World Spider Catalog

Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the family name Zodariidae is protected by usage over the earlier name Cryptothelidae L. Koch, 1872a: 238 to keep nomenclatorial stability; separation of Cryptothelidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; Jocqué, 1991a stated the subfamilies Cryptothelinae, Cydrelinae Simon, 1893, Cyriocteinae Jocqué, 1991, Lachesaninae Jocqué, 1991, Storeninae Simon, 1893, Storenomorphinae Simon, 1890 and Zodariinae; synonymy of the Cydrelinae with the Cryptothelinae considered by Ramírez et al., 2014: 392; a new subfamily Procydrelinae Henrard & Jocqué, 2025 is described in Ortiz et al., 2025: 998.

Gen. Capheris Simon, 1893 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02281

type Cydrela crassimana Simon, 1887; gender feminine

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Systenoplacis Simon, 1907 (Jocqué, 2009a: 79, contra Jocqué, 1991a: 116).

Transferred to other genera:

Capheris falconeri (Caporiacco, 1949) -- see Systenoplacis

Capheris giltayi (Lessert, 1929) -- see Systenoplacis

Capheris insularis Pocock, 1899 -- see Cydrela

Capheris maculata (Marx, 1893) -- see Systenoplacis

Capheris madagascariensis Strand, 1907 -- see Aschema

Capheris septemguttata (Simon, 1907) -- see Systenoplacis

Capheris vandami (Hewitt, 1916) -- see Systenoplacis

In synonymy:

Capheris cordivulva Lawrence, 1928 = Capheris approximata (Karsch, 1878) (Jocqué, 2010: 57)

Capheris haematilis Simon, 1910 = Capheris crassimana (Simon, 1887) (Jocqué, 2009a: 129)

Capheris transvaalica Hewitt, 1915 = Capheris decorata Simon, 1904 (Jocqué, 2009a: 130)

Nomen dubium:

Capheris nitidiceps Simon, 1905a: 171 (j, India) -- Sankaran, 2023b: 396

Capheris abrupta Jocqué, 2009 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042334

Capheris abrupta Jocqué, 2009a: 124, f. 151-152 (Dm) Original description

Capheris abrupta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 28, f. 1-2 (m)

Capheris apophysalis Lawrence, 1928 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025640

Capheris apophysalis Lawrence, 1928: 238, pl. 21, f. 21-22 (Dm) Original description

Capheris apophysalis Jocqué, 2009a: 125, f. 111, 153-154 (m)

Capheris approximata (Karsch, 1878) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025641

Tristichops approximatus Karsch, 1878c: 780 (Df) Original description

Capheris approximata Pocock, 1898c: 219

Capheris cordivulva Lawrence, 1928: 237, pl. 21, f. 20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025642]

Capheris cordivulva Jocqué, 2009a: 127, f. 155-157 (f, Dm)

Capheris approximata Jocqué, 2010: 57, f. 1 (f, S pf Capheris cordivulva)

Capheris brunnea (Marx, 1893) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025679

Cydrela brunnea Marx, 1893: 588, pl. 70, f. 2a-d (Df) Original description

Capheris brunnea Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2010b: 63 (T from Cydrela)

Capheris crassimana (Simon, 1887) | | Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025643 TYPE SPECIES

Cydrela crassimana Simon, 1887b: 373 (Dj) Original description

Capheris crassimana Simon, 1893a: 419, f. 383-384

Capheris haematilis Simon, 1910b: 181 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025649]

Capheris crassimana Jocqué, 1991a: 117, f. 277-284 (mf, S of Capheris oncka; revalidated by Jocqué, 2009a: 136)

Capheris crassimana Jocqué, 2009a: 129, f. 114-115, 149-150, 158-160, 178 (mf, S of Capheris haematilis)

Capheris crassimana Jocqué, 2010: 57, f. 2 (f)

Capheris crassimana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 29, f. 1-10 (mf)

Capheris decorata Simon, 1904 | | Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025644

Capheris decorata Simon, 1904d: 66 (Dm) Original description

Capheris transvaalicus Hewitt, 1915a: 99, f. 2a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025656]

Capheris decorata Jocqué, 2009a: 130, f. 112, 131-148, 161-164, 179 (m, Df, S of Capheris transvaalica)

Capheris decorata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 30, f. 1-11 (mf)

Capheris escheri Reimoser, 1934 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025645

Capheris escheri Reimoser, 1934b: 467, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cydrela escheri Jocqué, 2009a: 123 (T from Capheris)

Capheris escheri Sankaran, 2023b: 394, f. f. 11A-F (f, T from Cydrela)

Capheris fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1936 | | Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025647

Capheris fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1936: 149, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Capheris fitzsimonsi Jocqué, 2009a: 132, f. 165-168 (f, Dm)

Capheris fitzsimonsi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 32, f. 1-5 (mf)

Capheris kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025650

Capheris kunenensis Lawrence, 1927: 25, pl. 1, f. 17 (Df) Original description

Capheris kunenensis Jocqué, 2009a: 134, f. 169 (f)

Capheris langi Lawrence, 1936 | | Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025651

Capheris langi Lawrence, 1936: 150, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Capheris langi Jocqué, 2009a: 135, f. 170 (f)

Capheris langi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 33, f. 1-5 (f)

Capheris oncka Lawrence, 1927 | | Angola, Namibia, Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042335

Capheris oncka Lawrence, 1927: 24, pl. 1, f. 16, pl. 3, f. 60 (Dmf) Original description

Capheris oncka Jocqué, 2009a: 136, f. 113, 171-173 (mf, removed from S of C. crassimana, contra Jocqué, 1991a: 117)

Capheris stillata Simon, 1905 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025655

Capheris stillata Simon, 1905a: 171, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Cydrela stillata Jocqué, 2009a: 123 (T from Capheris)

Capheris stillata Sankaran, 2023b: 396, f. 13A-J, 14A-D (m, T from Cydrela)

Capheris subtilis Jocqué, 2009 | | Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042336

Capheris subtilis Jocqué, 2009a: 137, f. 174-177, 180 (Dmf) Original description

Capheris subtilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 34, f. 1-4 (mf)