World Spider Catalog

Synotaxidae Simon, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: originally as Synotaxeae Simon, 1894a: 494 (based on a generic nomen nudum), genus and family name in fact validated by the description of Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1895g: 131; for a diagnosis and discussions of subfamilies, limits, and relationships, see Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990; with exception of Synotaxus, all other genera transferred from the Synotaxidae to the Physoglenidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 24; four genera transferred from the Theridiidae (Tekellina) and Nesticidae (Gaucelmus, Hamus, Nescina; confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 344) to the Synotaxidae by Ramírez et al., 2022: 81.

Gen. Synotaxus Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00650

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Synotaxidae by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 96.

In synonymy:

Synotaxus anomalus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) = Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1895 (Exline & Levi, 1965: 179)

Synotaxus pupularum Exline & Levi, 1965 = Synotaxus monoceros Caporiacco, 1947 (Agnarsson, 2003: 726)

Synotaxus uncatus Simon, 1895 = Synotaxus longicaudatus Keyserling, 1891 (Exline & Levi, 1965: 181)

Synotaxus wallsi Exline, 1950 = Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1895 (Exline & Levi, 1965: 179)

Synotaxus bonaldoi Santos & Rheims, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039754

Synotaxus bonaldoi Santos & Rheims, 2005: 5, f. 2, 7-10 (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus brescoviti Santos & Rheims, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039755

Synotaxus brescoviti Santos & Rheims, 2005: 2, f. 1, 3-6 (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus ecuadorensis Exline, 1950 | | Costa Rica to Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006538

Synotaxus ecuadorensis Exline, 1950a: 120, 3, 13 (Dm) Original description

Synotaxus ecuadorensis Exline & Levi, 1965: 182, f. 22-27 (m, Df)

Synotaxus itabaiana Santos & Rheims, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039756

Synotaxus itabaiana Santos & Rheims, 2005: 9, f. 15-18 (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus jaraguari Souza, Brescovit & Araujo, 2017 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049515

Synotaxus jaraguari Souza, Brescovit & Araujo, 2017: 141, f. 1, 2A-F, 3A-D, 4A-D (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus leticia Exline & Levi, 1965 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006539

Synotaxus leticia Exline & Levi, 1965: 183, f. 33-34 (Dm) Original description

Synotaxus longicaudatus (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006540

Argyrodes longicaudatus Keyserling, 1891: 209, pl. 8, f. 150 (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus uncatus Simon, 1894a: 495, f. 495-497 (nomen nudum)

Synotaxus uncatus Simon, 1895g: 131 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055831]

Synotaxus longicaudatus Exline & Levi, 1965: 181, f. 16-21 (mf, S of Synotaxus uncatus)

Synotaxus monoceros (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006541

Argyrodina monoceros Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 (Dm) Original description

Conopistha monoceros Caporiacco, 1948a: 649, f. 57-59 (m, T from Argyrodina = Argyrodes)

Synotaxus pupularum Exline & Levi, 1965: 183, f. 28-29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006542]

Synotaxus monoceros Exline & Levi, 1965: 184, f. 30-32 (m, T from Conopistha = Argyrodes)

Synotaxus monoceros Agnarsson, 2003: 726, f. 2A-F, 3A-I, 5F, 6B, D (mf, S of Synotaxus pupularum)

Synotaxus monoceros Agnarsson, 2004: 516, f. 1A-B, 89C (m)

Synotaxus monoceros Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 242, f. 98f-g (m)

Synotaxus monoceros Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 384, f. 189-190, 197 (m)

Synotaxus siolii Santos & Rheims, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039757

Synotaxus siolii Santos & Rheims, 2005: 7, f. 11-14 (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1895 | | Panama to Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006543

Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1894a: 495 (nomen nudum)

Synotaxus turbinatus Simon, 1895g: 131 (Dm) Original description

Rhomphaea anomala Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 41, pl. 10, f. 80 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055830]

Synotaxus anomalus Exline, 1950a: 111 (T from Rhomphaea = Argyrodes)

Synotaxus wallsi Exline, 1950a: 121, 2, 9-12 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055832]

Synotaxus turbinatus Exline & Levi, 1965: 179, f. 1-15 (mf, S of Synotaxus anomalus and S. wallsi)

Synotaxus turbinatus Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 96, f. 333-335, 378 (m)

Synotaxus turbinatus Coddington, 1990: 18, f. 89 (m)

Synotaxus turbinatus Griswold et al., 1998: 70, f. 19C (m)

Synotaxus waiwai Agnarsson, 2003 | | Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038509

Synotaxus waiwai Agnarsson, 2003: 731, f. 2G-M, 4A-I, 5A-E, G-H, 6A, C (Dmf) Original description

Synotaxus waiwai Agnarsson, 2004: 516, f. 1C-D (m)

Synotaxus waiwai Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 384, f. 191 (m)