World Spider Catalog

Cyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Raven, 1985a: 125; family newly circumscribed by Opatova et al., 2020: 699 and by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15; transfer of the genera Amblyocarenum to the Nemesiidae, Angka to the Microstigmatidae and Homostola to the Bemmeridae (Opatova et al., 2020: 700), and of Fufius and Rhytidicolus to the Rhytidicolidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

In synonymy:

Cyrtocephalus Lucas, 1846 = Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 (Thorell, 1869: 37, replacement name, preoccupied)

Dolichoscaptus Simon, 1889 = Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 (Simon, 1892a: 104)

Homonym replaced:

Cyrtocephalus Lucas, 1846 -- see Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 - in Thorell, 1869

Gen. Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00054

N.B.: replacement name for Cyrtocephalus Lucas, 1846: 92 (see also Lucas, 1845a: 58) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05058], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Déjean, 1835; transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Cyrtaucheniidae by Raven, 1985a: 128; considered a senior synonym of Dolichoscaptus Simon, 1889f: 388 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05649] (type Mygale gracilipes Lucas, 1846, per Bonnet, 1956: 1521) by Simon, 1892a: 104; not a senior synonym of Amblyocarenum Simon, 1892 (Decae & Bosmans, 2014: 187, contra Raven, 1985a: 128).

Transferred to other genera:

Cyrtauchenius doleschalli Ausserer, 1871 -- see Amblyocarenum

Cyrtauchenius obscurus Ausserer, 1871 -- see Amblyocarenum

Cyrtauchenius siculus (Latreille, 1831) -- see Amblyocarenum

Cyrtauchenius walckenaeri (Lucas, 1846) -- see Amblyocarenum

In synonymy:

Cyrtauchenius terricola (Lucas, 1846) = Cyrtauchenius gracilipes Lucas, 1846 (Simon, 1889f: 104, sub Dolichoscaptus)

Cyrtauchenius artifex (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000475

Dolichoscaptus artifex Simon, 1889f: 388 (Df) Original description

Cyrtauchenius artifex Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1881 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000476

Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1881e: 10 (Dm) Original description

Dolichoscaptus bedeli Simon, 1889f: 388

Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius bicolor (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000477

Dolichoscaptus bicolor Simon, 1889f: 392 (Df) Original description

Cyrtauchenius bicolor Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000478

Dolichoscaptus castaneiceps Simon, 1889f: 393 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1881 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000479

Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1881e: 10 (Dm) Original description

Dolichoscaptus dayensis Simon, 1889f: 387

Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius gracilipes (Lucas, 1846) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000489

Mygale gracilipes Lucas, 1846: 91, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm)

Cyrtocephalus terricola Lucas, 1846: 95, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055383] Original description

Mygalodonta gracilipes Simon, 1864: 75

Cyrtauchenius gracilipes Simon, 1881e: 8 (Df)

Dolichoscaptus gracilipes Simon, 1889f: 385 (S of Cyrtocephalus terricola)

Cyrtauchenius terricola Simon, 1892a: 105, f. 103 (ignoring Simon, 1889f: 385)

Cyrtauchenius inops (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000481

Dolichoscaptus inops Simon, 1889f: 383 (Df) Original description

Cyrtauchenius inops Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1881 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000482

Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1881e: 9 (Dm) Original description

Dolichoscaptus latastei Simon, 1889f: 390 (Df)

Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius longipalpus (Denis, 1945) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000483

Amblyocarenum longipalpe Denis, 1945b: 41, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1881 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000484

Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1881e: 8 (Dm) Original description

Dolichoscaptus luridus Simon, 1889f: 386 (Df)

Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius maculatus (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000485

Dolichoscaptus maculatus Simon, 1889f: 386 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtauchenius maculatus Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius structor (Simon, 1889) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000487

Dolichoscaptus structor Simon, 1889f: 390 (Df) Original description

Cyrtauchenius structor Simon, 1892a: 105

Cyrtauchenius talpa Simon, 1891 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000488

Cyrtauchenius talpa Simon, 1891e: 302 (Df; N.B.: probably based upon label error per Raven, 1985a, Decae & Bosmans, 2014) Original description

Amblyocarenum talpa Simon, 1892a: 107

Cyrtauchenius vittatus Simon, 1881 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000490

Cyrtauchenius vittatus Simon, 1881e: 7 (Df) Original description

Dolichoscaptus vittatus Simon, 1889f: 387 (Df)