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:

Tentabunda Fox, 1937 = Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 81)

Gen. Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02530

type Decaphora trabiformis Franganillo, 1931; gender feminine; syn. of Decaphora cubana (Banks, 1909)

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Tentabunda Fox, 1937e: 464 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04149] (type Pseudosparianthis cubana Banks, 1909) by Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 81.

In synonymy:

Decaphora trabiformis Franganillo, 1931 = Decaphora cubana (Banks, 1909) (Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 83)

Nomen dubium:

Decaphora ambigua (Caporiacco, 1938b: 269, f, Guatemala, originally in Pseudosparianthis) -- Rheims, 2020: 188

Decaphora cubana (Banks, 1909) | | USA, Bahamas, Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029470 TYPE SPECIES

Pseudosparianthis cubana Banks, 1909b: 165, pl. 45, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Decaphora trabiformis Franganillo, 1931d: 46 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028778]

Tentabunda cubana Fox, 1937e: 464, f. 5, 11 (f, Dm)

Decaphora cubana Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 83, f. 1-2, 9-21 (mf, T from Pseudosparianthis, S of Decaphora trabiformis)

Decaphora cubana Rheims, 2017: 437, f. 5, 9 (mf)

Decaphora kohunlich Rheims & Alayón, 2014 | | Mexico, Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047020

Decaphora kohunlich Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 86, f. 3-4, 22-28 (Dmf) Original description

Decaphora kohunlich Rheims, 2017: 437, f. 6, 10 (mf)

Decaphora pestai (Reimoser, 1939) | | Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029504

Seramba pestai Reimoser, 1939: 366, f. 12 (Dm) Original description

Thelcticopis pestai Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)

Decaphora pestai Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 88, f. 5-6, 29-36 (m, Df, T from Thelcticopis)

Decaphora pestai Rheims, 2017: 437, f. 7, 11 (mf)

Decaphora planada Rheims, 2017 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049614

Decaphora planada Rheims, 2017: 436, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Decaphora tocatl Jiménez & Chamé-Vázquez, 2025 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064360

Decaphora tocatl Jiménez & Chamé-Vázquez, 2025: 138, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description

Decaphora variabilis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029476

Pseudosparianthis variabilis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 119, pl. 8, f. 21 (Df) Original description

Tentabunda variabilis Fox, 1937e: 465

Decaphora variabilis Rheims & Alayón, 2014: 88, f. 7-8, 37-43 (Tf from Pseudosparianthis, Dm)

Decaphora variabilis Rheims, 2017: 437, f. 8, 12 (mf)