World Spider Catalog

Uloboridae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Ponella Opell, 1979 = Philoponella Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Grismado, 2004b: 298)

Gen. Philoponella Mello-Leitão, 1917 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03363

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Uloborus Latreille, 1806, by Lehtinen, 1967: 258; considered a senior synonym of Ponella Opell, 1979: 515 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03365] (type Uloborus lactescens Mello-Leitão, 1947) by Grismado, 2004b: 298.

Transferred to other genera:

Philoponella xiamenensis Xie, Peng, Zhang, Gong & Kim, 1997 -- see Zosis

In synonymy:

Philoponella abstrusa (Gertsch & Davis, 1942, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella semiplumosa Simon, 1893 (Opell, 1979: 534)

Philoponella amazonica (Mello-Leitão, 1949, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella vittata Keyserling, 1881 (Opell, 1979: 539)

Philoponella angolensis remyi (Berland & Millot, 1940, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella angolensis Lessert, 1933 (Benoit, 1972a: 181, sub Uloborus)

Philoponella communalis (Franganillo, 1926, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella semiplumosa Simon, 1893 (Franganillo, 1936b: 82, sub Uloborus variegatus)

Philoponella cuminamensis (Mello-Leitão, 1930, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella republicana Simon, 1891 (Opell, 1979: 524)

Philoponella lactescens (Mello-Leitão, 1947) = Philoponella fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1917 (Grismado, 2004b: 298)

Philoponella mundior (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936, T from Zosis) = Philoponella republicana Simon, 1891 (Opell, 1979: 524)

Philoponella semiargentea (Simon, 1893) = Philoponella vittata Keyserling, 1881 (Opell, 1979: 539)

Philoponella servula (Simon, 1893) = Philoponella vittata Keyserling, 1881 (Opell, 1979: 539)

Philoponella socialis (Hingston, 1932, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella republicana Simon, 1891 (Mello-Leitão, 1948: 152, sub Uloborus)

Philoponella tristis (Kulczyński, 1908, T from Uloborus) = Philoponella raffrayi Simon, 1891 (Lehtinen, 1967: 258)

Philoponella variegata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) = Philoponella semiplumosa Simon, 1893 (Opell, 1979: 534)

Philoponella alata Lin & Li, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041633

Philoponella alata Lin & Li, 2008a: 260, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella angolensis (Lessert, 1933) | | Ivory Coast, Angola, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006315

Uloborus angolensis Lessert, 1933: 87, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Uloborus angolensis remyi Berland & Millot, 1940: 154, f. 7A-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056054]

Philoponella angolensis Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (T from Uloborus)

Uloborus angolensis Benoit, 1972a: 181 (S of Uloborus angolensis remyi)

Philoponella angolensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020s: 15, 5 f. (mf)

Philoponella arizonica (Gertsch, 1936) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006316

Uloborus arizonicus Gertsch, 1936a: 2, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Uloborus arizonicus Muma & Gertsch, 1964: 35, f. 62-65, 71 (m, Df)

Philoponella arizonica Opell, 1979: 538, f. 245, 259-263 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella arizonica Roth, 1985: B46-3, f. 6-7 (mf)

Philoponella arizonica Roth, 1994: 192, f. 6 (f)

Philoponella arizonica Jiménez et al., 2018: 8, f. 25-26 (f)

Philoponella bella Opell, 1979 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006317

Philoponella bella Opell, 1979: 545, f. 287-288 (Df) Original description

Philoponella collina (Keyserling, 1883) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006318

Uloborus collinus Keyserling, 1883a: 212, pl. 15, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Philoponella collina Opell, 1981: 226, f. 26-28 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella congregabilis (Rainbow, 1916) | | Australia. Introduced to New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006319

Uloborus congregabilis Rainbow, 1916b: 59, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella congregabilis Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella congregabilis Vink & Curtis, 2020: 87, f. 1-15 (mf)

Philoponella cymbiformis Xie, Peng, Zhang, Gong & Kim, 1997 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006320

