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:

Leptosparassus Järvi, 1912 = Polybetes Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 314)

Streptaedoea Järvi, 1912 = Polybetes Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 314)

Gen. Polybetes Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02565

type Olios martius Nicolet, 1849; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Leptosparassus Järvi, 1912: 29 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03768] (type L. parvus Järvi, 1912) and of Streptaedoea Järvi, 1912: 36 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03769] (type Sparassus rapidus Keyserling, 1880) by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 314.

Transferred to other genera:

Polybetes proximus Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Nungara

In synonymy:

Polybetes bidentatus (Järvi, 1914, T from Streptaedoea) = Polybetes germaini Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 321)

Polybetes cancroides Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Polybetes obnuptus Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 324)

Polybetes funestus (Keyserling, 1880) = Polybetes fasciatus (Keyserling, 1880) (Keyserling, 1891: 254, sub Sparassus)

Polybetes hispidus (Nicolet, 1849, T from Olios) = Polybetes martius (Nicolet, 1849) (Simon, 1880a: 250, sub Isopeda)

Polybetes humeratus Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Polybetes rapidus (Keyserling, 1880) (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 334)

Polybetes immigrans (Strand, 1913, T from Isopeda) = Polybetes pythagoricus (Holmberg, 1875) (Hirst, 1990: 25)

Polybetes maculatus (Keyserling, 1880) = Polybetes pythagoricus (Holmberg, 1875) (Brèthes, 1909a: 46)

Polybetes retroreceptaculatus (Järvi, 1912, T from Streptaedoea) = Polybetes germaini Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 321)

Polybetes semivittatus Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Polybetes rapidus (Keyserling, 1880) (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 334)

Polybetes tucumanus Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Polybetes obnuptus Simon, 1897 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 324)

Polybetes vittatus Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Polybetes trifoveatus (Järvi, 1912) (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 335)

Polybetes bombilius (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029147

Sparassus bombilius F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 17, pl. 2, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Olios bombilius Petrunkevitch, 1911: 498

Polybetes bombilius Jäger, 2020c: 106 (T from Olios)

Polybetes delfini Simon, 1904 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029444

Polybetes delfini Simon, 1904e: 99 (Df) Original description

Polybetes delfini Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 320, f. 5-6 (f)

Polybetes fasciatus (Keyserling, 1880) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029183

Sparassus fasciatus Keyserling, 1880: 259, pl. 7, f. 142 (Df) Original description

Sparassus funestus Keyserling, 1880: 249, pl. 7, f. 135a (Dm; f f. 135 see Polybetes rapidus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065200]

Olios fasciatus Simon, 1880a: 300

Sparassus fasciatus Keyserling, 1891: 254 (Sm of Sparassus funestus)

Olios fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1918a: 47, f. 21-22 (f)

Olios fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 198, f. 27 (m)

Polybetes fasciatus Jäger, 2020c: 106, f. 429-455 (mf, T from Olios, P. funestus presumably not conspecific with P. fasciatus)

Polybetes germaini Simon, 1897 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029445

Polybetes germaini Simon, 1897b: 486 (Dmf) Original description

Streptaedoea retroreceptaculata Järvi, 1912: 40, f. 34, pl. 2, f. 4-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065196]

Streptaedoea retroreceptaculata Järvi, 1914: 138, f. 77 (f)

Streptaedoea bidentata Järvi, 1914: 143, f. 78-79 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065192]

Polybetes germaini Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 321, f. 3-4, 23, 31-32 (mf, S of Streptaedoea bidentata and S. retroreceptaculata)

Polybetes hyeroglyphicus (Mello-Leitão, 1918) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029221

Olios hyeroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1918a: 48, f. 25-26 (Dmf; spelled hyerogliphicus in key, hyeroglyphycus in heading, as above in legend) Original description

Olios hieroglyphicus Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 64 (lapsus)

Polybetes hyeroglyphicus Jäger, 2020c: 109 (T from Olios)

Polybetes martius (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029446 TYPE SPECIES

Olios martius Nicolet, 1849: 413, pl. 3, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Olios hispidus Nicolet, 1849: 414 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065202]

Sparassus martius Keyserling, 1880: 260, pl. 7, f. 143 (f)

