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.

Gen. Messapus Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02193

type Messapus martini Simon, 1898; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Liocranidae to the Corinnidae by Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000b: 307.

Transferred to other genera:

Messapus secundus Strand, 1907 -- see Merenius

Messapus martini Simon, 1898 | | Zambia, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024266 TYPE SPECIES

Messapus martini Simon, 1898a: 214 (Df; m see Copuetta maputa) Original description

Messapus martini Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000b: 307, f. 1C, E, H (f; m see Copuetta maputa)

Messapus martini Haddad, 2013b: 17, f. 1-2, 27-28, 34-38 (Dm, f)

Messapus martini Haddad et al., 2023: 61, p. 60: 1-2, p. 61: 1-8 (mf)

Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048325

Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 390, f. 4-5, 32, 37-38, 41-44 (Dmf) Original description

Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048326

Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 393, f. 6, 33, 45-46 (Df) Original description

Messapus meridionalis Haddad et al., 2023: 62, f. 1-5 (f)

Messapus mygaloides Haddad & Grismado, 2025 | | Tanzania, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065248

Messapus mygaloides Haddad & Grismado, 2025: 353, f. 2-26 (Dmf) Original description

Messapus natalis (Pocock, 1898) | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025186

Corinna natalis Pocock, 1898c: 221, pl. 8, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Corinna natalis Bonaldo, 2000: 40 (belongs not to Corinnidae)

Corinna natalis Haddad, 2005: 28, f. 1-6 (Dm, f)

Messapus natalis Haddad, 2013b: 20, f. 4-5, 29-30 (T from Corinna)

Messapus natalis Haddad et al., 2023: 63, f. 1-10 (mf)

Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048327

Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 393, f. 7, 34, 47-48 (Df) Original description

Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048328

Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 395, f. 1-3, 8, 23-31, 35, 49-50 (Df) Original description

Messapus tigris Haddad & Grismado, 2025: 358, f. 27-39 (Dm)

Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048329

Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 395, f. 9-10, 36, 39-40, 51-54 (Dmf) Original description