Philoponella cymbiformis Xie et al., 1997: 34, f. 4-6 (Dm) Original description

Philoponella cymbiformis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 84, f. 36A-B (m)

Philoponella divisa Opell, 1979 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006321

Philoponella divisa Opell, 1979: 526, f. 203, 216-223, pl. 8A-C (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella divisa Opell, 1981: 226, f. 34 (m)

Philoponella duopunctata Faleiro & Santos, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046661

Philoponella duopunctata Faleiro & Santos, 2014: 577, f. 1D-G, 4A-G, 6C-F (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1917) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006322

Uloborus fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1917b: 4, 7 (Df) Original description

Uloborus lactescens Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 4, f. 35, 39 (Dm, probably not f)

Ponella lactescena Opell, 1979: 515, f. 193, 201-202 (Tm from Uloborus, not f, =Conifaber guarani)

Philoponella fasciata Opell, 1979: 542, f. 272-281 (Tf from Uloborus, Dm)

Ponella lactescena Coddington, 1990: 12, f. 39 (m)

Philoponella fasciata Grismado, 2004b: 298, f. 37-38 (m, S)

Philoponella fasciata Grismado, 2008b: 98, f. 2-3, 13, 16 (mf)

Philoponella feroka (Bradoo, 1979) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006381

Uloborus ferokus Bradoo, 1979: 353, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella feroka Babu et al., 2022: 497, f. 1-7 (mf, T from Uloborus)

Philoponella fluviidulcifis Faleiro & Santos, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046660

Philoponella fluviidulcifis Faleiro & Santos, 2014: 576, f. 1C, 3A-D, 6A-B (Dm) Original description

Philoponella gibberosa (Kulczyński, 1908) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006323

Uloborus gibberosus Kulczyński, 1908a: 472 (Df) Original description

Philoponella gibberosa Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella herediae Opell, 1987 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006324

Philoponella herediae Opell, 1987: 59, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Philoponella hilaris (Simon, 1906) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006325

Uloborus hilaris Simon, 1906b: 286 (Df) Original description

Philoponella hilaris Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Uloborus hilaris Chrysanthus, 1967b: 98, f. 45-46 (f)

Philoponella lingulata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039749

Philoponella lingulata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005: 89, f. 35-39 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella lunaris (C. L. Koch, 1839) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006326

Tetragnatha lunaris C. L. Koch, 1839a: 151, f. 540 (Df) Original description

Uloborus lunaris Roewer, 1955c: 1343

Philoponella lunaris Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella mollis (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006327

Uloborus mollis Thorell, 1895b: 134 (Df) Original description

Philoponella mollis Lehtinen, 1967: 258, f. 501 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella nasuta (Thorell, 1895) | | China, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006328

Uloborus nasutus Thorell, 1895b: 136 (Dm) Original description

Uloborus nasutus Schenkel, 1963: 18, f. 2a-b (m, removed from S of Uloborus truncatus)

Philoponella nastus Hu, 1983: 13, f. 5A-B (m, lapsus)

Philoponella nasutus Feng, 1990: 42, f. 17.1-2 (m)

Uloborus nasutus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 51, f. 42.1-2 (m)

Philoponella nasuta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 84, f. 36C (m)

Philoponella nasuta Yin et al., 2012: 225, f. 68a-b (m)

Philoponella nasuta Zhou, Zhou & Peng, 2020: 31, f. 1-11 (m, Df)

Philoponella nigromaculata Yoshida, 1992 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006329

Philoponella nigromaculata Yoshida, 1992b: 193, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella nigromaculata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 84, f. 35I, 36D (mf)

Philoponella opelli Faleiro & Santos, 2014 | | Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046659

Philoponella opelli Faleiro & Santos, 2014: 573, f. 1A-B, 2A-G, 5A-F (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella operosa (Simon, 1897) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006330

Uloborus operosus Simon, 1897l: 221 (Df) Original description

Philoponella operosa Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Uloborus operosus Frétey, 2023: 126 (year of description corrected)

Philoponella oweni (Chamberlin, 1924) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006331

