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.

In synonymy:

Hermipella Lessert, 1936 = Palfuria Simon, 1910 (Jocqué, 1991a: 141)

Gen. Palfuria Simon, 1910 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02307

type Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hermipella Lessert, 1936: 226 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05752] (type H. gibbosa Lessert, 1936, transferred from the Palpimanidae to the Zodariidae by Platnick, 1989b: 167) by Jocqué, 1991a: 141.

Palfuria caputlari Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037886

Palfuria caputlari Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 207, f. 1-6, 16, 23, 30-31 (Dmf) Original description

Palfuria caputlari Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 20, f. 1-8 (mf)

Palfuria gibbosa (Lessert, 1936) | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025884

Hermipella gibbosa Lessert, 1936: 226, f. 19-23 (Df) Original description

Palfuria gibbosa Jocqué, 1991a: 142, f. 354-358 (f, T from Hermipella)

Palfuria gibbosa Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 208, f. 17, 24 (f)

Palfuria gladiator Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039259

Palfuria gladiator Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 211, f. 7-8, 18, 25 (Dmf) Original description

Palfuria harpago Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039260

Palfuria harpago Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 213, f. 9-11 (Dm) Original description

Palfuria helichrysorum Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039261

Palfuria helichrysorum Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 213, f. 19, 26 (Df) Original description

Palfuria hirsuta Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Zambia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039262

Palfuria hirsuta Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 214, f. 20, 27 (Df) Original description

Palfuria panner Jocqué, 1991 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025885

Palfuria panner Jocqué, 1991a: 142, f. 359-363 (Dm) Original description

Palfuria panner Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 214, f. 12-13, 21, 28 (m, Df)

Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910 | j | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025886 TYPE SPECIES

Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910b: 188 (Dj) Original description

Palfuria retusa Jocqué, 1991a: 142, f. 352-353

Palfuria spirembolus Szűts & Jocqué, 2001 | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037887

Palfuria spirembolus Szűts & Jocqué, 2001a: 216, f. 14-15, 22, 29, 32-33 (Dmf) Original description

Palfuria spirembolis 22 in Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 22, f. 1-7 (mf, lapsus)