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:

Valonia Piza, 1939 = Nolavia Kammerer, 2006 (Kammerer, 2006: 269, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Valonia Piza, 1939 -- see Nolavia Kammerer, 2006 - in Kammerer, 2006

Gen. Nolavia Kammerer, 2006 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03735

N.B.: replacement name for Valonia Piza, 1939b: 385 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02593], preoccupied in Diptera by Walker, 1856; includes the Olios fuhrmanni-group by Jäger, 2000c and belongs to the subfamily Sparassinae (Jäger, 2020c: 100).

Nolavia antiguensis (Keyserling, 1880) | | Caribbean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029127

Sparassus antiguensis Keyserling, 1880: 264, pl. 7, f. 146 (Dmf) Original description

Sadala antiguensis Simon, 1880a: 318

Olios antiguensis Banks, 1901d: 223

Olios antiguensis Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 21, f. 14-15 (mf)

Nolavia antiguensis Jäger, 2020c: 100 (T from Olios)

Nolavia antiguensis columbiensis (Schmidt, 1971) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029128

Olios antiguensis columbiensis Schmidt, 1971: 392, f. 3 (Dmf; N.B.: also lists "forma" O. a. nigriventer and O. a. guatemalensis, presumably not intended as subspecies) Original description

Nolavia antiguensis columbiensis Jäger, 2020c: 100, f. 393-397 (f, T from Olios)

Nolavia audax (Banks, 1909) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029134

Sparassus audax Banks, 1909a: 214, pl. 5, f. 12 (Dmf) Original description

Olios audax Petrunkevitch, 1911: 498

Nolavia audax Jäger, 2020c: 101 (T from Olios)

Nolavia fuhrmanni (Strand, 1914) | | US Virgin Is. (St. Thomas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029201

Olios fuhrmanni Strand, 1914c: 811 (Dmf) Original description

Olios fuhrmanni Jäger, 2000c: 241, f. 9, 12, 15, 19, 21-22 (m)

Nolavia fuhrmanni Jäger, 2020c: 101, f. 398-405 (mf, T from Olios)

Nolavia helva (Keyserling, 1880) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029217

Sparassus helvus Keyserling, 1880: 262, pl. 7, f. 144 (Df) Original description

Olios helvus Simon, 1880a: 300

Nolavia helva Jäger, 2020c: 104, f. 406-411 (f, T from Olios)

Nolavia rubriventris (Piza, 1939) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029614

Valonia rubriventris Piza, 1939b: 386, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Nolavia stylifer (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) | | Mexico, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029337

Sparassus stylifer F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 125, pl. 9, f. 7 (Dm; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2) Original description

Olios stylifer Petrunkevitch, 1911: 503

Nolavia stylifer Jäger, 2020c: 194, f. 412-413 (m, T from Olios)

Nolavia valenciae (Strand, 1916) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029352

Olios valenciae Strand, 1916b: 125 (Df) Original description

Nolavia valenciae Jäger, 2020c: 104, f. 414-415 (f, T from Olios)