C, 32C, 33F-H, 45A-K (mf)

Sicarius rugosus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) | | El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002770

Sicarioides rugosus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 49, pl. 3, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Sicarius rugosus Simon, 1903a: 982

Sicarius rugosus Kraus, 1955b: 11, f. 16 (m)

Sicarioides rugosus Lehtinen, 1986: 156, f. 7 (m)

Sicarius rugosus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 848, f. 12B, 15G, 28C, 60A-J (mf)

Sicarius rugosus Cubas-Rodríguez & Brescovit, 2024a: 1029, f. 1A-F, 4B, D, 5A, C (m)

Sicarius rupestris (Holmberg, 1881) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002771

Thomisoides rupestris Holmberg, 1881b: 153, pl. 4, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Sicarius rupestris Tullgren, 1901b: 187

Sicarius patagonicus Simon in Mello-Leitão, 1919: 475 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002767]

Thomisoides patagonicus Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 8, f. 8 (m)

Thomisoides irregularis Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 9, f. 9 (Df)

Thomisoides rupestris Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 8, f. 6-7 (Dm)

Sicarius patagonicus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979a: 88, f. 1a, pl. 2.7-8, 11 (f, S of S. irregularis)

Sicarius rupestris Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979a: 88, f. 1c, pl. 1.6, 2.12 (f)

Sicarius irregularis Brignoli, 1983c: 145

Sicarius rupestris Labarque & Ramírez, 2012: 3, f. 2F, 5C-D, 8C-D, 9F, 10F, 11F, 12F, 13F, 14F, 15F, 16F, 17F, 18F, 19F, 20F, 26A-F, 27A-B, 30E (f)

Sicarius rupestris Pérez-González, Rubio & Ramírez, 2016: 36, f. 2D (f)

Sicarius rupestris Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 831, f. 15H, 50A-G, 51A-L, 52A-E (mf, S of S. patagonicus)

Sicarius saci Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049240

Sicarius cariri Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 117, f. 44, 70-71, 82, 84 (mf, partly misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 841)

Sicarius saci Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 841, f. 16D, 55A-F, 56A-F (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049241

Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847a: 379 (D) Original description

Thomisoides minorata Nicolet, 1849: 354 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002765]

Thomisoides rubripes Nicolet, 1849: 353, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002769]

Thomisoides terrosa Nicolet, 1849: 352, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002773]

Thomisa terrosa Simon, 1864: 434

Thomisoides nicoletii Keyserling, 1880: 270, pl. 8, f. 149 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002766]

Thomisoides terrosa Keyserling, 1880: 268, pl. 8, f. 148 (f, Dm)

Sicarius minoratus Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius rubripes Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius terrosus Simon, 1893a: 271

Sicarius thomisoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 16 (note that S. thomisoides should be the proper name instead of Thomisoides terrosus)

Sicarius nicoleti Petrunkevitch, 1911: 122

Sicarius terrosus Bonnet, 1958: 4041 (with a note that S. thomisoides might have priority over S. terrosus)

Sicarius thomisoides Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 799, f. 12A, 15A-B, 17D, 18A, 19A, 30A, 31B, 32A, 33A-C, 34A-H, 35A-H, 36A-H, 37A (Dmf, S of S. minoratus, S. nicoleti, S. rubripes and S. terrosus)

Sicarius thomisoides Magalhaes, 2021: 183, f. 1-2, 3A-C (mf)

Sicarius tropicus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002776

Thomisoides tropicus Mello-Leitão, 1936b: 133, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Sicarius tropicus Lins, 1973: 310, f. 1-7 (Dm)

Sicarius tropicus Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 108, f. 16, 28, 32-34, 48-63, 124-125, 134-135, 142-143 (mf)

Sicarius utriformis (Butler, 1877) | | Ecuador (Galapagos) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002777

Thomisoides utriformis Butler, 1877: 77, pl. 13, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Sicarius utriformis Simon, 1893a: 270

Sicarioides utriformis Banks, 1902c: 55

Sicarius utriformis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 846, f. 17E, 19B, 28D, 59A-F (Dm, f)

Sicarius vallenato Cala-Riquelme, Gutiérrez-Estrada, Flórez-Daza & Agnarsson, 2017 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049202

Sicarius vallenato Cala-Riquelme et al., 2017: 179, f. 1-26 (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius yurensis Strand, 1908 | | Peru, Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002774

Sicarius terrosus yurensis Strand, 1908e: 227 (Df) Original description

Sicarius peruvianus Lehtinen, 1986: 152, f. 3, misidentified after Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 820

Sicarius yurensis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 820, f. 28E, 30B, 37B, 43A-D, 44A-H (Dm, f, elavated from subspecies of S. terrosus)