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:

Microcyllus Thorell, 1892 = Talaus Simon, 1886 (Thorell, 1895b: 312)

Gen. Talaus Simon, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02771

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Microcyllus Thorell, 1892a: 119 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04661] (type Talaus elegans Thorell, 1890) by Thorell, 1895b: 312.

In synonymy:

Talaus xiphosus Zhu & Ono, 2007 = Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886 (Li et al., 2024a: 204)

Talaus beccarii Benjamin, 2020 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052337

Talaus beccarii Benjamin, 2020: 406, f. 1A-F (Dmf) Original description

Talaus dulongjiang Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041819

Talaus dulongjiang Tang et al., 2008c: 63, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Talaus dulongjiang Li et al., 2024a: 197, f. 1A-F, 2A-D (mf)

Talaus elegans Thorell, 1890 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031360

Talaus elegans Thorell, 1890c: 154 (Df) Original description

Microcyllus elegans Thorell, 1892a: 119

Talaus elegans Benjamin, 2020: 415 (probably S of T. triangulifer)

Talaus limbatus Simon, 1895 | j | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031361

Talaus limbatus Simon, 1895b: 434 (Dj) Original description

Talaus limbatus Benjamin, 2020: 406 (probably misplaced in this genus)

Talaus limbatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020w: 29, 2 f. (m [undescribed] habitus]

Talaus nanus Thorell, 1890 | | Myanmar, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031362

Talaus nanus Thorell, 1890c: 154 (Df) Original description

Microcyllus nanus Thorell, 1892a: 121

Talaus nanus Thorell, 1895b: 312 (Dm)

Talaus nanus Benjamin, 2020: 407, f. 2A-B,G-K, 3A-E, 4A-D (mf)

Talaus niger Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041820

Talaus niger Tang et al., 2008c: 65, f. 13-23 (Dmf) Original description

Talaus niger Li et al., 2024a: 198, f. 3A-D (f)

Talaus oblitus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031363

Talaus oblitus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 526, pl. 30, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Talaus oblitus Benjamin, 2020: 411, f. 2D, 5A-B (m)

Talaus opportunus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031364

Thomisus opportunus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873d: 120, pl. 13, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Talaus opportunus Simon, 1895a: 997 (T from Thomisus; f. 1061 see Talaus semicastaneus)

Talaus opportunus Benjamin, 2020: 411, f. 2E-F, 6A-D (mf)

Talaus samchi Ono, 2001 | | Bhutan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038192

Talaus samchi Ono, 2001b: 210, f. 9-13 (Dmf) Original description

Talaus semicastaneus Simon, 1909 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031365

Talaus opportunus Simon, 1895a: 997, f. 1061 (mf; misidentified per Zhu & Ono, 2007a: 83)

Talaus semicastaneus Simon, 1909e: 128 (Dj) Original description

Talaus sulcus Tang & Li, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043698

Talaus sulcus Tang & Li, 2010b: 93, f. 71A-D, 72A-F, 73A-D (Dmf) Original description

Talaus sulcus Li et al., 2024a: 201, f. 4A-E, 5A-E (f)

Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886 | | China, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031366

Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886b: 172 (Df) Original description

Talaus xiphosus Zhu & Ono, 2007b: 81, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041325]

Talaus triangulifer Benjamin, 2020: 414, f. 2C,H-J, 4E, 7A-B (Dm, f)

Talaus xiphosus Benjamin, 2020: 415 (probably S of T. triangulifer)

Talaus triangulifer Li et al., 2024a: 204, f. 6A-G, 7A-E (mf, S of Talaus xiphosus)

Talaus yuyang Yao & Liu, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059866

Talaus yuyang Yao & Liu in Li et al., 2024a: 206, f. 8A-G, 9A-E, 11A-B (Dmf) Original description

Talaus zhangjiangkou Yao & Liu, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059867

Talaus zhangjiangkou Yao & Liu in Li et al., 2024a: 208, f. 10A-G (Dm) Original description