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:

Chemmis Simon, 1898 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (Bonaldo, 2000: 116)

Delozeugma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (Simon, 1898a: 200)

Menalippe O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, sub Chemmis)

Gen. Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02248

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Delozeugma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 105 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05031] (type D. formidabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866)) by Simon, 1898a: 200 and of Chemmis Simon, 1898a: 215 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06045] (type C. frederici Simon, 1898 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866), transferred from the Micariinae (Gnaphosidae) to the Liocranidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165) by Bonaldo, 2000: 116; Chemmis considered a senior synonym of Menalippe O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 284 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06151] (type M. punctigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866)) by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92.

Transferred to other genera:

Megalostrata atrox Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata barroana (Chamberlin, 1925) -- see Sparianthis

Megalostrata lohmanderi Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata pictithorax Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata steckleri (Gertsch, 1936) -- see Septentrinna

Megalostrata unicolor (Banks, 1901) -- see Zorocrates

In synonymy:

Megalostrata formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata frederici (Simon, 1898, T from Chemmis) = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata mordicans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata punctigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898, T from Menalippe) = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, sub Chemmis frederici)

Megalostrata sperata Kraus, 1955 = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata venifica Karsch, 1880 = Megalostrata raptor L. Koch, 1866 (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata bruneri (Bryant, 1936) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024191

Chemmis bruneri Bryant, 1936b: 331, pl. 23, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Megalostrata bruneri Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 509, f. 14A-C (f)

Megalostrata depicta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025305

Delozeugma depictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 145, pl. 19, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Megalostrata depicta Simon, 1897a: 192, f. 200, 203 (m)

Megalostrata depicta Bonaldo, 2000: 119, f. 310-311 (m)

Megalostrata depicta Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 501, f. 1B, 3C-D, 4A-C, 5A-C, 6A-F (m, Df)

Megalostrata monistica (Chamberlin, 1924) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024193

Chemmis monisticus Chamberlin, 1924b: 667, f. 111 (Df) Original description

Megalostrata monistica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 507, f. 10A-C, 11A-C, 12A-C, 13A-F (f)

Megalostrata pacifica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060861

Megalostrata pacifica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 505, f. 7A-C, 8A-C, 9A-F (Df) Original description

Megalostrata paludosa Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060862

Megalostrata paludosa Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 513, f. 15A-C, 16A-D, 17A-D, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-D, 21A-D, 22A-E, 23A-D, 24A-D (Dmf) Original description

Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) | | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Curaçao urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025210

Hypsinotus raptor L. Koch, 1866: 274, pl. 11, f. 174-175 (Dmf) Original description

Megalostrata venifica Karsch, 1880c: 378, pl. 12, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025311]

Delozeugma formidabile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 106, pl. 14, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025306]

Delozeugma mordicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897c: 225, pl. 28, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025308]

Megalostrata mordicans Simon, 1898a: 197

Megalostrata venenifica Simon, 1898a: 209 (lapsus)

Chemmis frederici Simon, 1898a: 215 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024192]

Menalippe punctigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 285, pl. 32, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060863]

Megalostrata formidabilis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 63

Chemmis frederici F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, pl. 7, f. 2, pl. 8, f. 1 (f, S of Menalippe punctigera)

Corinna raptor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 469

Chemmis punctigera Banks, 1914a: 677, pl. 28, f. 8 (f)

Megalostrata sperata Kraus, 1955b: 48, f. 125 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025310]

Corinna raptrix Bonnet, 1956: 1215 (invalid emendation)

Megalostrata mordicans Wunderlich, 1988: 202, f. 540 (m)

Megalostrata raptrix Bonaldo, 2000: 118, f. 110-111, 302-309 (mf, S of Chemmis frederici, Megalostrata formidabilis, M. mordicans, M. sperata and M. venifica)

Megalostrata raptor Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 497, f. 1A, 2A-C, 3A-B (m)