World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Symphytognathidae and Mysmenidae by Wunderlich, 1986, but rejected by Wunderlich, 2011: 512; considered a senior synonym of Micropholcommatidae by Schütt, 2003: 133 and Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316, re-elevation to family level by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); considered a senior synonym of Holarchaeidae [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0108] by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 240 (confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 342); the family name "Hawkeswoodidae", proposed by Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 1, is a nomen nudum that does not refer to a generic name (Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 17; see Pseudanapis); the family status of the Comaromidae Wunderlich, 2004h: 1034 (described as subfamily and elevated to family by Wunderlich, 2011: 512, confirmed by Wunderlich, 2023: 22 and Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).

Gen. Chasmocephalon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00756

Transferred to other genera:

Chasmocephalon armatum Forster, 1951 -- see Zealanapis

Chasmocephalon australe Forster, 1951 -- see Zealanapis

Chasmocephalon bimaculatum Simon, 1895 -- see Metanapis

Chasmocephalon conicum Forster, 1951 -- see Zealanapis

Chasmocephalon crassifemoralis Wunderlich, 1976 -- see Maxanapis

Chasmocephalon insulum Forster, 1951 -- see Paranapis

Chasmocephalon minutum Hickman, 1943 -- see Hickmanapis

Chasmocephalon shantzi Gertsch, 1960 -- see Gertschanapis

Chasmocephalon spinipes Forster, 1951 -- see Novanapis

Chasmocephalon acheron Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009087

Chasmocephalon acheron Platnick & Forster, 1989: 124, f. 348, 363-366 (Dmf) Original description

Chasmocephalon alfred Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009088

Chasmocephalon alfred Platnick & Forster, 1989: 126, f. 349, 370-374 (Dmf) Original description

Chasmocephalon eungella Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009089

Chasmocephalon eungella Platnick & Forster, 1989: 126, f. 367-369 (Dm) Original description

Chasmocephalon flinders Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009090

Chasmocephalon flinders Platnick & Forster, 1989: 129, f. 376, 383-384 (Dmf) Original description

Chasmocephalon iluka Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Eastern Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009091

Chasmocephalon iluka Platnick & Forster, 1989: 130, f. 377, 385-393 (Dmf) Original description

Chasmocephalon neglectum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009092

Chasmocephalon neglectum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889a: 45, pl. 2, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Chasmocephalon neglectum Platnick & Forster, 1989: 134, f. 394-397 (f)

Chasmocephalon pemberton Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009093

Chasmocephalon pemberton Platnick & Forster, 1989: 127, f. 375, 379-381 (Dmf) Original description

Chasmocephalon tingle Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009094

Chasmocephalon tingle Platnick & Forster, 1989: 133, f. 378 (Df) Original description