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. Rhitymna Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02572

type Rhitymna ingens Simon, 1897; gender feminine; syn. of Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891)

Transferred to other genera:

Rhitymna decorata Simon, 1897 -- see Damastes

Rhitymna fasciolata Simon, 1903 -- see Damastes

Rhitymna hildebrandti Järvi, 1912 -- see Thunberga

Rhitymna malagassa Fage, 1926 -- see Damastes

Rhitymna mordax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Olios

Rhitymna nigrichelis Strand, 1907 -- see Damastes

Rhitymna nigrifrons Simon, 1897 -- see Olios

Rhitymna pallida Schenkel, 1937 -- see Damastes

Rhitymna saccata Järvi, 1912 -- see Platnickopoda

Rhitymna valida (Blackwall, 1877) -- see Damastes

Rhitymna werneri Simon, 1906 -- see Olios

In synonymy:

Rhitymna ingens Simon, 1897 = Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891) (Jäger & Koh, 2011: 55)

Rhitymna simoni Jäger, 2003 = Rhitymna cursor (Thorell, 1895) (Jäger, 2019a: 452)

Rhitymna ambae Jäger, 2003 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039024

Rhitymna ambae Jäger, 2003: 112, f. 45-52 (Dmf) Original description

Rhitymna bicolana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029021

Isopeda bicolana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 299, f. 177a-c (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna bicolana Jäger, 2003: 114 (Tm from Isopeda; cf. f. 53-58)

Rhitymna cursor (Thorell, 1895) | | Singapore, Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029169

Sarotes cursor Thorell, 1895a: 339 (Df) Original description

Sarotes cursor Workman, 1896: 82, pl. 82 (f)

Olios cursor Roewer, 1955c: 698

Rhitymna simoni Jäger, 2003: 117, f. 68-74 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039029]

Rhitymna cursor Jäger, 2019a: 452, f. 27, 33-35 (f, T from Olios, S of Rhitymna simoni)

Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003 | | Indonesia (Bali, Sumba) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039025

Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003: 107, f. 35-39 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna flava Schmidt & Krause, 1994 | | Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029485

Rhitymna flava Schmidt & Krause, 1994d: 240, f. 5 (Dm; N.B.: misplaced, per Jäger, 2003: 101) Original description

Rhitymna flores Jäger, 2019 | | Indonesia (Flores) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050984

Rhitymna flores Jäger, 2019a: 455, f. 40-42, 46-50, 55-58 (Dmf) Original description

Rhitymna gerdmangel Jäger, 2019 | | Thailand, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050982

Rhitymna gerdmangel Jäger, 2019a: 442, f. 1-8, 16-19, 28 (Dmf) Original description

Rhitymna imerinensis (Vinson, 1863) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029487

Olios imerinensis Vinson, 1863: 95, 304 (Df) Original description

Isopeda imerinensis Simon, 1880a: 251

Isopeda imerinensis Lenz, 1891: 168 (Dm)

Rhitymna imerinensis Roewer, 1955c: 681 (N.B.: misplaced, per Jäger, 2003: 101)

Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2003 | | Indonesia (Sumba) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039026

Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2003: 108, f. 40-44 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2019a: 454, f. 38-39 (f)

Rhitymna macilenta Quan & Liu, 2012 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044636

Rhitymna macilenta Quan & Liu, 2012: 62, f. 1A-C, 2A-E (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna macilenta Liu & Chen, 2014: 37, f. 1A-C, 2A-C (Df)

Rhitymna merianae Jäger, 2019 | | Indonesia (Bali) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050983

Rhitymna merianae Jäger, 2019a: 453, f. 36-37, 53-54 (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna occidentalis Jäger, 2003 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039027

Rhitymna occidentalis Jäger, 2003: 115, f. 59-67 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891) | | Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029291 TYPE SPECIES

Sarotes pinangensis Thorell, 1891: 78 (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna ingens Simon, 1897b: 485 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029488]

Olios pinangensis Gravely, 1931: 243 (Df)

Rhitymna ingens Jäger, 2003: 102, f. 1-14, 21 (f)

Rhitymna pinangensis Jäger, 2003: 103, f. 15-20 (Tmf from Olios)

Rhitymna pinangensis Jäger & Koh, 2011: 55, f. 1-5 (mf, S)

Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2003 | | China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039028

Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2003: 119, f. 75-82 (Df) Original description

Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2007: 56, f. 96-97 (f)

Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2019a: 448, f. 12-15, 20-25 (Dm)

Rhitymna plana Hu, Zhang & Zhong, 2025: 11, f. 6A-F, 8C-D (m)

Rhitymna pseudokumanga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029037

Isopeda pseudokumanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 297, f. 175a-e (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna pseudokumanga Jäger, 2003: 114 (Tm from Isopeda; cf. f. 53-58)

Rhitymna senckenbergi Jäger, 2019 | | Philippines (Negros) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050985

Rhitymna senckenbergi Jäger, 2019a: 458, f. 43-45, 59-60 (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna simplex Jäger, 2003 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039030

Rhitymna simplex Jäger, 2003: 122, f. 83-93 (Dmf) Original description

Rhitymna tangi Quan & Liu, 2012 | | China (Hainan), Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044637

Rhitymna tangi Quan & Liu, 2012: 62, f. 3A-C, 4A-E (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna tangi Jäger, 2019a: 447, f. 9-11 (Df)

Rhitymna tuhodnigra (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029041

Isopeda tuhodnigra Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 297, f. 176a-c (Dm) Original description

Rhitymna tuhodnigra Jäger, 2003: 114 (Tm from Isopeda; cf. f. 53-58)

Rhitymna verruca (Wang, 1991) | | China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029588

Thelcticopis verruca Wang, 1991c: 3, f. 1-4 (Dm; f = Olios sp. per Jäger, 2003: 107) Original description

Olios verruca Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 468, f. 269N (m, no explanation provided for generic placement; not f)

Olios verruca Jäger & Yin, 2001: 131 (T from Thelcticopis)

Rhitymna verruca Jäger, 2003: 106, f. 22-34 (m, Df, T from Olios)

Rhitymna xanthopus Simon, 1901 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029497

Rhitymna xanthopus Simon, 1901k: 65 (Df) Original description