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. Thoriosa Simon, 1909 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01804

In synonymy:

Thoriosa drassina Simon, 1909 = Thoriosa fulvastra Simon, 1909 (Benoit, 1976b: 223)

Thoriosa leonina Simon, 1909 = Thoriosa fulvastra Simon, 1909 (Benoit, 1976b: 223)

Thoriosa fulvastra Simon, 1909 | | São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020798

Thoriosa fulvastra Simon, 1909f: 360 (Df) Original description

Thoriosa drassina Simon, 1909f: 361 (Df)

Thoriosa leonina Simon, 1909f: 361 (Df)

Thoriosa fulvastra Benoit, 1976b: 223, f. 1-3 (f, S)

Thoriosa spadicea (Simon, 1909) | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020799

Ctenus spadiceus Simon, 1909f: 355, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Thoriosa spadicea Benoit, 1976b: 225, f. 4-5 (Tf from Ctenus)

Thoriosa spinivulva (Simon, 1909) | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020800

Ctenus spinivulva Simon, 1909f: 356, f. 11 (Dmf) Original description

Thoriosa spinivulva Benoit, 1976b: 226, f. 6-8 (Tmf from Ctenus)

Thoriosa taurina (Simon, 1909) | | São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea (Annobon Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020801

Ctenus taurinus Simon, 1909f: 357, f. 12 (Dmf) Original description

Thoriosa taurina Benoit, 1976b: 226, f. 9-11 (Tmf from Ctenus)

Thoriosa taurina Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 347, f. 7B (m)