World Spider Catalog

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:

Paronocolus Mello-Leitão, 1929 = Onocolus Simon, 1895 (Lise, 1981a: 8)

Gen. Onocolus Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02709

type Thomisus echinatus Taczanowski, 1872: gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Paronocolus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 79 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05745] (type P. intermedius Mello-Leitão, 1929) by Lise, 1981a: 8; the spelling Onoculus in Brignoli, 1983c: 605 is a lapsus.

Transferred to other genera:

Onocolus granulatus Bryant, 1940 -- see Rejanellus

Onocolus pallescens Bryant, 1940 -- see Rejanellus

Onocolus stolzmanni (Keyserling, 1880) -- see Tmarus

Onocolus venustus Bryant, 1948 -- see Rejanellus

In synonymy:

Onocolus episcopus Mello-Leitão, 1934 = Onocolus intermedius (Mello-Leitão, 1929) (Lise, 1981a: 39, who inexplicably used the younger name)

Onocolus mendax B. A. M. Soares & H. E. M. Soares, 1946 = Onocolus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Lise, 1981a: 49)

Onocolus sexpunctatus (Taczanowski, 1872, T from Thomisus) = Onocolus echinatus (Taczanowski, 1872) (Keyserling, 1880: 189, sub Stephanopis)

Onocolus ankeri Teixeira & Machado, 2019 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051381

Onocolus ankeri Teixeira & Machado, 2019: 188, f. 1A-F (Df) Original description

Onocolus biocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1948 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030780

Onocolus biocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1948: 178, f. 20 (Df) Original description

Onocolus biocellatus Lise, 1981a: 11, f. 6-11 (f)

Onocolus compactilis Simon, 1895 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030781

Onocolus compactilis Simon, 1895b: 441 (Dmf) Original description

Onocolus compactilis Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 69, f. 146-147 (mf)

Onocolus compactilis Lise, 1981a: 15, f. 12-26 (mf)

Onocolus echinatus (Taczanowski, 1872) | | Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030782 TYPE SPECIES

Thomisus echinatus Taczanowski, 1872: 97 (Dmf) Original description

Thomisus sexpunctatus Taczanowski, 1872: 101 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067286]

Stephanopis echinatus Keyserling, 1880: 189, pl. 4, f. 104 (f, S of Thomisus sexpunctatus)

Onocolus echinatus Simon, 1895a: 1053

Onocolus echinatus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 77, f. 171-174 (mf)

Onocolus echinatus Lise, 1981a: 20, f. 27-41 (mf)

Onocolus echinicaudus Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030783

Onocolus echinicauda Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 70, f. 148-153 (Dmf) Original description

Onocolus echinicauda Lise, 1981a: 28, f. 42-57 (mf)

Onocolus echinurus Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030784

Onocolus echinurus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 76, f. 169-170 (Df) Original description

Onocolus echinurus Lise, 1981a: 36, f. 58-63 (f)

Onocolus eloaeus Lise, 1980 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030785

Onocolus eloaeus Lise, 1980b: 150, f. 1-9 (Dm) Original description

Onocolus eloaeus Viecelli et al., 2026: 373, f. 2A-E, 3A-C (Df)

Onocolus garruchus Lise, 1979 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030786

Onocolus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 72, f. 159-161 (m; misidentified per Lise, 1981a: 65)

Onocolus garruchus Lise, 1979a: 68, f. 1-15 (Dmf) Original description

Onocolus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030788

Onocolus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 75, f. 167-168 (Df) Original description

Onocolus granulosus Lise, 1981a: 46, f. 79-84 (f)

Onocolus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030789

Onocolus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 250 (Df) Original description

Onocolus mendax Soares & Soares, 1946: 62, f. 10-12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055963]

Onocolus infelix Lise, 1981a: 49, f. 85-99 (mf, S of Onocolus mendax)

Onocolus infelix Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2017: 454, f. S2D, S9E, S11E (m)

Onocolus intermedius (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030790

Paronocolus intermedius Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 79, f. 41 (Dm) Original description

Onocolus episcopus Mello-Leitão, 1934b: 48, pl. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055962]

Onocolus episcopus Lise, 1981a: 39, f. 64-78 (Dm, f, S of Onocolus episcopus, inexplicably used the younger name instead of intermedius)

Onocolus intermedius Machado & Teixeira, 2021: 299, f. 9c, 21c (m)

Onocolus latiductus Lise, 1980 | | South America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030791

Onocolus latiductus Lise, 1980a: 37, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description

Onocolus mitralis Lise, 1979 | | Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030792

Onocolus mitralis Lise, 1979b: 487, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Onocolus onete Viecelli, Daros, Labarque & Teixeira, 2026 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067282

Onocolus onete Viecelli et al., 2026: 371, f. 1A-E, 3D-E (Dm) Original description

Onocolus pentagonus (Keyserling, 1880) | | Panama, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030794

Stephanopis pentagona Keyserling, 1880: 185, pl. 4, f. 102 (Dm) Original description

Onocolus pentagonus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 160, pl. 10, f. 35-36 (m, Df)

Onocolus pentagonus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 74, f. 164-166 (mf)

Onocolus pentagonus Lise, 1981a: 55, f. 100-114 (mf)

Onocolus perditus Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030795

Onocolus perditus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 71, f. 154-156 (Dm) Original description

Onocolus perditus Lise, 1981a: 62, f. 115-123 (m)

Onocolus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1915 | | Brazil, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030796

Onocolus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1915b: 144 (Df) Original description

Onocolus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 72, f. 162-163 (f; m f. 159-161 see Onocolus garruchus)

Onocolus simoni Lise, 1981a: 65, f. 124-129 (f)

Onocolus trifolius Mello-Leitão, 1929 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030797

Onocolus trifolius Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 72, f. 157-158 (Df) Original description

Onocolus trifolius Lise, 1981a: 69, f. 130-135 (f)