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:

Ramnes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 = Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (Simon, 1903a: 1028)

Gen. Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02566

type Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ramnes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 102 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06381] (type R. semotus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) by Simon, 1903a: 1028.

In synonymy:

Prusias simoni (Bonnet, 1957, T from Heteropoda) = Prusias semotus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) (Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 35)

Prusias brasiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1915 | j | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029457

Prusias brasiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1915a: 137 (Dj) Original description

Prusias lanceolatus Simon, 1897 | j | Brazil or Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029458

Prusias lanceolatus Simon, 1897b: 490 (Dj) Original description

Prusias lanceolatus Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 35, f. 51-57 (Djm, considered misplaced in this genus)

Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 | | Mexico, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029459 TYPE SPECIES

Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 102, pl. 13, f. 9 (Dj) Original description

Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 247, pl. 31, f. 1 (Df)

Prusias nugalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 127, pl. 9, f. 16 (j)

Prusias nugalis Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 33, f. 33-44 (f)

Prusias semotus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) | j | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029460

Ramnes semotus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 102, pl. 13, f. 8 (Dj) Original description

Ramnes semotus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 127, pl. 9, f. 15 (j)

Prusias semotus Simon, 1903a: 1028 (T from Ramnes)

Heteropoda simoni Bonnet, 1957: 2195 (nomen nudum, see Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 33) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066053]

Prusias semotus Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 35, f. 45-50 (j, S of Heteropoda simoni)