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:

Pseudosparianthis Simon, 1887 = Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Rheims, 2020: 153)

Sampaiosia Mello-Leitão, 1930 = Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Rheims, 2020: 153)

Gen. Sparianthis Simon, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02580

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pseudosparianthis Simon, 1887g: 472 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02569] (type P. fusca Simon, 1887) and of Sampaiosia Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 65 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02574] (type S. crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930) by Rheims, 2020: 153.

Transferred to other genera:

Sparianthis amazonica Simon, 1880 -- see Uaiuara

Sparianthis barroana (Chamberlin, 1925) -- see Uaiuara

Nomen dubium:

Sparianthis fusca (Simon, 1887g: 472, j, Brazil, originally in Pseudosparianthis) -- Rheims, 2020: 189

Sparianthis accentuata (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029466

Pseudosparianthis accentuatus Caporiacco, 1955: 409, f. 60 (Df) Original description

Sparianthis accentuata Rheims, 2020: 190 (T from Pseudosparianthis, incertae sedis)

Sparianthis beebei Rheims, 2020 | | Trinidad and Tobago urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052601

Sparianthis beebei Rheims, 2020: 158, f. 11-16 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis boraris Rheims, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052602

Sparianthis boraris Rheims, 2020: 159, f. 17-31 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis caracarai Rheims, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052603

Sparianthis caracarai Rheims, 2020: 162, f. 32-38 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis chickeringi (Gertsch, 1941) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029469

Tentabunda chickeringi Gertsch, 1941a: 12, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Sparianthis chickeringi Rheims, 2020: 164, f. 39-53 (Dm, f, T from Pseudosparianthis)

Sparianthis crulsi (Mello-Leitão, 1930) | | Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029499

Sampaiosia crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 65, f. 27-28 (Dm) Original description

Sparianthis crulsi Rheims, 2020: 167, f. 54-68 (m, Df, T from Sampaiosia)

Sparianthis granadensis (Keyserling, 1880) | j | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029528

Themeropis granadensis Keyserling, 1880: 235, pl. 6, f. 128 (Df) Original description

Sparianthis granadensis Simon, 1880a: 339

Sparianthis granadensis Rheims, 2020: 171, f. 69-70 (j, type is not adult)

Sparianthis humaita Rheims, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052604

Sparianthis humaita Rheims, 2020: 172, f. 71-85 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis juazeiro Rheims, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052605

Sparianthis juazeiro Rheims, 2020: 175, f. 86-92 (Df) Original description

Sparianthis juruti Rheims, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052606

Sparianthis juruti Rheims, 2020: 176, f. 2-7, 9, 93-108 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis megalopalpus (Caporiacco, 1954) | | Ecuador, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029473

Pseudosparianthis megalopalpus Caporiacco, 1954: 127, f. 34, 34a (Dm; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Sparianthis megalopalpa Rheims, 2020: 181, f. 109-116 (m, T from Pseudosparianthis)

Sparianthis picta (Simon, 1887) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029474

Pseudosparianthis pictus Simon, 1887g: 473 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis picta Rheims, 2020: 183, f. 117-127 (mf, T from Pseudosparianthis)

Sparianthis ravida (Simon, 1898) | | St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029475

Pseudosparianthis ravidus Simon, 1898i: 877 (Dmf) Original description

Sparianthis ravida Rheims, 2020: 184, f. 1, 8, 10, 128-142 (mf, T from Pseudosparianthis)