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:

Mardonia Thorell, 1897 = Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 401, 505, sub Seramba)

Rhomalea L. Koch, 1873 = Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Simon, 1897a: 68, 72, preoccupied)

Seramba Thorell, 1887 = Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Jäger, 2005d: 57)

Themeropis L. Koch, 1875 = Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Karsch, 1884a: 65, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Themeropis L. Koch, 1875 -- see Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 - in Karsch, 1884a

Gen. Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02588
N.B.: replacement name for Themeropis L. Koch, 1875a: 699 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05203], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Pascoe, 1874; considered a synonym of Rhomalea L. Koch, 1873: 435 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06044] (type R. vasta L. Koch, 1873, preoccupied in Orthoptera by Serville, 1831) by Simon, 1897a: 68, 72; considered a senior synonym of Seramba Thorell, 1887: 253 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02576] (type S. picta Thorell, 1887) by Jäger, 2005d: 57; Seramba was transferred from the Liocranidae and considered a senior synonym of Mardonia Thorell, 1897a: 246 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05197] (type M. fasciata Thorell, 1897) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 401, 505; African species misplaced per Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170.

Transferred to other genera:

Thelcticopis pestai (Reimoser, 1939) -- see Decaphora

Thelcticopis verruca Wang, 1991 -- see Rhitymna

In synonymy:

Thelcticopis brevipes (Thorell, 1881) = Thelcticopis papuana Simon, 1880 (Roewer, 1955c: 687)

Thelcticopis japonica (Strand, 1906, T from Stasina) = Thelcticopis severa L. Koch, 1875 (Ono, 2009a: 592)

Thelcticopis jiulongensis Zhang & Kim, 1996 = Thelcticopis severa L. Koch, 1875 (Jäger & Yin, 2001: 131)

Thelcticopis maculifera (Dönitz & Strand, 1906, T from Stasina) = Thelcticopis severa L. Koch, 1875 (Ono, 2009a: 592)

Thelcticopis nigropicta (Pocock, 1899, T from Stasina) = Thelcticopis nalandica Karsch, 1892 (Pocock, 1900a: 270)

Nomina dubia:

Thelcticopis bifasciata (Thorell, 1891: 82, j, India/Nicobar Is., originally in Seramba) -- Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 333

Thelcticopis fasciata (Thorell, 1897: 247, j, Myanmar, originally in Mardonia) -- Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 334

