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. Psammoduon Jocqué, 1991 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02311

type Caesetius deserticola Simon, 1910; gender neuter

In synonymy:

Psammoduon deserticola luederitzi (Simon, 1910, T from Caesetius) = Psammoduon deserticola (Simon, 1910) (Jocqué, 1991b: 88)

Psammoduon masculinum (Lawrence, 1938, T from Caesetius) = Psammoduon deserticola (Simon, 1910) (Jocqué, 1991b: 88)

Psammoduon arenicola (Simon, 1910) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025896

Caesetius arenicola Simon, 1910b: 186 (Df) Original description

Psammoduon arenicola Jocqué, 1991a: 124 (T from Caesetius)

Psammoduon arenicola Jocqué, 1991b: 95, f. 46-49 (f, Dm)

Psammoduon arenicola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 27, f. 1-7 (mf)

Psammoduon canosum (Simon, 1910) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025897

Caesetius canosus Simon, 1910b: 186 (Df) Original description

Psammoduon canosum Jocqué, 1991a: 124 (T from Caesetius)

Psammoduon canosum Jocqué, 1991b: 93, f. 41-45 (f, Dm)

Psammoduon canosum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 28, f. 1-8 (mf)

Psammoduon deserticola (Simon, 1910) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025898 TYPE SPECIES

Caesetius deserticola Simon, 1910b: 183 (Df) Original description

Caesetius deserticola lüderitzi Simon, 1910b: 184 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062447]

Caesetius masculinus Lawrence, 1938b: 218, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062448]

Caesetius deserticola Lawrence, 1962: 201, f. 1g (f)

Caesetius deserticola Lawrence, 1965: 10, f. 4c-d (Dm)

Psammoduon deserticola Jocqué, 1991a: 124, f. 15, 34, 252, 296-301 (mf, T from Caesetius)

Psammoduon deserticola Jocqué, 1991b: 88, f. 24-30, 32-40 (mf, S of Caesetius deserticola luederitzi and C. masculinus)

Psammoduon deserticola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 29, f. 1-7 (mf)