Uloborus oweni Chamberlin, 1924b: 579, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Uloborus oweni Muma & Gertsch, 1964: 34, f. 77-81 (f, Dm)

Philoponella oweni Opell, 1979: 536, f. 245, 255-258 (Tf from Uloborus, Dm)

Philoponella pantherina (Keyserling, 1890) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006332

Uloborus pantherinus Keyserling, 1890: 234, pl. 21, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Uloborus pantherinus Lehtinen, 1967: 463, f. 505 (f, possible Philoponella)

Philoponella pantherinus Davies, 1985: 117 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella para Opell, 1979 | | Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006333

Philoponella para Opell, 1979: 544, f. 272, 282-286 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella pisiformis Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039750

Philoponella pisiformis Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005: 90, f. 40-42 (Df) Original description

Philoponella pomelita Grismado, 2004 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039751

Philoponella pomelita Grismado, 2004a: 107, f. 10-16 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella prominens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006334

Uloborus prominens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 106, pl. 15, f. 410 (Dmf) Original description

Uloborus prominens Yaginuma, 1954c: 15, f. 11 (f)

Uloborus prominens Paik, 1978e: 193, f. 79.1-6 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Yoshida, 1980: 63 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella prominens Hu, 1983: 12, f. 4A-F (mf)

Philoponella prominens Feng, 1990: 41, f. 16.1-4 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Chen & Gao, 1990: 33, f. 36a-b (mf)

Philoponella prominensis Chen & Zhang, 1991: 50, f. 41.1-6 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Yoshida, 1991d: 26, f. 2E (m)

Philoponella prominens Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 84, f. 36J-K, 36E (mf)

Philoponella prominens Kim & Lee, 1999: 13, f. 35-47 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Namkung, 2002: 74, f. 11.7a-b (mf)

Philoponella prominens Kim & Cho, 2002: 251, f. 577-582 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Namkung, 2003: 76, f. 11.7a-b (mf)

Philoponella prominens Yoshida, 2009b: 144, f. 4, 24-25 (mf)

Philoponella prominens Yin et al., 2012: 226, f. 69a-e (mf)

Philoponella prominens Kim & Lee, 2013: 28, f. 15A-E, pl. 7-8 (mf)

Philoponella quadrituberculata (Thorell, 1893) | | Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006335

Uloborus quadri-tuberculatus Thorell, 1893: 221 (Df) Original description

Uloborus quadrituberculatus Kulczyński, 1908d: 551, pl. 23, f. 15, 24 (f)

Philoponella quadrituberculata Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella raffrayi (Simon, 1891) | | Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006336

Uloborus raffrayi Simon, 1891c: 13 (Df) Original description

Uloborus tristis Kulczyński, 1908a: 467, pl. 9, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Uloborus tristis Kulczyński, 1908d: 560

Philoponella raffrayi Lehtinen, 1967: 258, f. 495 (f, T from Uloborus, S of Uloborus tristis)

Philoponella ramirezi Grismado, 2004 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039752

Philoponella ramirezi Grismado, 2004a: 105, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella republicana (Simon, 1891) | | Panama to Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006337

Uloborus republicanus Simon, 1891c: 12, pl. 3, f. 1, pl. 4, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Uloborus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 61, f. 14-15 (Df)

Uloborus socialis Hingston, 1932: 374 (D)

Uloborus mundior Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 8-9 (Dmf)

Uloborus republicanus Mello-Leitão, 1948: 152 (S)

Uloborus republicanus Caporiacco, 1948a: 624, f. 14 (f)

Philoponella republicana Lehtinen, 1967: 258, f. 486-487, 498, 500 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Zosis mundior Lehtinen, 1967: 277 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella republicana Opell, 1979: 524, f. 1, 203-215, pl. 1E, 2C, 7B (mf, S)

Philoponella republicana Opell, 1981: 226, f. 33 (m)

Philoponella republicana Coddington, 1990: 12, f. 40 (m)

Philoponella rostralis Shilpa & Sudhikumar, 2022 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054535

