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.
Gen. Heriaesynaema Caporiacco, 1939 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02679
type Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939; gender neuter
Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030428 TYPE SPECIES
Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939a: 368, f. 20 (Dj; adult f per Berdondini & Whitman, 2003: 142 and Marusik, 2025b: 437) Original description
Heriaesynaema flavipes Sherwood, 2024b: 214 (immature, species inquirenda)
Heriaesynaema flavipes Marusik, 2025b: 437, f. 1A-C (f)

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