World Spider Catalog

Philodromidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: removed from the Thomisidae by Homann, 1975: 181; a division into Philodrominae and Thanatinae Schick, 1965: 86 (described as a tribe) is supported by do Prado et al., 2022: 25.

Gen. Pulchellodromus Wunderlich, 2012 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04223

type Philodromus pulchellus Lucas, 1846; gender masculine

N.B.: separated from Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826 by Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 and confirmed by Kastrygina & Kovblyuk, 2014: 280; re-synonymization with Philodromus by Breitling, 2019b: 22 not accepted here as based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7).

In synonymy:

Pulchellodromus debilis (Simon, 1875) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1932: 885, sub Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus glaucinoides (Wunderlich, 1987) = Pulchellodromus punctiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908) (Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 63, sub Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus glaucinus cinereoalbus (Strand, 1913) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) (Levy, 1977: 198, sub Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus marionschmidtae (Schmidt, 1990) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) (Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 60, sub Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus salinarum (Denis, 1939) = Pulchellodromus glaucinus (Simon, 1870) (Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 54, sub Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus torquatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) (Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 60, sub Philodromus)

Homonym replaced:

Pulchellodromus pernix (Simon, 1875) -- see Pulchellodromus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1929 Mello-Leitão, 1929d

Pulchellodromus afroglaucinus (Muster & Bosmans, 2007) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040700

Philodromus afroglaucinus Muster & Bosmans in Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 50, f. 15, 26, 41, 48, 59, 73-74 (Dmf) Original description

Pulchellodromus afroglaucinus Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus bistigma (Simon, 1870) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039426

Philodromus bistigma Simon, 1870b: 340 (Dmf) Original description

Philodromus bistigma Simon, 1873a: 170, pl. 3, f. 17 (m)

Philodromus bistigma Simon, 1875a: 290, pl. 8, f. 2 (mf)

Philodromus pulchellus Hansen, 1991: 15, f. 15 (f; misidentified per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 51)

Philodromus bistigma Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 51, f. 6, 10, 24, 35, 46, 57, 69 (mf, removed from S of Philodromus pulchellus, rejecting Simon, 1932: 885)

Philodromus bistigma Crespo, 2008: 403, f. 3A-C (mf)

Pulchellodromus bistigma Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus bistigma Lecigne, 2017: 34, f. 13J-K (m)

Pulchellodromus bistigma Wunderlich, 2021: 15, f. 40-41 (m)

Pulchellodromus bistigma Rehfeldt & Cassar, 2024: 31, f. 25c-e, 41e (m)

Pulchellodromus glaucinus (Simon, 1870) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029827

Philodromus glaucinus Simon, 1870b: 339 (Dmf) Original description

Philodromus glaucinus Simon, 1875a: 289

Philodromus glaucinus Simon, 1932: 856, 885, f. 1304-1305 (mf)

Philodromus salinarum Denis, 1939b: 76, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029939]

Philodromus glaucinus Roșca, 1968: 85, f. 15a-b (mf)

Philodromus glaucinus Wunderlich, 1987a: 26, 258 (S of Philodromus punctiger, revalidated by Wunderlich, 1992a: 507)

Philodromus glaucinus Wunderlich, 1992a: 505, f. 814 (m)

Philodromus glaucinus Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 54, f. 14, 18, 29, 37, 51, 75-76 (mf, S of Philodromus salinarum)

Pulchellodromus glaucinus Wunderlich, 2012a: 38, f. 49 (m, T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus glaucinus Lecigne, 2017: 34, f. 13L-M (m)

Pulchellodromus glaucinus Abdel-Ghani, Hassan & Sallam, 2023: 34, f. 16 (f)

Pulchellodromus lamellipalpis (Muster, 2007) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040703

Philodromus lamellipalpis Muster in Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 55, f. 11, 25, 36, 47, 58, 70 (Dmf) Original description

Pulchellodromus lamellipalpis Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus mainlingensis (Hu & Li, 1987) | | Tibet urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029868

Philodromus mainlingensis Hu & Li, 1987b: 316, f. 40.1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Philodromus mainlingensis Song & Zhu, 1997: 190, f. 134A-D (mf)

Philodromus mainlingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 476, f. 271J, 272F (mf)

Philodromus mainlingensis Hu, 2001: 327, f. 195.1-4 (mf)

Pulchellodromus mainlingensis Kastrygina & Kovblyuk, 2014: 280 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus medius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039427

Philodromus medius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 311 (Dmf) Original description

Philodromus pulchellus Levy, 1977: 198, f. 12-13 (f; misidentified per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 57)

Philodromus medius Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 57, f. 9, 23, 34, 45, 56, 67-68 (mf, removed from S of Philodromus pulchellus, rejecting Levy, 1977: 198)

Pulchellodromus medius Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus medius Kastrygina & Kovblyuk, 2014: 280, f. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11-12 (mf; in legend of f. 10-11 (=11-12) as P. ruficapillus)

Pulchellodromus medius Ponomarev et al., 2018b: 126, f. 7 (f)

Pulchellodromus medius Seropian et al., 2024a: 107, f. 32-33 (m)

Pulchellodromus navarrus Kastrygina, Kovblyuk & Polchaninova, 2016 | | Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048705

Pulchellodromus navarrus Kastrygina, Kovblyuk & Polchaninova, 2016: 295, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Pulchellodromus navarrus Polchaninova, 2017: 27, f. 1-6 (mf)

