World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Melychiopharis Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01515

type Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Araneidae to the Theridiidae by Levi, 2002: 562 and back to the Araneidae by Santos, Brescovit & Levi, 2005: 57.

Melychiopharis bibendum Brescovit, Santos & Leite, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043846

Melychiopharis bibendum Brescovit, Santos & Leite, 2011: 61, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016403 TYPE SPECIES

Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895a: 907, f. 972-973 (Df) Original description

Melychiopharis cynips Santos, Brescovit & Levi, 2005: 59, f. 1-11 (f, Dm)

Melychiopharis davincii Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063367

Melychiopharis davincii Dupérré & Tapia, in Dupérré et al., 2024b: 82, f. 6A-E, 7A-B (Dm) Original description

Melychiopharis komischetier Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063366

Melychiopharis komischetier Dupérré & Tapia, in Dupérré et al., 2024b: 78, f. 1A-E, 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-H, 5A-H (Dmf; only in the map spelled "komischetiere", which would be correct German) Original description

Melychiopharis peruviana Eskov & Marusik, 2024 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063368

Melychiopharis peruviana Eskov & Marusik, in Dupérré et al., 2024b: 84, f. 8A-E, 9A-D, 10A-D, 11A-B (Dmf) Original description