World Spider Catalog

Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Sorkinius Sherwood, Jocqué, Cazanove & Derepas, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06449

type Drassus maillardi Vinson, 1863; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Sorkinius espoir (Platnick, 1981, T from Xerophaeus) = Sorkinius maillardi (Vinson, 1863) (Sherwood et al., 2025h: 10)

Sorkinius oceanicus (Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983, T from Xerophaeus) = Sorkinius maillardi (Vinson, 1863) (Sherwood et al., 2025h: 10)

Sorkinius coruscus (L. Koch, 1875) | | Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028064

Drassus coruscus L. Koch, 1875b: 50, pl. 5, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Scotophaeus coruscus Strand, 1908h: 59

Scotophaeus coruscus Strand, 1908l: 20

Xerophaeus coruscus Simon, 1909c: 35

Xerophaeus coruscus Tullgren, 1910: 107, pl. 1, f. 19 (Dm, f)

Xerophaeus coruscus Berland, 1932b: 270, f. 380 (f)

Xerophaeus coruscus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021D: 41, 3 f. (mf)

Sorkinius coruscus Sherwood et al., 2025h: 16, f. 8A (f, T from Xerophaeus)

Sorkinius kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028065

Xerophaeus coruscus kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910: 108, pl. 1, f. 20 (Df) Original description

Xerophaeus coruscus kibonotensis Berland, 1920c: 105, f. 121-122 (Dm, f)

Sorkinius kibonotensis Sherwood et al., 2025h: 17, f. 8B-C (mf, T from Xerophaeus, elevated to species level from X. coruscus)

Sorkinius maillardi (Vinson, 1863) | | Seychelles, Reunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055845 TYPE SPECIES

Drassus maillardii Vinson, 1863: 115, f. 4a-b (Df) Original description

Drassus maillardii Roewer, 1955c: 1471 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981a: 454, f. 5-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028069]

Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983: 356, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028081]

Xerophaeus espoir Saaristo, 2010: 75, f. 11.17-20 (mf)

Xerophaeus espoir Marusik, 2010b: 7, f. 1-10 (m, Df)

Xerophaeus oceanicus Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 83 (probable junior S of Drassodes maillardi, currently a nomen dubium)

Drassodes maillardi Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 83 (probable senior S of Xerophaeus oceanicus)

Sorkinius maillardi Sherwood et al., 2025h: 10, f. 1A-C, 2A-H, 3A-F, 4A-B, 5A-F, 6A-I, 7A-D (Dm, f, T from Drassodes, removed from nomen dubium, S of Xerophaeus espoir and X. oceanicus)