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. Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 1899 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02538

type Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Palystes L. Koch, 1875 by Croeser, 1996: 110 (rejecting Simon, 1903a: 1028); for details on a possible African member, see Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170, f. 195-200).

In synonymy:

Gnathopalystes incanus (Thorell, 1890, T from Palystes) = Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) (Croeser, 1996: 112)

Gnathopalystes melanichnys (Thorell, 1890) = Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) (Thorell, 1895b: 268, sub Palystes)

Gnathopalystes vulpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877, T from Heteropoda) = Gnathopalystes ignicomus (L. Koch, 1875) (Pocock, 1898j: 114, sub Palystes)

Gnathopalystes aureolus (He & Hu, 2000) | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028844

Heteropoda aureola He & Hu, 2000b: 17, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Pseudopoda aureola Jäger, 2014b: 184 (T from Heteropoda)

Gnathopalystes aureolus Ding, Zhong & Liu, 2019: 97, f. 1A-E, 2A-E, 3A-F (m, Df, T from Pseudopoda)

Gnathopalystes crucifer (Simon, 1880) | j | Malaysia or Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028824

Palystes crucifer Simon, 1880a: 266 (Df; locality corrected by Simon, 1897a: 65) Original description

Gnathopalystes crucifer Croeser, 1996: 111 (type is subadult f, T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes denticulatus (Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041190

Heteropoda denticulata Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007a: 82, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description

Gnathopalystes denticulatus Jäger, 2014b: 186 (T from Heteropoda)

Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899 | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028825 TYPE SPECIES

Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899b: 314, pl. 24, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Palystes ferox Simon, 1903a: 1028

Gnathopalystes ferox Croeser, 1996: 111 (T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes flavidus (Simon, 1897) | | Pakistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029379

Palystes flavidus Simon, 1897b: 489 (Dj) Original description

Palystes flavidus Pocock, 1900a: 266 (Df)

Palystes flavidus Gravely, 1931: 258, f. 14A-B (f, Dm)

Palystes flavidus Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 178, f. 38-43 (mf)

Gnathopalystes flavidus Jäger, Sudhikumar & Tripathi, 2022: 625, f. 12-15, 28-30, 41-43 (m, T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes ignicomus (L. Koch, 1875) | | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland, New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028826

Palystes ignicomus L. Koch, 1875a: 701, pl. 60, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Sarotes vulpinus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877a: 286 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062334]

Heteropoda vulpina Simon, 1880a: 271

Gnathopalystes ignicomus Pocock, 1898j: 114 (S of Heteropoda vulpina)

Palystes ignicomus Järvi, 1912: 67, f. 55, pl. 6, f. 1-4 (f)

Palystes ignicomus Järvi, 1914: 184

Gnathopalystes ignicomus Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes, S of Heteropoda vulpina confirmed)

Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) | | India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028827

Palystes kochi Simon, 1880a: 265 (Df) Original description

Palystes kochi Simon, 1887i: 103 (Dm)

Palystes melanichnys Thorell, 1890b: 53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062335]

Palystes incanus Thorell, 1890c: 146 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062333]

Palystes kochi Thorell, 1895b: 268 (S of Palystes melanichnys)

Palystes kochi Pocock, 1900a: 265

Palystes kochi Gravely, 1931: 259, f. 14C-D (mf)

Palystes kochi Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 176, f. 33-37 (f)

Gnathopalystes kochi Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes, S of Palystes incanus)

Gnathopalystes nigriventer (Kulczyński, 1910) | | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028828

Palystes nigriventer Kulczyński, 1910: 400, pl. 17, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Gnathopalystes nigriventer Croeser, 1996: 113 (T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes nigrocornutus (Merian, 1911) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028829

Palystes nigrocornutus Merian, 1911: 267 (Df) Original description

Gnathopalystes nigrocornutus Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes pallidus (Rainbow, 1920) | | Australia (Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023394

Cheiracanthium pallidum Rainbow, 1920b: 257, pl. 30, f. 79-82 (Dmf) Original description

Gnathopalystes pallidum Raven & Hebron, 2024: 84 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Gnathopalystes rutilans (Simon, 1899) | j | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028830

Palystes rutilans Simon, 1899a: 99 (Dj) Original description

Gnathopalystes rutilans Croeser, 1996: 113 (T from Palystes)

Gnathopalystes taiwanensis Zhu & Tso, 2006 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040682

Gnathopalystes taiwanensis Zhu & Tso, 2006: 267, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description