Isopeda martius Simon, 1880a: 250 (S of Olios hispidus)

Polybetes martius Simon, 1897a: 45

Polybetes martius Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 323, f. 7-10, 25 (mf)

Polybetes martius Taucare-Ríos & Espinoza-Lagos, 2018: 42, f. 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A-B (mf)

Polybetes obnuptus Simon, 1897 | | Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029447

Polybetes obnuptus Simon, 1897b: 487 (Df) Original description

Polybetes tucumanus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 161, pl. 8, f. 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065198]

Polybetes cancroides Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 268, f. 55 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065193]

Polybetes tucumanus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948: 20 (Dm)

Polybetes obnuptus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 321, f. 13-14, 40-42 (mf, S of Polybetes cancroides and P. tucumanus)

Polybetes pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029448

Polybetes pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 217, f. 27 (Df) Original description

Polybetes pallidus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 326, f. 15-18, 37 (f, Dm)

Polybetes parvus (Järvi, 1912) | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029449

Leptosparassus parvus Järvi, 1912: 32, f. 24, pl. 1, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Leptosparassus parvus Järvi, 1914: 122, f. 73 (f)

Polybetes punctulatus Mello-Leitão, 1944 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029451

Polybetes punctulatus Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 361, f. 54 (Df) Original description

Polybetes punctulatus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 328, f. 19-22, 38 (f, Dm)

Polybetes pythagoricus (Holmberg, 1875) | | Brazil, Guyana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029452

Ocypete pythagorica Holmberg, 1875: 287, pl. 6, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Voconia maculata Keyserling, 1880: 232, pl. 4, f. 127 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065201]

Isopeda maculata Simon, 1880a: 250

Polybetes maculatus Simon, 1897a: 29, f. 28 (m)

Polybetes pythagoricus Brèthes, 1909a: 46 (S of Polybetes maculatus)

Polybetes maculatus Järvi, 1912: 35, f. 28, pl. 1, f. 7-10 (f)

Isopeda immigrans Strand, 1913c: 614 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065195]

Polybetes maculatus Järvi, 1914: 130 (f)

Polybetes pythagoricus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 329, f. 11-12, 26-28 (mf)

Polybetes pythagoricus Hirst, 1990: 25 (S of Isopeda immigrans)

Polybetes pythagoricus Ramírez, 2014: 226, f. 154F (m)

Polybetes quadrifoveatus (Järvi, 1912) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029453

Leptosparassus quadrifoveatus Järvi, 1912: 33, f. 26, pl. 1, f. 5-6 (Df)

Leptosparassus quadrifoveatus Järvi, 1914: 125, f. 74 Original description

Polybetes rapidus (Keyserling, 1880) | | Suriname to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029454

Sparassus rapidus Keyserling, 1880: 257, pl. 7, f. 141 (Dm) Original description

Sparassus funestus Keyserling, 1880: 249, pl. 7, f. 135 (f; misidentified per Keyserling, 1891: 254)

Olios rapidus Simon, 1880a: 300

Sparassus rapidus Keyserling, 1891: 254

Sparassus rapidus Tullgren, 1905: 44, pl. 6, f. 18 (f)

Streptaedoea rapida Järvi, 1912: 36, f. 33, pl. 1, f. 11-13, pl. 2, f. 1-3 (f)

Streptaedoea rapida Järvi, 1914: 131, f. 75-76 (m)

Olios rapidus Mello-Leitão, 1918a: 56, f. 32-33 (mf)

Polybetes semivittatus Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 109, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065197]

Polybetes humeratus Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 216, f. 26 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065194]

Polybetes rapidus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 333, f. 1-2, 24, 29-30 (mf, S of Polybetes humeratus and P. semivittatus)

Polybetes rubrosignatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029455

Polybetes rubro-signatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 200, f. 29, 29a-b (Dmf) Original description

Polybetes trifoveatus (Järvi, 1912) | | Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029456

Leptosparassus trifoveatus Järvi, 1912: 29, f. 23, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Leptosparassus trifoveatus Järvi, 1914: 119, f. 72

Polybetes vittatus Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 110, f. 29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065199]

Polybetes trifoveatus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965b: 336, f. 33-36, 39 (Dm, f, T from Leptosparassus, S of Polybetes vittatus)