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).

In synonymy:

Eodelena Hogg, 1903 = Delena Walckenaer, 1837 (Agnarsson & Rayor, 2013: 902)

Gen. Delena Walckenaer, 1837 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02532

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Eodelena Hogg, 1903a: 464 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02534] (type E. spenceri Hogg, 1903) by Agnarsson & Rayor, 2013: 902; Eodelena removed from the synonymy of Zachria L. Koch, 1875 by Hirst, 1991b: 5.

In synonymy:

Delena impressa C. L. Koch, 1845 = Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 (L. Koch, 1875a: 656)

Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837 | | Australia. Introduced to New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028780

Thomisus cancerides Walckenaer, 1805: 29, pl. 4, f. 29-30 (nomen nudum)

Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837: 490 (Df) Original description

Delena impressa C. L. Koch, 1845: 53, f. 988-989 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057426]

Delena cancerides L. Koch, 1875a: 656, pl. 53, f. 2 (mf, S of Delena impressa)

Delena cancerides Simon, 1897a: 43, f. 26-27 (m)

Delena cancerides Järvi, 1912: 92, f. 71, pl. 10, f. 12-13 (f)

Delena cancerides Järvi, 1914: 230

Delena cancerides Hickman, 1967: 99, f. 167-168 (mf)

Delena cancerides Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 67, f. 39.1-4 (mf)

Delena cancerides Gorneau et al., 2022: 9, f. 5 (mf)

Delena convexa (Hirst, 1991) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028785

Eodelena convexa Hirst, 1991b: 15, f. 14, 28-30, 37 (Dm) Original description

Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837 | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028781

Delena craboides Walckenaer, 1837: 492 (Df) Original description

Delena gloriosa (Rainbow, 1917) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028782

Isopeda gloriosa Rainbow, 1917a: 485, pl. 32, f. 5-6 (Df) Original description

Delena gloriosa Hirst, 1990: 25 (T from Isopeda)

Delena kosciuskoensis (Hirst, 1991) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028786

Eodelena kosciuskoensis Hirst, 1991b: 11, f. 48-49 (Df) Original description

Delena lapidicola (Hirst, 1991) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028787

Eodelena lapidicola Hirst, 1991b: 15, f. 15-17, 31-32, 38, 50-51 (Dmf) Original description

Delena loftiensis (Hirst, 1991) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028788

Eodelena loftiensis Hirst, 1991b: 13, f. 26-27, 36, 46-47 (Dmf) Original description

Delena melanochelis (Strand, 1913) | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028789

Zachria melanochelis Strand, 1913b: 205 (Dm) Original description

Eodelena melanochelis Hirst, 1991b: 10, f. 21-23, 34, 42-43 (m, Df, T from Zachria)

Delena nigrifrons (Simon, 1908) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028783

Eodelena nigrifrons Simon, 1908d: 435 (Df) Original description

Delena nigrifrons Hirst, 1991b: 16 (T from Zachria per Roewer)

Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903) | | Australia (Tasmania, King Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028790

Eodelena spenceri Hogg, 1903a: 464, f. 104 (Dm) Original description

Zachria spenceri Hickman, 1967: 100, f. 169-170 (m, Df)

Eodelena spenceri Hirst, 1991b: 8, f. 11-13, 18-20, 33, 39-41 (mf, T from Zachria)

Delena tasmaniensis (Hirst, 1991) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028791

Eodelena tasmaniensis Hirst, 1991b: 11, f. 24-25, 35, 44-45 (Dmf) Original description