Thelcticopis ajax Pocock, 1901 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029555
Thelcticopis ajax Pocock, 1901d: 488 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis ajax Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 304, f. 2A-E, 3A-E (f)
Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029556
Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935: 213, pl. 16, f. 146 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis ancorum Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 333 (incertae sedis)
Thelcticopis bicornuta Pocock, 1901 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029557
Thelcticopis bicornutus Pocock, 1901d: 489 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis bicornuta Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 307, f. 4A-F, 5A-D (m)
Thelcticopis birmanica Thorell, 1895 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058184
Thelcticopis birmanica Thorell, 1895b: 274 (Df)
Thelcticopis birmanica Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 307, f. 6A-D, 7A-E (f, removed from S of Thelcticopis canescens, rejecting Gravely, 1931: 245)
Thelcticopis biroi Kolosváry, 1934 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029558
Thelcticopis biroi Kolosváry, 1934d: 44, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis buu Logunov & Jäger, 2015 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048475
Thelcticopis buu Logunov & Jäger, 2015: 352, f. 24-28 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis canescens Simon, 1887 | | India (Andaman Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029559
Thelcticopis canescens Simon, 1887i: 103 (Dmf) Original description
Thelcticopis canescens Pocock, 1900a: 271
Thelcticopis canescens Gravely, 1931: 245, f. 7A-C (mf, doubtful S of Thelcticopis birmanica, accepted by Roewer, 1955c: 686, revalidated by Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 307)
Thelcticopis canescens Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 181, f. 44-49 (mf)
Thelcticopis celebesiana Merian, 1911 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029560
Thelcticopis celebesiana Merian, 1911: 268 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis chongzu Lin & Li, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059745
Thelcticopis chongzu Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2024a: 60, f. 51A-B, 52A-B, 53A-B, 54 (Dmf) Original description
Thelcticopis convoluticola Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029561
Thelcticopis convoluticola Strand, 1911d: 162, pl. 5, f. 61 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis cuneissignata Chrysanthus, 1965 | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029562
Thelcticopis cuneissignata Chrysanthus, 1965a: 349, f. 7-8, 10, 71 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis cuneisignata Brignoli, 1983c: 596 (lapsus)
Thelcticopis dahanensis Zhu & Zhong, 2020 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051910
Thelcticopis dahanensis Zhu & Zhong in Zhu, Lin & Zhong, 2020: 107, f. 1A-H (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis flavipes Pocock, 1897 | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029563
Thelcticopis flavipes Pocock, 1897c: 621, pl. 26, f. 25 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis folia Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042868
Thelcticopis folia Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 48, f. 106-113 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis goramensis (Thorell, 1881) | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029564
Themeropis goramensis Thorell, 1881: 269 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis goramensis Roewer, 1955c: 687
Thelcticopis hercules Pocock, 1901 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029565
Thelcticopis hercules Pocock, 1901d: 487 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis hercules Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 312, f. 8A-E, 9A-D (f)
Thelcticopis humilithorax (Simon, 1909) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029502
Seramba humilithorax Simon, 1909f: 342 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis humilithorax Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170, f. 27-33 (f)
Thelcticopis humilithorax Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis huyoplata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029566
Thelcticopis huyoplata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 285, f. 168a-g (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis insularis (Karsch, 1881) | | Micronesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029567
Rhomalea insularis Karsch, 1881b: 15 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis insularis Roewer, 1955c: 687
Thelcticopis kaparanganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029569
Thelcticopis kaparanganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 290, f. 171a-e (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis karnyi Reimoser, 1929 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029570
Thelcticopis karnyi Reimoser, 1929a: 128, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis kianganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029571
Thelcticopis kianganensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 287, f. 169a-e (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi Ahmed, Sumukha, Khalap, Mohan & Jadhav, 2015 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048186
Thelcticopis kirankhalapi Ahmed et al., 2015e: 11, f. 1-3, 4A-B (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis klossi Reimoser, 1929 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029572
Thelcticopis klossi Reimoser, 1929a: 127, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis luctuosa (Doleschall, 1859) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029573
Drassus luctuosus Doleschall, 1859: 6, pl. 13, f. 8 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis luctuosa Simon, 1897a: 70
Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029574
Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906c: 295, f. 2 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis maindroni Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 184, f. 50-51 (m)
Thelcticopis modesta Thorell, 1890 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029575
Thelcticopis modesta Thorell, 1890d: 329 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis modesta Reimoser, 1929a: 125, f. 1, 3 (f)
Thelcticopis modesta Gravely, 1931: 246, f. 7D (f)
Thelcticopis moesta (Doleschall, 1859) | | Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029576
Drassus moestus Doleschall, 1859: 7, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis moesta Simon, 1897a: 70
Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2007 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041799
Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2007: 42, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Jäger, Sudhikumar & Tripathi, 2022: 626, f. 16-21, 31-34, 44-45 (Dmf)
Thelcticopis moolampilliensis Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 314, f. 1A-B, 10A-D, 11A-F, 12A-D (mf)
Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029544
Stasina nalandica Karsch, 1892: 293, pl. 11, f. 15 (Dmf) Original description
Stasina nigropicta Pocock, 1899d: 753 (Dm; misprinted nigropiata, see Pocock, 1900a: 270) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053914]
Thelcticopis nalandica Pocock, 1900a: 270 (T from Stasina, S of Stasina nigropicta)
Stasina nalandica Roewer, 1955c: 685
Thelcticopis nalandica Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 316, f. 13A-D, 14A-L (mf, T from Stasina)
Thelcticopis nigrocephala Merian, 1911 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029577
Thelcticopis nigrocephala Merian, 1911: 270 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis ochracea Pocock, 1898 | | Papua New Guinea (New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029578
