World Spider Catalog

Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Loxoscelidae Simon, 1893a: 271 (as a subfamily). Loxoscelidae was raised to familiar status by Gertsch, 1949: 234, downgraded to subfamily by Gertsch, 1967a: 130, again elevated to family by Alayón, 1981a (incl. Drymusa) and Gertsch & Ennik, 1983: 277. The recent subfamiliar status was set by Platnick et al., 1991: 71. Re-separation of Loxoscelidae by Wunderlich, 2004b: 703 and Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.

In synonymy:

Hexomma Karsch, 1878 = Hexophthalma Karsch, 1879 (Karsch, 1879h: 109, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Hexomma Karsch, 1878 -- see Hexophthalma Karsch, 1879 - in Karsch, 1879h

Gen. Hexophthalma Karsch, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04386

N.B. replacement name for Hexomma Karsch, 1878c: 324 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05607], proccupied by Thorell, 1877 in Opiliones; synonymized with Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 by Simon, 1893a: 271; revalidated by Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 850.

In synonymy:

Hexophthalma testacea (Purcell, 1908) = Hexophthalma hahni Karsch, 1878 (Lotz, 2018: 11)

Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002756

Sicarius albospinosus Purcell, 1908: 224 (Df) Original description

Sicarius albospinosus Lawrence, 1938b: 215, f. 1 (f)

Sicarius albospinosus Lotz, 2012: 3, f. 2A, 3A, 4A (f. Dm)

Hexophthalma albospinosa Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 851, f. 20A-B, 21A-B, 62A-C (mf, T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma albospinosa Lotz, 2018: 7, f. 6-8, 17 (mf)

Hexophthalma albospinosa Rivera-Quiroz et al., 2020: 4, f. 2c (f; = Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: f. 20B)

Hexophthalma albospinosa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021w: 6, 3 f. (mf)

Hexophthalma binfordae Lotz, 2018 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050246

Hexophthalma binfordae Lotz, 2018: 4, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Hexophthalma damarensis (Lawrence, 1928) | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002758

Sicarius damarensis Lawrence, 1928: 221 (Df) Original description

Sicarius damarensis Lotz, 2012: 4, f. 2B, 3B, 4B (f, Dm)

Hexophthalma damarensis Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 852 (T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma damarensis Lotz, 2018: 9, f. 9, 19 (mf)

Hexophthalma dolichocephalus (Lawrence, 1928) | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002760

Sicarius dolichocephalus Lawrence, 1928: 222 (Df) Original description

Sicarius dolichocephalus Lotz, 2012: 8, f. 2B, 4C (f)

Hexophthalma dolichocephala Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 850 (T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma dolichocephala Lotz, 2018: 10, f. 10, 20 (Dm, f)

Hexophthalma goanikontesensis Lotz, 2018 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050247

Hexophthalma goanikontesensis Lotz, 2018: 5, f. 2-4, 18 (Dmf) Original description

Hexophthalma hahni (Karsch, 1878) | | Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002763

Hexomma hahnii Karsch, 1878c: 325, pl. 9, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Hexophthalma hahni Karsch, 1879h: 109 (generic replacement name)

Sicarius hahni Simon, 1893a: 269, f. 225-231 (m)

Sicarius hahni Purcell, 1908: 225 (Df)

Sicarius testaceus Purcell, 1908: 224 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002775]

Sicarius hahni Lotz, 2012: 8, f. 2C, 3C, 4D (mf)

Sicarius testaceus Lotz, 2012: 12, f. 2E, 3E, 4F (f, Dm)

Hexophthalma hahni Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 850, f. 13B, 14B-C, 16G, 18G, 19C, 23A-C, 24A, 61A-D (mf, T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma testacea Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 852 (T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma hahni Lotz, 2018: 11, f. 11-15, 21 (mf, S of H. testacea)

Hexophthalma hahni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021w: 7, 3: 1 f., 7: 6 f., 8: 4 f. (mf)

Hexophthalma leroyi Lotz, 2018 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050248

Hexophthalma leroyi Lotz, 2018: 6, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Hexophthalma leroyi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021w: 9, 1 f. (f)

Hexophthalma spatulata (Pocock, 1900) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002772

Sicarius spatulatus Pocock, 1900e: 321 (Dmf) Original description

Sicarius spatulatus Lotz, 2012: 10, f. 2D, 3D, 4E (mf)

Hexophthalma spatulata Magalhães, Brescovit & Santos, 2017: 853, f. 6A-D, 12C, 14D, 18H, 19D, 20E-F, 22A-E, 23D-F, 31H (mf, T from Sicarius)

Hexophthalma spatulata Lotz, 2018: 14, f. 16, 22-23 (mf)

Hexophthalma spatulatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021w: 10, 5 f. (m, f habitus)