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. Parapalystes Croeser, 1996 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02562

Parapalystes cultrifer (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029424

Palystes cultrifer Pocock, 1900e: 331 (Dm) Original description

Palystes cultrifer Pocock, 1902a: 24, pl. 3, f. 12 (m, f. f)

Parapalystes cultrifer Croeser, 1996: 90 (Tmf from Palystes)

Parapalystes cultrifer Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 157-160 (m)

Parapalystes cultrifer Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 59, 6 f. (mf)

Parapalystes euphorbiae Croeser, 1996 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029425

Parapalystes euphorbiae Croeser, 1996: 87, f. 110-115 (Dmf) Original description

Parapalystes euphorbiae Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 171-173 (f)

Parapalystes euphorbiae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 60, p. 58: 1 f., p. 60: 6 f. (mf)

Parapalystes lycosinus (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029426

Palystes lycosinus Pocock, 1900e: 330 (Dmf) Original description

Parapalystes lycosinus Croeser, 1996: 90 (removed mf from S of P. megalocephalus)

Parapalystes lycosinus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 161-167 (m)

Parapalystes lycosinus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 61, 5 f. (m)

Parapalystes megacephalus (C. L. Koch, 1845) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029427

Ocypete megacephala C. L. Koch, 1845: 25, f. 972 (Df) Original description

Olios megacephalus Simon, 1880a: 298

Palystes megacephalus Pocock, 1896a: 63 (Dm)

Remmius megacephalus Simon, 1897a: 41

Palystes megacephalus Strand, 1907n: 679

Parapalystes megacephalus Croeser, 1996: 90 (Tmf from Palystes)

Parapalystes megacephalus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 62, 4 f. (f)

Parapalystes whiteae (Pocock, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029428

Palystes whiteae Pocock, 1902a: 24, pl. 3, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Palystes whiteae Strand, 1907n: 678 (Df)

Parapalystes whiteae Croeser, 1996: 91 (Tmf from Palystes)

Parapalystes whiteae Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 168-170 (m)

Parapalystes whiteae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 63, 2 f. (m)