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. Damastes Simon, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02529

Nomen dubium:

Damastes coquereli affinis Strand, 1907d: 735, 1907o: 85 (f, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 43

Damastes atrignathus Strand, 1908 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028767

Damastes atrignathus Strand, 1908f: 475 (Dm) Original description

Damastes coquereli Simon, 1880 | j | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028768

Damastes coquereli Simon, 1880a: 243 (Dj) Original description

Damastes decoratus (Simon, 1897) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029483

Rhitymna decorata Simon, 1897b: 485 (Df) Original description

Damastes decoratus Jäger, 2003: 100 (Tf from Rhitymna)

Damastes fasciolatus (Simon, 1903) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029484

Rhitymna fasciolata Simon, 1903b: 138 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna fasciolata Fage, 1926: 8, f. 3-4 (f)

Damastes fasciolatus Jäger, 2003: 100 (Tf from Rhitymna)

Damastes flavomaculatus Simon, 1880 | j | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028770

Damastes flavomaculatus Simon, 1880a: 244 (Dj) Original description

Damastes grandidieri Simon, 1880 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028771

Damastes grandidieri Simon, 1880a: 242 (Df) Original description

Delena grandidieri Simon, 1897a: 40

Damastes grandidieri Järvi, 1912: 75, f. 59, pl. 7, f. 7-9 (f)

Damastes grandidieri Järvi, 1914: 196

Damastes majungensis Strand, 1907 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028772

Damastes majungensis Strand, 1907d: 736 (Dm) Original description

Damastes majungensis Strand, 1907o: 92 (Dm)

Damastes malagassus (Fage, 1926) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029489

Rhitymna malagassa Fage, 1926: 10 (Df) Original description

Damastes fagei Jäger, 2003: 101 (Tf from Rhitymna; superfluous replacement name, specific name not preoccupied by the following Karsch name, which is spelled differently)

Damastes malagasus (Karsch, 1881) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028773

Holconia malagasa Karsch, 1881h: 192, pl. 12, f. B (Df) Original description

Delena malagasa Simon, 1897a: 43

Damastes malagasus Simon, 1903a: 1024

Damastes masculinus Strand, 1908 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028774

Damastes masculinus Strand, 1908f: 477 (Dm) Original description

Damastes nigrichelis (Strand, 1907) | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029491

Rhitymna nigrichelis Strand, 1907d: 736 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna nigrichelis Strand, 1907o: 96 (Df)

Damastes nigrichelis Jäger, 2003: 101 (Tf from Rhitymna)

Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1907 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028775

Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1907d: 735 (Dj) Original description

Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1907o: 90 (Dj)

Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1916b: 67 (Dmf)

Damastes oswaldi Lenz, 1891 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028776

Damastes oswaldi Lenz, 1891: 167, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Damastes pallidus (Schenkel, 1937) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029493

Rhitymna pallida Schenkel, 1937: 387, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Damastes pallidus Jäger, 2003: 101 (Tf from Rhitymna)

Damastes sikoranus Strand, 1906 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028777

Damastes sikoranus Strand, 1906h: 67 (Dm) Original description

Damastes validus (Blackwall, 1877) | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029495

Olios validus Blackwall, 1877: 8, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Isopeda valida Simon, 1880a: 249

Rhitymna valida Simon, 1897a: 46

Rhitymna valida Järvi, 1912: 53, f. 43, pl. 3, f. 11-14 (f)

Rhitymna valida Järvi, 1914: 168

Rhitymna valida Benoit, 1978h: 680, f. 1A-C (mf)

Damastes validus Jäger, 2003: 101 (Tmf from Rhitymna)

Damastes validus Saaristo, 2010: 216, f. 32.1-3 (mf)