Pulchellodromus pardalis (Muster & Bosmans, 2007) | | Portugal, Spain, Algeria to Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040704

Philodromus glaucinus Levy, 1977: 200, f. 1-3, 14-18 (mf; misidentified per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 59)

Philodromus pardalis Muster & Bosmans in Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 59, f. 19, 30, 40, 52, 62, 77 (Dmf) Original description

Pulchellodromus pardalis Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029922 TYPE SPECIES

Philodromus pulchellus Lucas, 1846: 198, pl. 11, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Artama pulchellus Simon, 1864: 416

Philodromus torquatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873g: 545, pl. 15, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029958]

Philodromus debilis Simon, 1875a: 292 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061874]

Philodromus pulchellus Canestrini, 1876: 214, pl. 9, f. 2 (m)

Philodromus medius cinereoalbus Strand, 1913f: 157 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061715]

Philodromus pulchellus Simon, 1932: 856, 885, f. 1302-1303 (mf, S of Philodromus bistigma and P. debilis; P. bistigma revalidated by Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 51)

Philodromus pulchellus Levy, 1977: 198, f. 10-11 (m, S of Philodromus medius and P. medius cinereoalbus; P. medius revalidated by Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 57; f f. 12-13 see Pulchellodromus medius)

Thanatus marionschmidti Schmidt, 1990b: 20, f. 2 (Df; dedicated to Schmidt's wife) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029874]

Philodromus marionschmidti Wunderlich, 1992a: 507, f. 817-818 (f, T from Thanatus)

Philodromus pulchellus Baldacchino et al., 1993: 50, f. 4e (m)

Philodromus pulchellus Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 60, f. 5, 7, 21, 32, 43, 54, 63-64 (mf, S of Philodromus marionschmidtae and P. torquatus)

Philodromus pulchellus Demir, Aktas & Topçu, 2010a: 20, f. 6-10 (mf)

Philodromus pulchellus Lecigne, 2011: 38, f. p. 40 (m)

Pulchellodromus pulchellus Wunderlich, 2012a: 38, f. 56-57 (mf, T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus pulchellus Lecigne et al., 2019: 47, pl. 3F, 4F, 5F (mf)

Pulchellodromus pulchellus Naumova, Blagoev & Deltshev, 2021: 244, f. 16A-C (f)

Pulchellodromus punctiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908) | | Canary Is., Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029924

Philodromus punctigerus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908b: 826, pl. 50, f. 35-37 (Dmf; wrong adjectival ending) Original description

Philodromus punctigerus Denis, 1941a: 120, f. 8 (m)

Philodromus punctigerus Schmidt, 1956g: 246, f. 7f (f)

Philodromus glaucinoides Wunderlich, 1987a: 258, f. 674-675 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029826]

Philodromus glaucinoides Wunderlich, 1992a: 505, f. 811, 813 (m, Df)

Philodromus punctigerus Wunderlich, 1992a: 507 (removed from S of Philodromus glaucinus, rejecting Wunderlich, 1987a: 26, 258; m f. 809-810 see Pulchellodromus wunderlichi)

Philodromus sp. (? = punctigerus) Wunderlich, 1992a: 508, f. 812 (f; here per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 63)

Philodromus punctigerus Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 63, f. 12, 20, 31, 42, 50 or 53, 71 (mf, S of Philodromus glaucinoides)

Philodromus punctigerus Lecigne, 2012: 163, f. 4-6 (m)

Pulchellodromus punctigerus Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus ruficapillus (Simon, 1885) | | Mediterranean to Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029934

Philodromus ruficapillus Simon, 1885i: 18 (Dm) Original description

Philodromus ruficapillus Simon, 1932: 856, 885, f. 1306-1307 (m)

Philodromus pulchellus Jäger, 1995a: 20, f. 3-7 (mf; misidentified per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 64)

Philodromus ruficapillus Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 64, f. 8, 22, 33, 44, 55, 65-66 (mf)

Philodromus ruficapillus Duma, 2008a: 150, f. 2 (f)

Pulchellodromus ruficapillus Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus ruficapillus Kastrygina & Kovblyuk, 2014: 282, f. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 (m)

Pulchellodromus ruficapillus Mezőfi & Markó, 2018: 4, f. 7a-b (f)

Pulchellodromus simoni (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Portugal, Spain, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029947

Philodromus pernix Simon, 1875a: 303 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1846, see Philodromus pernix) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061875]

Philodromus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 269 (replacement name) Original description

Philodromus simoni Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 66, f. 17, 28, 39, 50 or 53, 61, 78-80 (Dm, f)

Pulchellodromus simoni Wunderlich, 2012a: 38 (T from Philodromus)

Pulchellodromus simoni Lecigne, 2017: 28, f. 13N-P (m)

Pulchellodromus wunderlichi (Muster & Thaler, 2007) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039428

Philodromus punctigerus Wunderlich, 1992a: 507, f. 809-810 (m; misidentified per Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 67)

Philodromus wunderlichi Muster & Thaler in Muster, Bosmans & Thaler, 2007: 67, f. 13, 16, 27, 38, 49, 60, 72 (Dmf) Original description

Pulchellodromus wunderlichi Wunderlich, 2012a: 38, f. 58 (m, T from Philodromus)