World Spider Catalog

Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: a senior synonym of both Heteropodidae and Eusparassidae (Jäger, 1999a); for the subfamilies see Gorneau et al., 2022: 3; see note under Phonophilus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Lycosidae).

Gen. Barylestis Simon, 1909 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02520

Nomen dubium:

Barylestis manni (Strand, 1906h: 68, f, Nigeria, originally in Torania) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Barylestis blaisei (Simon, 1903) | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028735

Heteropoda blaisei Simon, 1903f: 721 (Df) Original description

Barylestis blaisei Simon, 1909f: 339

Barylestis fagei (Lessert, 1929) | | Congo, Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029595

Torania fagei Lessert, 1929: 131, f. 15 (Dm) Original description

Barylestis fagei Jäger, 2002b: 36, f. 1-2 (Tm from Torania=Heteropoda)

Barylestis fagei Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 169, f. 40-44 (m)

Barylestis insularis Simon, 1909 | | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028736

Barylestis insularis Simon, 1909f: 340 (Df) Original description

Barylestis insularis Jäger, 2008c: 106, f. 15-17 (f)

Barylestis montandoni (Lessert, 1929) | | Congo, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029598

Torania montandoni Lessert, 1929: 132, f. 16-17 (Dmf) Original description

Barylestis montandoni Jäger, 2002b: 36, f. 3-7 (mf, T from Torania = Heteropoda)

Barylestis nigripectus Simon, 1909 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028737

Barylestis nigripectus Simon, 1909f: 339 (Df) Original description

Barylestis nigripectus Jäger, 2002b: 37, f. 8-10 (f)

Barylestis occidentalis (Simon, 1887) | | Congo, Uganda, Sudan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029599

Isopeda occidentalis Simon, 1887a: 264 (Df) Original description

Torania occidentalis Simon, 1897a: 45

Torania occidentalis Järvi, 1912: 72, f. 50, pl. 7, f. 1-3 (f)

Torania mbogensis Strand, 1913a: 400 (provisional name)

Torania occidentalis Järvi, 1914: 190

Torania occidentalis Lessert, 1915a: 41, pl. 2, f. 43-45 (f, Dm)

Barylestis occidentalis Jäger, 2001b: 21, f. 15c-e (f, no justification provided for transfer)

Barylestis occidentalis Jäger, 2002b: 37, f. 14-18 (Tmf from Torania=Heteropoda)

Barylestis peltatus (Strand, 1916) | | Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028738

Heteropoda peltata Strand, 1916c: 81 (Df) Original description

Barylestis peltatus Roewer, 1955c: 712

Barylestis peltatus Jäger, 2002b: 37, f. 11-13 (f)

Barylestis saaristoi Jäger, 2008 | | China, Thailand, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042088

Barylestis saaristoi Jäger, 2008c: 106, f. 1-14 (Df) Original description

Barylestis saaristoi Zhong, Lin & Liu, 2019: 154, f. 1-25 (Dm, f)

Barylestis scutatus (Pocock, 1903) | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029601

Torania scutata Pocock, 1903e: 264 (Dmf) Original description

Torania scutata Järvi, 1912: 74, pl. 7, f. 6 (f)

Torania scutata Järvi, 1914: 193

Torania scutata Browning, 1954: 216, f. 2 (f)

Barylestis scutatus Jäger, 2002b: 37, f. 19-27 (Tmf from Torania=Heteropoda)

Barylestis scutatus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 169, f. 45-47 (f)

Barylestis variatus (Pocock, 1900) | | West Africa. Introduced to Northern Ireland, Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czechia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029604

Torania variata Pocock, 1900g: 874, pl. 58, f. 30 (Dmf) Original description

Torania variata Järvi, 1912: 74, pl. 7, f. 4-5 (f)

Torania variata Järvi, 1914: 192

Torania variata Browning, 1954: 213, f. 1 (f)

Barylestis variatus Jäger, 2002b: 39, f. 28-35 (mf from Torania=Heteropoda)

Barylestis variatus van Helsdingen, 2019: 43, f. 2 (f)