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, Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 and Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7 list these subfamilies: Acantheinae Simon, 1897a: 115 (sub Acantheae), Acanthocteninae Simon, 1892, Calocteninae Simon, 1897a: 119 (sub Calocteneae), Cteninae and Enoplocteninae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025.

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

type Thoriosa fulvastra Simon, 1909; gender feminine

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 TYPE SPECIES

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

Thoriosa drassina Simon, 1909f: 361 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064842]

Thoriosa leonina Simon, 1909f: 361 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064843]

Thoriosa fulvastra Benoit, 1976b: 223, f. 1-3 (f, S of Thoriosa drassina and T. leonina)

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 (f, T 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 (mf, T 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 (mf, T from Ctenus)

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