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:

Storamia Jocqué, 1991 = Pax Levy, 1990 (Jocqué, 1991a: 81)

Gen. Pax Levy, 1990 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02308

type Habronestes libani Simon, 1873; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Storamia Jocqué, 1991a: 81 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04817] (type Lachesis meadi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) by Jocqué, 1991a: 81 (footnote).

Pax akilae Shafaie & Pekár, 2025 | | Syria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066044

Pax akilae Shafaie & Pekár in Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 13, f. 7A-D, 8A-F, 9A-D (Dmf) Original description

Pax ellipita Zamani & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053110

Pax ellipita Zamani & Marusik, 2021b: 153, f. 5A-B, 6A-E, 7A-E, 10A-E (Dmf) Original description

Pax engediensis Levy, 1990 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025887

Pax engediensis Levy, 1990b: 356, f. 64-67 (Df) Original description

Pax engediensis Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 17, f. 10A-C (f)

Pax islamita (Simon, 1873) | | Turkey, Israel, Syria, Lebanon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025888

Habronestes islamita Simon, 1873a: 75 (Dmf) Original description

Storena islamita Simon, 1893a: 247

Pax islamita Levy, 1990b: 358, f. 68-71 (Tf from Storena, Dm)

Pax islamita Seyyar et al., 2008: 52, f. 1-11 (mf)

Pax islamita Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 17, f. 11A-D, 12A-I - SoE: 12A-I (mf)

Pax leila Zamani & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053111

Pax leila Zamani & Marusik, 2021b: 156, f. 5C-D, 8A-F, 9A-E, 10F-J (Dmf) Original description

Pax libani (Simon, 1873) | | Israel, Lebanon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025889 TYPE SPECIES

Habronestes libani Simon, 1873a: 75 (Dmf) Original description

Pax libani Levy, 1990b: 343, f. 20-38 (Tmf from Storena)

Pax meadei (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Israel, Jordan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025890

Lachesis meadii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 265, pl. 13, f. 4 (Dmf, patronym for Mr. R. H. Meade) Original description

Habronestes meadi Simon, 1873a: 73

Pax meadii Levy, 1990b: 351, f. 54-59 (Tmf from Storena)

Storamia meadii Jocqué, 1991a: 82, f. 169-176 (mf)

Pax palmonii Levy, 1990 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025891

Pax palmonii Levy, 1990b: 352, f. 60-63 (Dmf) Original description

Pax palmonii Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 21, f. 13A-D, 14A-E (mf)