Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: Includes Aphantochilidae as "a subfamily related to the Strophiinae" (Ono, 1988c: 217-218, after Homann, 1975: 184; see also Benjamin, 2011: 8 and Teixeira, Campos & Lise, 2014: 73). Separation of Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004 (Wunderlich, 2004m: 1738, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here. Lehtinen, 2016 splits the family into five families, i.e. Thomisidae s. str., Borboropactidae Wunderlich, 2004, Stephanopidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, Stiphropidae Simon, 1886 [sub Stiphropodidae; for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 170] and Bomidae Simon, 1886 [for nomenclatural author and year see Simon, 1886b: 173]; because of lack of a phylogenetic analysis and partly unclear limitations this splitting is not accepted; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.
Gen. Spinaarachne Machado, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06440
type Stephanopis hirsuta L. Koch, 1874; gender feminine
Spinaarachne aculeata Machado, 2025 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066528
Spinaarachne aculeata Machado in Machado & Teixeira, 2025: 279, f. 1E-F, 6A-F, 7A-F (Dmf) Original description
Spinaarachne hirsuta (L. Koch, 1874) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031087 TYPE SPECIES
Stephanopis hirsuta L. Koch, 1874a: 520, pl. 39, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Stephanopis hirsuta L. Koch, 1876a: 753, pl. 66, f. 2 (Dm)
Sidymella hirsuta Machado & Teixeira, 2021: 306, f. 16c, h, 17e, 20e (mf)
Sidymella hirsuta Dupérré, 2023a: 249, f. 83A-B, 84A-B (f)
Spinaarachne hirsuta Machado & Teixeira, 2025: 274, f. 1A-B, 2A-F, 3A-F, 4A-D (mf, T from Sidymella)
Spinaarachne pilosa Machado, 2025 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066527
Spinaarachne pilosa Machado in Machado & Teixeira, 2025: 277, f. 1C-D, 5A-F (Df) Original description

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