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.

In synonymy:

Palystodes Pocock, 1900 = Anchonastus Simon, 1898 (Simon, 1903a: 1029)

Gen. Anchonastus Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02518

type Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Palystodes Pocock, 1900g: 879 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06367] (type P. plumosus Pocock, 1900) by S imon, 1903a: 1029.

Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028730 TYPE SPECIES

Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898a: 203, f. 204-206 (Dm) Original description

Anchonastus caudatus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 167, f. 115-119 (m)

Anchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028731

Anchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946: 207, f. 5-7 (Dm) Original description

Anchonastus pilipodus (Strand, 1913) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028732

Palystes pilipodus Strand, 1913a: 403 (Df) Original description

Anchonastus pilipodus Croeser, 1996: 93 (T from Palystes)

Anchonastus plumosus (Pocock, 1900) | | Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028733

Palystodes plumosus Pocock, 1900g: 879, pl. 58, f. 31 (Dmf) Original description

Anchonastus plumosus Simon, 1903a: 1029

Anchonastus plumosus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 167, f. 120-124 (f)