World Spider Catalog

Atypidae Thorell, 1870

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Calommatidae Thorell, 1887: 23 only regarded as valid family by Ono, 2009a: 86 and considered again a junior synonym of Atypidae by Ono & Ogata, 2018: 611.

In synonymy:

Madognatha Ausserer, 1871 = Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 (Simon, 1892a: 198, sub Atypus, but Madognatha has the same type species as Sphodros)

Gen. Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00005

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Madognatha Ausserer, 1871a: 143 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05735] (type Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835) by Simon, 1892a: 198 (sub Atypus, but Madognatha has the same type species as Sphodros); removed from the synonymy of Atypus Latreille, 1804 by Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 15, after Kraus & Baur, 1974: 88.

Transferred to other genera:

Sphodros lucasi Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Actinopus

In synonymy:

Sphodros bicolor (Lucas, 1836, T from Atypus) = Sphodros rufipes Latreille, 1829 (Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 21)

Sphodros milberti Walckenaer, 1837 = Sphodros rufipes Latreille, 1829 (Kaston, 1977: 5, sub Atypus bicolor)

Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000104

Sphodros abbotii Walckenaer, 1835: 639 (Dmf) Original description

Sphodros abbotii Walckenaer, 1837: 247 (f, m see Actinopus nigripes)

Madognatha abboti Ausserer, 1871a: 143

Atypus abboti McCook, 1888c: 203

Atypus abboti McCook, 1894: 138, pl. 29, f. 9 (mf)

Atypus abboti Gertsch, 1936b: 9, f. 1-6, 11-12, 15-23 (mf)

Sphodros abboti Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 16, f. 1, 3-4, 10, 20-31 (mf, T from Atypus)

Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000105

Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 28, f. 20, 43-47 (Dmf) Original description

Sphodros atlanticus Hoffman, 2010: 33, f. 2, 6 (m)

Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000106

Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 35, f. 55-60 (Dmf) Original description

Sphodros coylei Hoffman, 2010: 34, f. 1, 3, 7 (m)

Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000107

Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 25, f. 37-42 (Dmf) Original description

Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842) | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000108

Atypus niger Hentz, 1842: 224, pl. 8, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Atypus niger Emerton, 1913b: 259, f. 1

Sphodros niger Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 30, f. 48-55 (mf, T from Atypus)

Sphodros niger Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 50, f. 353-355 (mf)

Sphodros niger Hoffman, 2010: 35, f. 4, 8 (m)

Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000109

Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 20, f. 20, 30-31 (Df) Original description

Sphodros paisano Platnick, 1986c: 140, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Sphodros paisano Luna & Millán, 2017: 131, f. 2 (m chelicera)

Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000110

Atypus rufipes Latreille, 1829: 233 (D) Original description

Atypus bicolor Lucas, 1836b: 216, pl. 5, f. 5C (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061022]

Oletera bicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 245

Sphodros milberti Walckenaer, 1837: 249 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061023]

Atypus milberti Banks, 1907: 736

Atypus bicolor Comstock, 1910: 168, f. 8 (m)

Atypus bicolor Gertsch, 1936b: 13, f. 7, 13, 24-25, 28-29 (m, Df)

Atypus milberti Gertsch, 1936b: 16, f. 8-10, 26-27 (m, Df)

Atypus bicolor Comstock, 1940: 110, 251, f. 100, 227 (m)

Atypus milberti Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945a: 550, f. 7 (m)

Atypus bicolor Kaston, 1977: 5 (S of Atypus milberti)

Sphodros rufipes Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 21, f. 2, 5-6, 11-12, 32-37 (mf, T from Atypus, S of Atypus bicolor)

Sphodros rufipes Hoffman, 2010: 36, f. 5, 9 (m)