World Spider Catalog

Nemesiidae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family level, relimited and considered a senior synonym of Pycnothelidae by Raven, 1985a: 79; possibly paraphyletic (Goloboff, 1993: 30, Goloboff, 1995: 5, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix); Nemesiidae newly circumscribed, Anaminae elevated to family level, Pycnothelidae revalidated and Entypesidae (Entypesa, Hermacha, Lepthercus) separated by Opatova et al., 2020: 700, 701, 702; redefined again and transfer of 12 genera to the Pycnotelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11, 15; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

Gen. Amblyocarenum Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04222

type Cyrtocephalus walckenaeri Lucas, 1846; gender neuter

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 by Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 187, contra Raven, 1985a: 128; may belong to the Nemesiidae per Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 186; transferred from the Cyrtaucheniidae to the Nemesiidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 700.

In synonymy:

Amblyocarenum mauritanicum (Lucas, 1845) = Amblyocarenum walckenaeri (Lucas, 1846) (Lucas, 1846: 94, sub Cyrtocephalus)

Amblyocarenum simile (L. Koch, 1871) = Amblyocarenum walckenaeri (Lucas, 1846) (Blasco-Feliu, 1985b: 507)

Nomen dubium:

Amblyocarenum siculum (Latreille, 1831: 509, m, Italy/Sicily, originally in Cteniza) -- Reimoser, 1919: 6

Amblyocarenum doleschalli (Ausserer, 1871) | | Italy (incl. Sicily), Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000480

Cyrtauchenius doleschallii Ausserer, 1871a: 162 (Dmf) Original description

Amblyocarenum doleschalli Reimoser, 1919: 6

Amblyocarenum doleschalli Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 192 (T from Cyrtauchenius)

Amblyocarenum nuragicum Decae, Colombo & Manunza, 2014 | | Italy (Sardinia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047316

Amblyocarenum nuragicus Decae, Colombo & Manunza, 2014: 236, f. 3H-I, 4C, 6A, 7A, 8-9, 10A-B (Dmf) Original description

Amblyocarenum obscurum (Ausserer, 1871) | | Italy (Sicily) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000486

Cyrtauchenius obscurus Ausserer, 1871a: 163 (Df) Original description

Amblyocarenum obscurum Reimoser, 1919: 6

Amblyocarenum obscurus Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 192 (T from Cyrtauchenius)

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri (Lucas, 1846) | | Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy (Sicily) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000491 TYPE SPECIES

Cyrtocephalus mauritanicus Lucas, 1845a: 58 (nomen nudum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064290]

Cyrtocephalus walckenaerii Lucas, 1846: 94, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df, S of Cyrtocephalus mauritanicus) Original description

Cyrtauchenius walckenaeri Thorell, 1870b: 164

Cyrtauchenius similis L. Koch in Ausserer, 1871a: 164 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059490]

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri Simon, 1892a: 106, f. 105

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri Frade & Bacelar, 1931a: 126, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri Buchli, 1966: 11, f. 1-10, 21-27 (mf)

Amblyocarenum simile Buchli, 1966: 11, f. 11-20, 28-33 (mf)

Amblyocarenum simile Haupt, 1983: 276, f. 1e (m)

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri Blasco-Feliu, 1985b: 507, f. 1-2 (mf, S of Amblyocarenum simile)

Cyrtauchenius walckenaeri Le Peru, 2011: 67, f. 27 (mf)

Amblyocarenum walckenaeri Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 192 (T from Cyrtauchenius)