World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Ramírez, 2014: 342; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 521, f. 19.

Gen. Aculithus Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04907

type Otacilia bijiashanica Liu, 2020; gender masculine

Aculithus bijiashanicus (Liu, 2020) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052061 TYPE SPECIES

Otacilia bijiashanica Liu in Liu et al., 2020d: 16, f. 9A-F, 10A-D, 11A-C (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus bijiashanicus Liu et al., 2022a: Suppl. 2: 19, f. 22A-C, 23A-F, 32, 131A, D, 132A, D, 133A-B (mf, T from Otacilia)

Aculithus brevispinus Mu & Zhang, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058992

Aculithus brevispina Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 8, f. 3A-D, 4A-F, 5A-E (Dmf; specific epithet is an adjective) Original description

Aculithus celatus (Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048706

Phrurolithus celatus Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016: 272, f. 1A-G, 2A-E (Dmf) Original description

Otacilia celata Zamani & Marusik, 2020b: 312 (T from Phrurolithus)

Aculithus celatus Mu et al., 2025c: 416 (T from Otacilia)

Aculithus chongyi Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053873

Aculithus chongyi Liu & S. Q. Li in Liu et al., 2022a: 354, Suppl. 2: 20, f. 24A-D, 25A-F, 26A-C (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus chongyi Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 11, f. 6A-D (f)

Aculithus fabiformis (Liu, Xu, Xiao, Yin & Peng, 2019) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051079

Otacilia fabiformis Liu et al., 2019b: 444, f. 6A-E, 7A-C, 8A-F (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus fabiformis Liu et al., 2022a: Suppl. 2: 21, f. 131B, E, 132B, E, 133C-D (mf, T from Otacilia)

Aculithus guposhan (Mu & Zhang, 2023) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058996

Otacilia guposhan Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 31, f. 22A-D, 23A-F, 24A-E (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus guposhan Mu et al., 2025c: 414 (T from Otacilia)

Aculithus hippocampus (Jin, Fu, Yin & Zhang, 2016) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048742

Otacilia hippocampa Jin et al., 2016: 36, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus hippocampus Liu et al., 2022a: Suppl. 2: 21 (T from Otacilia)

Aculithus languan Jiang & Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064720

Aculithus languan Jiang & Liu in Jiang et al., 2025b: 3, f. 1A-E, 2C-D, 5A (Df) Original description

Aculithus pseudofabiformis (Liang, Q. Li, Yin, H. Li & Xu, 2021) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053638

Otacilia pseudofabiformis Liang et al., 2021b: 100, f. 1A-D (Df) Original description

Aculithus pseudofabiformis Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 12 (T from Otacilia)

Aculithus ruijin Jiang & Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064721

Aculithus ruijin Jiang & Liu in Jiang et al., 2025b: 9, f. 3A-F, 4A-F, 5B-H, 6E-F (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus subfabiformis (Liu, 2020) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052469

Otacilia subfabiformis Liu in Liu et al., 2020e: 13, f. 9A-F, 10A-E, 11A-D (Dmf) Original description

Aculithus subfabiformis Liu et al., 2022a: Suppl. 2: 22, f. 131C, F, 132C, F, 133E-F (mf, T from Otacilia)

Aculithus taishan Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053874

Aculithus taishan Liu & S. Q. Li in Liu et al., 2022a: 354, Suppl. 2: 22, f. 27A-F, 28A-E, 29A-D (Dm) Original description

Aculithus taoyuan (Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048710

Phrurolithus taoyuan Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016: 283, f. 9A-H, 10A-E (Dmf) Original description

Otacilia taoyuan Zamani & Marusik, 2020b: 312 (T from Phrurolithus)

Aculithus taoyuan Jiang et al., 2025b: 12 (T from Otacilia)

Aculithus xunwu Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053875

Aculithus xunwu Liu & S. Q. Li in Liu et al., 2022a: 354, Suppl. 2: 23, f. 30A-F, 31A-F (Dm) Original description