World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Lobetina Simon, 1895 = Prasonica Simon, 1895 (Grasshoff, 1971b: 295)

Gen. Prasonica Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01548

type Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lobetina Simon, 1897b: 477 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04958] (type L. opaciceps Simon, 1897) by Grasshoff, 1971b: 295; considered a probable junior synonym of Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 by Levi, 1975b: 116.

In synonymy:

Prasonica africana (Simon, 1903, T from Spilasma) = Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 214)

Prasonica spillmanni (Lessert, 1933, T from Zilla) = Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) (Grasshoff, 1971b: 305)

Nomina dubia:

Prasonica affinis Strand, 1906b: 619 (j, Algeria) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 23

Prasonica olivacea Strand, 1906b: 619 (j, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 23

Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 | | DR Congo,South Africa, Madagascar, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016988 TYPE SPECIES

Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895a: 794 (Df) Original description

Prasonica albolimbata Grasshoff, 1971b: 299, f. 52c, 53a-f (Simon's f is juvenile, Dmf)

Prasonica albolimbata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 41, 5 f. (f)

Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 | | Seychelles (Aldabra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016989

Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983: 263, f. 162-176 (Dmf) Original description

Prasonica anarillea Saaristo, 2010: 47, f. 4.61-61 (mf)

Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016990

Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899: 41 (Df) Original description

Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) | | India, Vietnam, Java urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016991

Mangora insolens Simon, 1909e: 104 (Df) Original description

Prasonica insolens Grasshoff, 1971b: 304, f. 50b-c, 52a, 59a-e (f, T from Mangora)

Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) | | West, Central, East Africa, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016992

Mangora nigrotaeniata Simon, 1909c: 40 (Df) Original description

Mangora spillmanni Lessert, 1933: 111, f. 25-27 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063032]

Zilla spillmanni Caporiacco, 1947c: 159 (T from Mangora)

Prasonica nigrotaeniata Grasshoff, 1971b: 305, f. 50a, 51a, 52e-f, 60a-e (mf, T from Mangora, S of Zilla spillmanni)

Prasonica nigrotaeniata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 42, 5 f. (f)

Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1897) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016994

Lobetina opaciceps Simon, 1895a: 795 (nomen nudum) Original description

Lobetina opaciceps Simon, 1897b: 477 (Df)

Prasonica opaciceps Grasshoff, 1971b: 300, f. 52b, 55a-b (f, T from Lobetina)

Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016995

Lobetina plagiata Dalmas, 1917a: 378 (Df) Original description

Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 | | Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016996

Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895a: 794 (Df) Original description

Spilasma africana Simon, 1903e: 87 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063031]

Prasonica seriata Grasshoff, 1970b: 214, f. 1e (S of Spilasma africana)

Prasonica seriata Grasshoff, 1971b: 301, f. 49a-b, 50d-f, 51b-c, 52d, 56a-b, 57a-f (Dm, f, S of Spilasma africana confirmed)

Prasonica seriata Saaristo, 2010: 47, f. 4.63a-d (mf)

Prasonica seriata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 43, p. 40: 2 f., p. 43: 6 f. (f)