Thelcticopis ochracea Pocock, 1898j: 114, pl. 10, f. 11 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis orichalcea (Simon, 1880) | | Thailand, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029579
Themeropis orichalcea Simon, 1880a: 336 (Dm) Original description
Themeropis orichalcea van Hasselt, 1882: 40, pl. 5, f. 3-5 (m)
Thelcticopis silagensis Thorell, 1890a: 34 (new name for T. orichalcea sensu van Hasselt, 1882: 40)
Thelcticopis orichalcea Thorell, 1892a: 44 (Df, confirming van Hasselt's record as orichalcea)
Thelcticopis orichalcea Simon, 1897a: 68, f. 60
Thelcticopis orichalcea Ng et al., 2022: 2, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 4A-B, 5A-D, 6A-C (mf)
Thelcticopis papuana (Simon, 1880) | | Indonesia (New Guinea), Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029580
Themeropis papuana Simon, 1880a: 338 (Df) Original description
Themeropis brevipes Thorell, 1881: 271 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058412]
Rhomalea papuana Simon, 1896a: 349 (Dm)
Thelcticopis papuana Simon, 1897a: 68, f. 62-63 (m)
Thelticopis brevipes Järvi, 1912: 48, f. 39, pl. 2, f. 10, pl. 3, f. 1-3 (lapsus, f)
Thelticopis brevipes Järvi, 1914: 154, f. 83-86 (lapsus, m)
Thelcticopis papuana Roewer, 1955c: 687 (S of Thelticopis brevipes)
Thelcticopis brevipes Bonnet, 1959: 4420
Thelcticopis paripes (Karsch, 1879) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029545
Themeropis paripes Karsch, 1879d: 559, pl. 7, f. 7 (Dm) Original description
Stasina paripes Karsch, 1892: 293
Thelcticopis paripes Pocock, 1900a: 271
Stasina paripes Roewer, 1955c: 685
Thelcticopis paripes Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 318, f. 15A-D (m, T from Stasina)
Thelcticopis pennata (Simon, 1901) | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029503
Seramba pennata Simon, 1901k: 66 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis pennatus Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis picta (Thorell, 1887) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029505
Seramba picta Thorell, 1887: 254 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis pictus Pocock, 1900a: 271
Seramba picta Roewer, 1955c: 684
Thelcticopis pictus Jäger, 2005d: 57, f. 1-5 (f, T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis picta Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 322, f. 16A-G (f)
Thelcticopis pinmini Cai & Zhong, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053242
Thelcticopis pinmini Cai & Zhong in Cai, Lin & Zhong, 2021: 3, f. 1A-E, 2A-C, 3A-E, 4A-D (Dmf) Original description
Thelcticopis quadrimunita (Strand, 1911) | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029506
Seramba quadrimunita Strand, 1911e: 14 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis quadrimunitus Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis rubristernis Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029581
Thelcticopis rubristernis Strand, 1911d: 161, pl. 5, f. 60 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029582
Thelcticopis rufulus Pocock, 1901d: 488 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis rufula Reimoser, 1934b: 486 (Df)
Thelcticopis rufula Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 323, f. 17A-G, 18A-E (m; Thelcticopis sp. f, f. 19A-B, sub rufula by Reimoser, 1934b: 486, could be a misidentified, unknown species of Thelcticopis)
Thelcticopis sagittata (Hogg, 1915) | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029507
Seramba sagittata Hogg, 1915a: 476, f. 35 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis sagittatus Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis salomonum (Strand, 1913) | | Papua New Guinea (Buka Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029508
Seramba salomonum Strand, 1913d: 119 (Dm) Original description
Seramba salomonum Strand, 1915d: 250, pl. 18, f. 90 (m)
Thelcticopis salomonum Jäger, 2005d: 57 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis scaura (Simon, 1909) | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029509
Seramba scaurus Simon, 1909f: 341 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis scaurus Jäger, 2005d: 58 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029583
Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1907b: 561 (Dmf) Original description
Thelcticopis serambiformis Strand, 1909f: 31, pl. 2, f. 33 (mf)
Thelcticopis serambiformis Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 326, f. 20A-B (m)
Thelcticopis severa (L. Koch, 1875) | | Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029584
Themeropis severa L. Koch, 1875a: 699, pl. 60, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis severa Simon, 1897a: 72
Thelcticopis severa Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 276, pl. 6, f. 65, pl. 14, f. 443 (f, Dm)
Stasina japonica Strand in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 278, pl. 13, f. 310 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029538]
Stasina maculifera Dönitz & Strand in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 286, pl. 6, f. 77 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029542]
Thelcticopis severa Saito, 1959: 121, f. 153a-b (f)
Thelcticopis severa Yaginuma, 1986a: 198, f. 110.2 (f)
Thelcticopis severa Hu & Ru, 1988: 93, f. 1-5 (m)
Thelcticopis severa Chikuni, 1989b: 131, f. 5 (mf)
Theleticopes jiulongensis Zhang & Kim, 1996: 79, f. 10-15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029568]
Theleticopes severa Zhang & Kim, 1996: 80, f. 16-21 (f)
Thelcticopis jiulongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 469, f. 270L (f)
Thelcticopis severa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 469, f. 270Q (m)
Thelcticopis severa Jäger & Yin, 2001: 131 (S of Thelcticopis jiulongensis)
Thelcticopis severa Namkung, 2002: 501, f. 40.5a (f)
Thelcticopis severa Namkung, 2003: 504, f. 40.5a (f)
Thelcticopis severa Ono, 2009a: 475, f. 54-57 (mf)
Thelcticopis severa Ono, 2009a: 592 (S of Stasina japonica and S. maculifera)
Thelcticopis severa Yin et al., 2012: 1243, f. 667a-f (f)
Thelcticopis severa Zhu, Lin & Zhong, 2020: 109, f. 2A-H, 3A-F (mf)
Thelcticopis simplerta Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029585
Thelcticopis simplerta Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 288, f. 170a-e (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029586
Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935: 212, pl. 16, f. 141-145 (Dmf) Original description
Thelcticopis telonotata Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 333 (incertae sedis)
Thelcticopis truculenta Karsch, 1884 | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029510
Thelcticopis truculenta Karsch, 1884a: 65, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Seramba truculenta Simon, 1909f: 340 (Dm)
Thelcticopis truculentus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170, f. 24-26 (f)
Thelcticopis truculentus Jäger, 2005d: 58 (T from Seramba)
Thelcticopis unciformis Zhu & Zhong, 2020 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051911
Thelcticopis unciformis Zhu & Zhong in Zhu, Lin & Zhong, 2020: 112, f. 4A-G (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis vasta (L. Koch, 1873) | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029587
Rhomalea vasta L. Koch, 1873: 435, pl. 34, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Thelcticopis vasta Simon, 1897a: 68, 72 (T from Rhomalea)
Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029589
Thelcticopis virescens Pocock, 1901d: 488 (Dm) Original description
Thelcticopis virescens Sankaran, Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 328, f. 1C-F, 21A-F, 22A-F, 23A-D, 24A-D (m, Df)
Thelcticopis zhengi Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043336
Thelcticopis zhengi Liu, Li & Jäger, 2010: 60, f. 2A-B, 3A-G, 4A-G (Dmf) Original description

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