Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: Includes Aphantochilidae as "a subfamily related to the Strophiinae" (Ono, 1988c: 217-218, after Homann, 1975: 184; see also Benjamin, 2011: 8 and Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73). Separation of Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004 (Wunderlich, 2004m: 1738, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here. Lehtinen, 2016 splits the family into five families, i.e. Thomisidae s. str., Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004, Stephanopidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, Stiphropidae Simon, 1886 [sub Stiphropodidae; for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 170] and Bomidae Simon, 1886 [for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 173]; because of lack of a phylogenetic analysis and partly unclear limitations this splitting is not accepted; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.

In synonymy:

Cryptoceroides Piza, 1937 = Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1964: 418)

Gen. Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02631
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides Piza, 1937b: 312 by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1964: 418 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05617] (type C. cryptocerophagum Piza, 1937 = Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871), but not of Bucranium O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (contra Benjamin, 2011: 11), by Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73.

Transferred to other genera:

Aphantochilus taurifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) -- see Bucranium

In synonymy:

Aphantochilus cryptocerophagus (Piza, 1937) = Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 47)

Aphantochilus cambridgei Canals, 1933 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030155
Aphantochilus cambridgei Canals, 1933b: 8, f. 6-10 (Dmf) Original description
Cryptoceroides cambridgei Piza, 1937a: 313
Aphantochilus inermipes Simon, 1929 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030156
Aphantochilus inermipes Simon in Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 13 (Dm) Original description
Aphantochilus inermipes Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73, f. 15D, 17A-B (m, f. f)
Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 | | Panama to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030157
Aphantochilus rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871b: 744, pl. 44, f. 10 (Df) Original description
Aphantochilus rogersi Simon, 1895a: 958, f. 1028-1030, 1032 (f)
Cryptoceroides cryptocerophagum Piza, 1937a: 313, pl. 2, f. 6-7 (Dmf)
Aphantochilus rogersi Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 47 (Sm)
Aphantochilus rogersi Benjamin, 2011: 11, f. 7B, 10A-E, 11A-F, 12A-D, 13A-F, 14A-F (mf)
Aphantochilus rogersi Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73, f. 7A, D, F, 9E, 10A, 11A, G, 12A, 13A, I, L, 14A, 15A, 17C (mf)
Aphantochilus rogersi Ramírez, 2014: 224, f. 152F (m)

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