World Spider Catalog

Udubidae Griswold & Polotow, 2015

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Mnesitheus Thorell, 1899 = Raecius Simon, 1892 (Lehtinen, 1967: 250)

Gen. Raecius Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01765

type Amaurobius crassipes L. Koch, 1875; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Zoropsidae to the Miturgidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 261, to the Zorocratidae (= Zoropsidae) by Griswold et al., 1999: 59 and to the Udubidae by Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 151; considered a senior synonym of Mnesitheus Thorell, 1899: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04910] (type M. asper Thorell, 1899) and transferred from the Tengellidae (= Zoropsidae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 250.

In synonymy:

Raecius vittatus (Simon, 1907) = Raecius asper (Thorell, 1899) (Griswold, 2002: 123)

Raecius zoropsides (Strand, 1916) = Raecius asper (Thorell, 1899) (Griswold, 2002: 123)

Raecius aculeatus Dahl, 1901 | j | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020336

Raecius aculeatus Dahl, 1901a: 188 (Dj; N.B.: misplaced in this genus, per Griswold, 2002: 129) Original description

Raecius aculeatus Sherwood, 2024b: 216 (immature, species inquirenda)

Raecius asper (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020337

Mnesitheus asper Thorell, 1899: 18 (Df) Original description

Mnesitheus vittatus Simon, 1907d: 227 (Dj)

Mnesitheus zoropsides Strand, 1916e: 140 (Dm)

Raecius asper Lehtinen, 1967: 262, f. 73 (f)

Raecius zoropsides Lehtinen, 1967: 262, f. 85 (m)

Raecius zoropsides Griswold, 1993: 7, f. 25-27 (m)

Raecius asper Griswold, 2002: 122, f. 1-3, 6, 8, 18, 20, 24-42 (f, Sm)

Raecius congoensis Griswold, 2002 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038712

Raecius congoensis Griswold, 2002: 124, f. 7, 57-58 (Df) Original description

Raecius crassipes (L. Koch, 1875) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020338 TYPE SPECIES

Amaurobius crassipes L. Koch, 1875b: 32, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Raecius crassipes Simon, 1892a: 230

Raecius jocquei Griswold, 2002 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038713

Raecius jocquei Griswold, 2002: 126, f. 10-17, 19, 21-23, 43-53 (Dmf) Original description

Raecius jocquei Griswold et al., 2005: 44, f. 185A, 194C (m)

Raecius jocquei Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 272, f. 114a-f (mf)

Raecius scharffi Griswold, 2002 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038714

Raecius scharffi Griswold, 2002: 128, f. 4-5, 9, 54-56, 59-62 (Dm) Original description