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.
Gen. Pronophaea Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02260

In synonymy:

Pronophaea nitida (Lawrence, 1937, T from Medmassa) = Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897 (Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9)

Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025429
Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897c: 15 (Df) Original description
Medmassa nitida Lawrence, 1937: 252, f. 21 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025293]
Medmassa nitida Lawrence, 1938a: 506, f. 29 (Df)
Pronophaea natalica Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9, f. 25-30 (mf, S of Medmassa nitida)
Pronophaea natalica Haddad et al., 2023: 65, p. 64: 1-2, p. 65: 1-8, p. 66: 1-6 (mf)
Pronophaea proxima (Lessert, 1923) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025296
Medmassa proxima Lessert, 1923: 204, f. 52, 54 (Dm) Original description
Medmassa proxima Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2002: 250, f. 3I, 4D (mf)
Pronophaea proxima Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9, f. 31-32 (m, T from Medmassa)
Pronophaea proxima Ramírez, 2014: 229, f. 157G-H, 176E (mf)
Pronophaea proxima Haddad et al., 2023: 67, f. 1-2 (m)
Pronophaea vidua (Lessert, 1923) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025303
Medmassa vidua Lessert, 1923: 202, f. 53 (Df) Original description
Pronophaea vidua Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 10, f. 33-34 (f, T from Medmassa)
Pronophaea vidua Haddad et al., 2023: 68, f. 1-2 (f)

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