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:

Parastrophius Mello-Leitão, 1917 = Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880 (Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 455, sub Synstrophius)

Synstrophius Mello-Leitão, 1925 = Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880 (Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 74)

Gen. Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02646
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Synstrophius Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 455 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02767] by Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 74; Synstrophius is a replacement name for Parastrophius Mello-Leitão, 1917b: 10 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04914] (type P. blanci Mello-Leitão, 1917), preoccupied by Simon, 1903l: 123.

Transferred to other genera:

Ceraarachne muricata (Mello-Leitão, 1942) -- see Ulocymus

Ceraarachne blanci (Mello-Leitão, 1917) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031354
Parastrophius blanci Mello-Leitão, 1917b: 11 (Dm) Original description
Synstrophius blanci Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 455 (generic replacement name)
Synstrophius blanci Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 28, f. 22 (m)
Ceraarachne blanci Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 74, f. 8E, 9D, 10D, 11E, H, 12G-H, 16C, 18H (m, f. f)
Ceraarachne germaini Simon, 1886 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030216
Cerarachne germaini Simon, 1886b: 167 (Dm) Original description
Cerarachne germaini Simon, 1895a: 963, f. 1036-1037
Cerarachne germaini Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 20 (Df)
Ceraarachne goyannensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030217
Cerarachne goyannensis Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 22 (Dm) Original description
Ceraarachne varia Keyserling, 1880 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030218
Ceraarachne varia Keyserling, 1880: 192, pl. 4, f. 106 (Dm) Original description
Ceraarachne varia Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 74, f. 8D, H, 10C, 13C, H, J, M, 14D, 18A, D, G (m)

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