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:

Polydamna Thorell, 1881 = Pediana Simon, 1880 (Simon, 1897a: 56)

Gen. Pediana Simon, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02563

type Heteropoda regina L. Koch, 1875; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Polydamna Thorell, 1881: 299 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06385] (type Heteropoda regina L. Koch, 1875) by Simon, 1897a: 56.

In synonymy:

Pediana regina isopedina Strand, 1913 = Pediana horni (Hogg, 1896) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 44)

Nomen dubium:

Pediana aurochelis Strand, 1907m: 434 (j, Indonesia/Java) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Pediana horni (Hogg, 1896) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029433

Isopeda horni Hogg, 1896: 340, pl. 24, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Pediana horni Hogg, 1903a: 462

Pediana regina isopedina Strand, 1913c: 618 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029439]

Pediana horni Hirst, 1989b: 121, f. 14-18 (Dm, f)

Pediana horni Nentwig et al., 2019: 44 (S of Pediana regina isopedina)

Pediana longbottomi Hirst, 1996 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029434

Pediana longbottomi Hirst, 1996: 156, f. 10-13 (Dm) Original description

Pediana mainae Hirst, 1995 | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029435

Pediana mainae Hirst, 1995: 145, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029436

Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903a: 461, f. 102 (Df) Original description

Pediana occidentalis Hirst, 1989b: 118, f. 6-10 (Dm, f)

Pediana paradoxa Hirst, 1996 | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029437

Pediana paradoxa Hirst, 1996: 160, f. 20-26 (Dmf) Original description

Pediana regina (L. Koch, 1875) | | Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029438 TYPE SPECIES

Heteropoda regina L. Koch, 1875a: 716, pl. 61, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Pediana regina Simon, 1880a: 259

Polydamna regina Thorell, 1881: 300 (m; misidentified per Hirst, 1989b: 117)

Pediana regina Hirst, 1989b: 115, f. 1-5 (Dm, f; m of Thorell, 1881 see f. 12-13)

Pediana regina Gorneau et al., 2022: 9, f. 5 (mf)

Pediana temmei Hirst, 1996 | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029440

Pediana temmei Hirst, 1996: 158, f. 14-19 (Dmf) Original description

Pediana tenuis Hogg, 1903 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029441

Pediana tenuis Hogg, 1903a: 462, f. 103 (Df) Original description

Pediana tenuis Hirst, 1989b: 123, f. 19-22 (Dm, f)

Pediana webberae Hirst, 1996 | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029442

Pediana webberae Hirst, 1996: 154, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description