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:

Marmarica Caporiacco, 1928 = Cerbalus Simon, 1897 (Levy, 1989: 141)

Gen. Cerbalus Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02525

type Cebrennus pulcherrimus Simon, 1880; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Marmarica Caporiacco, 1928b: 95 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05198] (type M. nigropatellata Caporiacco, 1928) by Levy, 1989: 141.

Transferred to other genera:

Cerbalus concolor Denis, 1947 -- see Cebrennus

In synonymy:

Cerbalus angustifrons Denis, 1960 = Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (Levy, 1989: 142)

Cerbalus beluinus (Karsch, 1881, T from Sparassus) = Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (Simon, 1903a: 1025)

Cerbalus sahariensis Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966 = Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (Levy, 1989: 142)

Nomina dubia:

Cerbalus nigriventris Simon, 1909b: 31 (j, Morocco) -- Jäger, 2000d: 358

Cerbalus nigropatellatus (Caporiacco, 1928b: 96, originally in Marmarica, j, Libya) -- Jäger, 2000d: 358

Cerbalus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028756

Cerbalus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 491, f. 782-783 (Dm) Original description

Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007 | | Israel, Jordan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041188

Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007: 17, f. 42-46 (Dmf) Original description

Cerbalus ergensis Jäger, 2000 | | Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037360

Cerbalus ergensis Jäger, 2000d: 360, f. 1-6 (Dm) Original description

Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1989 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028757

Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1989: 148, f. 60-70 (Dm) Original description

Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1993: 233, f. 4-5 (Df)

Cerbalus pellitus Kritscher, 1960 | | Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028760

Cerbalus pellitus Kritscher, 1960: 272, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Cerbalus pellitus Levy, 1989: 142, f. 56-59 (m)

Cerbalus psammodes Levy, 1989 | | Egypt, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028761

Cerbalus psammodes Levy, 1989: 144, f. 39-49 (Dmf) Original description

Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) | | North Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028762 TYPE SPECIES

Cebrennus pulcherrimus Simon, 1880a: 335 (f) Original description

Cebrennus pulcherrimus Simon, 1880f: 64 (Df)

Sparassus beluinus Karsch, 1881a: 10, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065054]

Cerbalus pulcherrimus Simon, 1897a: 48, f. 37-39

Cerbalus pulcherrimus Simon, 1903a: 1025 (S of Sparassus beluinus)

Cerbalus pulcherrimus Kritscher, 1960: 274, f. 3-6 (f, Dm)

Cerbalus angustifrons Denis, 1960a: 161, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065052]

Cerbalus sahariensis Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966: 967, f. 1-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065053]

Cerbalus pulcherrimus Levy, 1989: 142, f. 50-55 (mf, S of Cerbalus angustifrons and C. sahariensis)

Cerbalus pulcherrimus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 169, f. 274-282 (mf)

Cerbalus verneaui (Simon, 1889) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028763

Cebrennus verneaui Simon, 1889k: 302 (Df) Original description

Cerbalus verneaui Simon, 1897a: 41

Cerbalus vernaui Kritscher, 1960: 278, f. 7 (f)

Cerbalus verneaui Wunderlich, 1992a: 491, f. 784-787 (f, Dm)

Cerbalus verneaui Wunderlich, 2011: 325, f. 1-4 (mf)