World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Acanthoctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 378; Lehtinen's inclusion of the Thalassiinae (Pisauridae) was rejected by Brignoli, 1983c: 585; considered polyphyletic by Griswold, 1993: 37); limits thoroughly discussed by Silva-Dávila, 2003; Cupiennius Simon, 1891 transferred to the Trechaleidae by Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233 and Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 517, f. 17-18.

Gen. Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01802

Transferred to other genera:

Phymatoctenus kollari Reimoser, 1939 -- see Acanthoctenus

In synonymy:

Phymatoctenus parvus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Gephyroctenus) = Phymatoctenus comosus Simon, 1897 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 707)

Phymatoctenus comosus Simon, 1897 | | Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020794

Phymatoctenus comosus Simon, 1897a: 116, f. 106

Phymatoctenus comosus Simon, 1897b: 495 (Df) Original description

Gephyroctenus parvus Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020748]

Phymatoctenus comosus Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 707 (S)

Phymatoctenus sassii Reimoser, 1939 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020795

Phymatoctenus sassii Reimoser, 1939: 364, f. 10 (Dm) Original description

Phymatoctenus sassii Dupérré, 2015b: 478, f. 50-51 (m)

Phymatoctenus tristani Reimoser, 1939 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020796

Phymatoctenus tristani Reimoser, 1939: 365, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Phymatoctenus tristani Dupérré, 2015b: 478, f. 52 (f)