World Spider Catalog

Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: ranked as a family by Forster & Wilton, 1973: 128, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 331, who placed the group as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae; see notes under Bakala and Manjala (Desidae); Neolanidae Forster & Wilton, 1973 considered a junior synonym of Amphinectidae by Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 66; transfer of Holomamoea and Huara to Cicurinidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) as well as transfer of the former Neolanidae to the Amaurobiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; the former Neolanidae transferred from the Amphinectidae to the Stiphididiae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 608 and six genera (Baiami, Barahna, Cambridgea, Corasoides, Ischalea, Nanocambridgea) transferred from the Stiphididiae to the Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; included genera listed by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

In synonymy:

Amarara Marples, 1959 = Stiphidion Simon, 1902 (Lehtinen, 1967: 211)

Gen. Stiphidion Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01761

N.B.: Stiphidium is an invalid emendation; transferred from the Psechridae to the Stiphidiinae by Lehtinen, 1967: 265; considered a senior synonym of Amarara Marples, 1959b: 354 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04909] (type A. fera Marples, 1959 = Stiphidion facetum), transferred from the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 211.

In synonymy:

Stiphidion fera (Marples, 1959, T from Amarara) = Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 (Lehtinen, 1967: 211)

Stiphidion adornatum Davies, 1988 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020323

Stiphidion adornatum Davies, 1988a: 267, f. 10-12, 18, 23 (Dmf) Original description

Stiphidion diminutum Davies, 1988 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020324

Stiphidion diminutum Davies, 1988a: 267, f. 7-9, 17, 22 (Dmf) Original description

Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 | | Australia. Introduced to New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020325

Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902c: 242 (Dj) Original description

Amarara fera Marples, 1959b: 354, f. III.8, 12 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058280]

Stiphidion facetum Lehtinen, 1967: 265, f. 112 (m, S of Amarara fera)

Stiphidion facetum Hickman, 1967: 36, f. 56-58 (mf)

Stiphidion facetum Forster & Wilton, 1973: 132, f. 397-402 (mf)

Stiphidion facetum Davies, 1988a: 265, f. 1-6, 16, 20-21, 24 (mf)

Stiphidion facetum Davies, 1998a: 212, f. 5 (m)

Stiphidion facetum Griswold et al., 2005: 40, f. 179E-F, 189A (m)

Stiphidion facetum Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 236, f. 95a-f (mf)

Stiphidion facetum Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 78, f. 48.9-10 (m)

Stiphidion facetum Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 143, f. 10C, 11E, 14A, 18D (m)

Stiphidion raveni Davies, 1988 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020326

Stiphidion raveni Davies, 1988a: 267, f. 13-15, 19, 25 (Dmf) Original description