World Spider Catalog

Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered valid by Wunderlich, 1986: 28, so genera listed by Brignoli, 1983c under Castianeirinae Reiskind, 1969: 179 and Corinninae (within the Clubionidae s. lat.) 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:

Thargalia Karsch, 1880 = Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026: 41)

Gen. Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02246

type Mazax spinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; preoccuppied by Mazax spinosa (Simon, 1898); gender feminine; replaced by Mazax pax Reiskind, 1969

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881 by Simon, 1903a: 1037, not accepted by Chamberlin, 1925d: 221, synoymy confirmed by Petrunkevitch, 1928: 230, accepted by Roewer, 1955c: 607, not accepted by Banks, 1929: 60 and Bonnet, 1957: 2741; finally regarded as valid by Reiskind, 1969: 258; considered a nomen protectum and a junior synyonym of Thargalia Karsch, 1880c: 376 (nomen oblitum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004518] (type Corinna memnonia C. L. Koch, 1841) by Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026: 41 (removed from the synonymy of Castianeira Keyserling, 1879, contra Keyserling, 1887b: 376).

In synonymy:

Mazax akephaloi Perger & Pett, 2022 = Mazax acanthaspis (Simon, 1896) (Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 233)

Mazax mokana Silva-Junior, Martínez, Villarreal & Bonaldo, 2024 = Mazax memnonia (C. L. Koch, 1841) (Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026: 41)

Mazax plana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Mazax spinosa (Simon, 1898) (Reiskind, 1969: 259)

Mazax segregata Chamberlin, 1925 = Mazax spinosa (Simon, 1898) (Reiskind, 1969: 259)

Homonym replaced:

Mazax spinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Mazax pax Reiskind, 1969

Mazax acanthaspis (Simon, 1896) | | Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024918

Apochinomma acanthaspis Simon, 1896b: 408 (Df) Original description

Apochinomma acanthaspis Simon, 1897a: 160, f. 164

Mazax akephaloi Perger & Pett, 2022: 582, f. 2A-B, 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-B, 7B, D (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054351]

Mazax acanthaspis Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 233, f. 2B, 9A-E, 10A-J, 11A-B (mf, T from Apochinomma, S of Mazax akephaloi)

Mazax ajax Reiskind, 1969 | | Mexico, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025276

Mazax ajax Reiskind, 1969: 268, f. 237-240 (Dmf) Original description

Mazax ajax Chamé-Vázquez, Jiménez & López Gálvez, 2020: 62, f. 3c-e (mf)

Mazax chickeringi Reiskind, 1969 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025277

Mazax chickeringi Reiskind, 1969: 262, f. 222-225, 282 (Dmf) Original description

Mazax kaspari Cokendolpher, 1978 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025278

Mazax kaspari Cokendolpher, 1978b: 230, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Mazax leonidas Silva-Junior, Martínez, Villarreal & Bonaldo, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062948

Mazax leonidas Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 243, f. 1A, 15A-J (Dmf) Original description

Mazax memnonia (C. L. Koch, 1841) | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025028

Corinna memnonia C. L. Koch, 1841b: 20, f. 704 (Df) Original description

Thargalia memnonia Karsch, 1880c: 376

Castaneira memnonia Simon, 1897a: 167

Mazax mokana Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 240, f. 14A-J (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062947]

Mazax memnonia Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026: 41, f. 1A, C-G (f, T from Castianeira, S of Mazax mokana)

Mazax pax Reiskind, 1969 | | USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025279 TYPE SPECIES

Mazax spinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 276, pl. 34, f. 2 (Df; preoccupied by Simon, 1898, see Mazax spinosa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054348]

Mazax spinosa Chickering, 1937c: 33, pl. 1, f. 10, pl. 2, f. 24, pl. 6, f. 68 (mf)

Apochinomma spinosum Roewer, 1955c: 608

Mazax pax Reiskind, 1969: 264, f. 233-236, 285 (mf, replacement name) Original description

Mazax pax Chamé-Vázquez, Jiménez & López Gálvez, 2020: 62, f. 3a-b (f)

Mazax pax Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 224, f. 2A, 3A-B, 4A-J, 5A-E, 6A-D (mf)

Mazax ramirezi Rubio & Danişman, 2014 | | Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047221

Mazax ramirezi Rubio & Danişman, 2014: 1185, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 3A-F, 4A-G, 5A-F (Dmf) Original description

Mazax ramirezi Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 237, f. 12A-H, 13A-J (mf)

Mazax spinosa (Simon, 1898) | | Guatemala, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025280

Castaneira spinosa Simon, 1898i: 882 (Dmf) Original description

Mazax plana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 83, pl. 6, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054349]

Mazax segregata Chamberlin, 1925d: 221 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054350]

Mazax plana Chickering, 1937c: 33, pl. 1, f. 2, pl. 2, f. 27

Apochinomma planum Roewer, 1955c: 608

Apochinomma segregatum Roewer, 1955c: 608

Mazax spinosa Reiskind, 1969: 259, f. 230-232, 283-284 (mf, T from Castianeira, S of Apochinomma planum and A. segregatum)

Mazax spinosa Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 230, f. 1B, 7A-C, 8A-J (mf)

Mazax tembe Silva-Junior, Martínez, Villarreal & Bonaldo, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062949

Mazax tembe Silva-Junior et al., 2024: 246, f. 16A-K, 17A-F, 18A-D, 19A-F (Dmf) Original description

Mazax xerxes Reiskind, 1969 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025281

Mazax xerxes Reiskind, 1969: 261, f. 226-229, 280-281 (Dmf) Original description