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:

Voconia Thorell, 1870 = Holconia Thorell, 1877 (Thorell, 1877b: 485, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Voconia Thorell, 1870 -- see Holconia Thorell, 1877 - in Thorell, 1877b

Gen. Holconia Thorell, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02541

N.B.: replacement name for Voconia Thorell, 1870c: 382 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05208], preoccupied in Hemiptera by Stål, 1866; removed from the synonymy of Isopeda L. Koch, 1875 by Hirst, 1990: 17.

In synonymy:

Holconia simoni (Rainbow, 1911) = Holconia nigrigularis Simon, 1908 (Hirst, 1991a: 107)

Holconia subdola Thorell, 1881 = Holconia hirsuta L. Koch, 1875 (Hirst, 1991a: 103)

Holconia whitei (Bonnet, 1957, T from Avicularia) = Holconia immanis L. Koch, 1867 (Hirst, 1991a: 99)

Holconia colberti Hirst, 1991 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029010

Holconia colberti Hirst, 1991a: 105, f. 7, 12, 33-34 (Dmf) Original description

Holconia flindersi Hirst, 1991 | | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029011

Holconia flindersi Hirst, 1991a: 95, f. 3, 9, 26 (Dmf) Original description

Holconia flindersi Gorneau et al., 2022: 9, f. 5 (mf)

Holconia hirsuta (L. Koch, 1875) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029012

Isopeda hirsuta L. Koch, 1875a: 693, pl. 59, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Holconia subdola Thorell, 1881: 304 (Df)

Isopeda subdola Hogg, 1903a: 435

Holconia hirsuta Hirst, 1990: 18 (Tm from Isopeda)

Holconia subdola Hirst, 1990: 18 (Tf from Isopeda)

Holconia hirsuta Hirst, 1991a: 101, f. 5, 11, 20, 29-30 (m, Sf)

Holconia immanis (L. Koch, 1867) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029013

'Mygale de White' Walckenaer, 1837: 224 (description, but without a proper name)

Delena immanis L. Koch, 1867b: 208 (Dmf) Original description

Voconia immanis L. Koch, 1875a: 642, pl. 51, f. 4 (mf)

Holconia immanis Simon, 1880a: 246

Isopeda immanis Hogg, 1903a: 433, f. 88D (mf)

Isopeda immanis Järvi, 1912: 92, f. 70, pl. 10, f. 5-9 (f)

Isopeda immanis Järvi, 1914: 226

Avicularia whitei Bonnet, 1955: 2994 (naming the species, described by Walckenaer, 1837: 224) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054191]

Isopeda immanis Chrysanthus, 1965a: 349, f. 13 (f)

Holconia immanis Hirst, 1990: 18 (T from Isopeda)

Holconia immanis Hirst, 1991a: 99, f. 1, 8, 18, 22-23 (mf, S of Avicularia whitei)

Holconia insignis (Thorell, 1870) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029014

Voconia insignis Thorell, 1870c: 383 (Dmf) Original description

Voconia insignis L. Koch, 1875a: 645, pl. 52, f. 1 (mf)

Holconia insignis Simon, 1880a: 245

Holconia insignis Simon, 1897a: 44, f. 32 (m)

Isopeda insignis Hogg, 1903a: 432, f. 88A-C (mf)

Holconia insignis Järvi, 1912: 92, f. 70, pl. 10, f. 10 (f)

Isopeda insignis Järvi, 1914: 227

Holconia insignis Hirst, 1990: 18, f. 6-10 (Tmf from Isopeda)

Holconia insignis Hirst, 1991a: 93, f. 2, 19, 24 (mf)

Holconia murrayensis Hirst, 1991 | | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029015

Holconia murrayensis Hirst, 1991a: 97, f. 4, 10, 27-28 (Dmf) Original description

Holconia neglecta Hirst, 1991 | | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029016

Holconia neglecta Hirst, 1991a: 103, f. 31 (Df) Original description

Holconia nigrigularis (Simon, 1908) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029017

Isopoda nigrigularis Simon, 1908d: 438 (Dm) Original description

Isopoda woodwardi Simon, 1908d: 437 (Df, preoccupied)

Isopeda simoni Rainbow, 1911: 234 (replacement name)

Holconia nigrigularis Hirst, 1990: 18 (Tm from Isopeda)

Holconia simoni Hirst, 1990: 18 (Tf from Isopeda)

Holconia nigrigularis Hirst, 1991a: 107, f. 14-17, 25 (m, Sf)

Holconia westralia Hirst, 1991 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029018

Holconia westralia Hirst, 1991a: 106, f. 6, 13, 21, 32 (Dmf) Original description