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. Rhacocnemis Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02571

type Sparassus guttatus Blackwall, 1877; gender feminine (see Bonnet, 1958: 3851)

In synonymy:

Rhacocnemis elegans Hirst, 1911 = Rhacocnemis guttata (Blackwall, 1877) (Benoit, 1978h: 684)

Rhacocnemis guttata (Blackwall, 1877) | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029482 TYPE SPECIES

Sparassus guttatus Blackwall, 1877: 10, pl. 1, f. 8 (Dj) Original description

Rhacocnemis guttatus Simon, 1898a: 205

Rhacocnemis guttatus Simon, 1898d: 381, f. 3 (Dmf)

Rhacocnemis elegans Hirst, 1911: 387, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065204]

Rhacocnemis guttatus Benoit, 1978h: 684, f. 3A-D (mf, S of Rhacocnemis elegans)

Rhacocnemis guttatus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 166, f. 17-23 (mf)

Rhacocnemis guttatus Saaristo, 2010: 220, f. 32.16-18 (mf)