World Spider Catalog

Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered valid by Wunderlich, 1986: 28, so genera listed by Brignoli, 1983c under Castianeirinae and Corinninae (Clubionidae) are treated here; Wunderlich used the name Myrmeciidae, which is already in use for ants (see Reiskind, 1983); Reiskind proposed that the International Commission validate the spelling Myrmeciuminae, but as there are already names available and in common use for both Corinninae and Castianeirinae it is easier to simply suppress Myrmeciinae C. L. Koch, 1850; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 522, f. 20.

In synonymy:

Astratea Thorell, 1890 = Medmassa Simon, 1887 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 345, contra Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c: 44)

Megaera Simon, 1877 = Medmassa Simon, 1887 (Karsch, 1880c: 374, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Megaera Simon, 1877 -- see Medmassa Simon, 1887 - in Karsch, 1880c

Gen. Medmassa Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02247

N.B.: replacement name for Megaera Simon, 1877b: 87 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05563], preoccupied in Diptera by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; considered a senior synonym of Astratea Thorell, 1890a: 364 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04803] (type A. insignis Thorell, 1890) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 345 (contra Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c: 44).

Transferred to other genera:

Medmassa andina Simon, 1898 -- see Corinna

Medmassa armata Simon, 1896 -- see Koppe

Medmassa australiensis (L. Koch, 1873) -- see Miturga

Medmassa bicolor Hogg, 1900 -- see Nyssus

Medmassa fusca Hogg, 1900 -- see Nucastia

Medmassa laurenti Lessert, 1946 -- see Mandaneta

Medmassa lesserti Strand, 1916 -- see Procopius

Medmassa nitida Lawrence, 1937 -- see Pronophaea

Medmassa pallipes (L. Koch, 1873) -- see Creugas

Medmassa proxima Lessert, 1923 -- see Pronophaea

Medmassa pusilla Simon, 1896 -- see Creugas

Medmassa semiflava Simon, 1896 -- see Battalus

Medmassa venezuelica Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Corinna

Medmassa vidua Lessert, 1923 -- see Pronophaea

In synonymy:

Medmassa hiekae Berland, 1922 = Medmassa semiaurantiaca Simon, 1909 (Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 3)

Nomina dubia:

Medmassa brunneolanceata Caporiacco, 1955: 369 (j, Venezuela) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34

Medmassa glabra Caporiacco, 1947a: 27 (j, Guyana) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34

Medmassa nyctalops Simon, 1909f: 377 (f, Equatorial Guinea/Bioko) -- Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 11

Medmassa septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1954: 116 (j, French Guiana) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34

Medmassa celebensis (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024932

Astratea celebensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c: 46, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Medmassa celebensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 353, f. 541 (f)

Medmassa christae Raven, 2015 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047712

Medmassa christae Raven, 2015: 28, f. 2c, 11a-d, 135 (Df) Original description

Medmassa diplogale Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037294

Medmassa diplogale Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 354, f. 542-554 (Dmf) Original description

Medmassa frenata (Simon, 1877) | j | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025287

Megaera frenata Simon, 1877b: 88, pl. 3, f. 11 (Dj) Original description

Medmassa frenata Simon, 1898a: 198

Medmassa frenata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 348, f. 521-526 (j)

Medmassa insignis (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024933

Astratea insignis Thorell, 1890a: 365 (Df) Original description

Medmassa insignis Simon, 1898a: 198

Astratea insignis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c: 45, f. 1-4 (f, T from Medmassa)

Medmassa insignis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 349, f. 527-535 (f, Dm)

Medmassa kltina (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024157

Agroeca kltina Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 174, f. 99a-e (Df) Original description

Medmassa kltina Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 346, 397 (T from Agroeca, may be a junior S of M. tigris)

Medmassa lingshui Lu & Li, 2023 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058206

Medmassa lingshui Lu & Li in Lu et al., 2023b: 29, f. 7A-C, 8A-B (Dm) Original description

Medmassa postica Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060478

Medmassa postica Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran in Sankaran, Kadam & Tripathi, 2024: 141, f. 1C, 6A-J, 7A-B (Df) Original description

Medmassa pulchra (Thorell, 1881) | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025297

Liocranum pulchrum Thorell, 1881: 213 (Df) Original description

Medmassa pulchra Simon, 1898a: 195

Medmassa sagax Tripathi, Kadam & Sankaran, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060477

Medmassa sagax Tripathi, Kadam & Sankaran in Sankaran, Kadam & Tripathi, 2024: 234, f. 1A-B, 2A-G, 3A-F, 4A-G, 5A-E (Dmf) Original description

Medmassa semiaurantiaca Simon, 1909 | | Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Central African Rep., Ethiopia, DR Congo, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025299

Medmassa semiaurantiaca Simon, 1909f: 376 (Df) Original description

Medmassa hiekae Berland, 1922: 74, pl. A4, f. 3 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025290]

Medmassa semiaurantiaca Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 3, f. 1-14 (Dm, f, S of Medmassa hiekae)

Medmassa semiaurantiaca Ramírez, 2014: 230, f. 158A-B (m)

Medmassa semiaurantiaca Haddad et al., 2023: 55, p. 54: 1-2, p. 55: 1-9 (mf)

Medmassa tigris (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) | | Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024934

Astratea tigris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995c: 47, f. 6-10 (Dmf) Original description

Medmassa tigris Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 351, f. 536-540 (mf)

Medmassa torta Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051086

Medmassa torta Jin, Zhang & Zhang, 2019: 469, f. 8A-H, 9A-C (Dm) Original description