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. Clastes Walckenaer, 1837 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02528

type Clastes freycineti Walckenaer, 1837; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Clastes abbot Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Peucetia

Clastes roseus Walckenaer, 1841 -- see Peucetia

Clastes viridis Walckenaer, 1841 -- see Peucetia

In synonymy:

Clastes psittacinus (Doleschall, 1857, T from Sparassus) = Clastes freycineti Walckenaer, 1837 (Thorell, 1878b: 197)

Clastes freycineti Walckenaer, 1837 | | Indonesia (Moluccas, New Guinea), Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028766 TYPE SPECIES

Clastes freycineti Walckenaer, 1837: 578 (Dmf) Original description

Sparassus psittacinus Doleschall, 1857: 429 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062396]

Sparassus psittacinus Doleschall, 1859: 52, pl. 6, f. 2 (m)

Clastes freycineti Thorell, 1878b: 197 (S of Sparassus psittacinus)

Heteropoda freycineti Simon, 1880a: 273 (Df)

Clastes freycineti Simon, 1897a: 59, f. 46, 48-49 (m)

Clastes freycineti Järvi, 1912: 42, f. 38, pl. 2, f. 7-9 (f)

Clastes freycineti Järvi, 1914: 147, f. 80-82 (m)

Clastes freycineti Roewer, 1938: 67, f. 44 (mf)

Clastes freycineti Chrysanthus, 1965a: 369, f. 63-64, 67-69 (mf)