Philoponella rostralis Shilpa & Sudhikumar, 2022: 21, f. 1-15 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella sabah Yoshida, 1992 | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006338

Philoponella sabah Yoshida, 1992b: 196, f. 6-9 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella semiplumosa (Simon, 1893) | | USA, Greater Antilles to Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006339

Uloborus semiplumosus Simon, 1893b: 426 (Df) Original description

Uloborus variegatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 266, pl. 38, f. 11 (Df)

Uloborus variegatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 362, pl. 34, f. 8 (f)

Uloborus communalis Franganillo, 1926a: 46 (Dmf)

Uloborus variegatus Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 229, f. 77-78 (f)

Uloborus variegatus Franganillo, 1936b: 82 (S)

Uloborus variegatus Bryant, 1940: 328, f. 95 (m)

Uloborus abstrusus Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 18, f. 41-42 (Dmf)

Uloborus variegata Muma & Gertsch, 1964: 33, f. 72-76 (mf)

Philoponella semiplumosa Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella variegata Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Uloborus semiplumosa Brignoli, 1972c: 382, f. 35-37 (mf)

Philoponella semiplumosa Opell, 1979: 534, f. 245-254 (mf, S)

Philoponella signatella (Roewer, 1951) | | Mexico to Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006340

Uloborus signatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 264, pl. 38, f. 9-10 (Dmf; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)

Uloborus signatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 362, pl. 34, f. 5-6 (mf)

Uloborus signatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938: 130, f. 10 (f)

Uloborus signatellus Roewer, 1951: 454 (replacement name) Original description

Philoponella signatella Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella signatella Opell, 1979: 530, f. 203, 234-240 (mf)

Philoponella signatella Opell, 1981: 226, f. 35 (m)

Philoponella subvittata Opell, 1981 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006341

Philoponella subvittata Opell, 1981: 227, f. 37-38 (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella tingens (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) | | Mexico to Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006342

Uloborus tingens Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 10, pl. 2, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Philoponella tingena Opell, 1979: 528, f. 203, 224-243, pl. 8E-F (Tf from Uloborus, Dm)

Philoponella tingena Opell, 1981: 226, f. 36 (m)

Philoponella tingens Ibarra-Núñez, Maya-Morales & Chamé-Vázquez, 2011: 1186, f. 5i (m)

Philoponella truncata (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar, Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006343

Uloborus truncatus Thorell, 1895b: 133 (Df) Original description

Uloborus truncatus Kulczyński, 1908d: 553, pl. 13, f. 9, 13-14, 17 (f, Dm)

Philoponella truncata Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Uloborus)

Philoponella variabilis (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006344

Uloborus variabilis Keyserling, 1887a: 229, pl. 20, f. 8, 8a, 8b (Dmf) Original description

Philoponella variabilis Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (T from Uloborus)

Philoponella variabilis Davies, 1988b: 276, f. 2 (mf)

Philoponella vicina (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) | | Mexico to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006345

Uloborus vicinus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 266, pl. 38, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Uloborus vicinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 362, pl. 34, f. 7 (f)

Philoponella vicina Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella vicina Opell, 1979: 532, f. 241-244 (f)

Philoponella vicina Opell, 1981: 226, f. 5, 29-32 (Dm)

Philoponella vittata (Keyserling, 1881) | | Panama to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006346

Uloborus vittatus Keyserling, 1881c: 279 (D) Original description

Philoponella vittata Opell, 1979: 539, f. 264-271 (Tmf from Uloborus, where omitted by Roewer, S)

Uloborus servulus Simon, 1893b: 427 (Df)

Uloborus semiargenteus Simon, 1893e: 299 (Df)

Uloborus amazonicus Mello-Leitão, 1949: 2 (Df)

Philoponella semiargentea Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella servula Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tf from Uloborus)

Philoponella wuyiensis Xie, Peng, Zhang, Gong & Kim, 1997 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006347

Philoponella wuyiensis Xie et al., 1997: 34, f. 7-9 (Df) Original description

Philoponella wuyiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 84, f. 35L-M (f)