World Spider Catalog

Desidae Pocock, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Aphyctoschema Simon, 1902 = Badumna Thorell, 1890 (Lehtinen, 1967: 215)

Derxema Simon, 1906 = Badumna Thorell, 1890 (Lehtinen, 1967: 228)

Hesperauximus Gertsch, 1937 = Badumna Thorell, 1890 (Marples, 1959b: 335, sub Ixeuticus)

Ixeuticus Dalmas, 1917 = Badumna Thorell, 1890 (Gray, 1983a: 249)

Gen. Badumna Thorell, 1890 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01855

type Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890; gender feminine

N.B.: listed in the Matachiinae (Amaurobiidae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 218, implicitly transferred to the Desidae by Forster, 1970b: 65; considered a senior synonym of Aphyctoschema (= Aphyctoschaema, unjustified emendation by Simon, 1903a: 977) Simon, 1902c: 242 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05170] (type A. hygrophila Simon, 1902) and Derxema Simon, 1906b: 303 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05171] (type D. arguta Simon, 1906) (both transferred from the Amaurobiidae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 218 and of Ixeuticus Dalmas, 1917a: 329 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05175] (type I. martius Dalmas, 1917 = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (itself considered a senior synonym of Hesperauximus Gertsch, 1937: 4 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05174] (type H. sternitzkii Gertsch, 1937 = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867)) (transferred from the Amaurobiidae by Marples, 1959b: 335 and synonymized with Badumna by Lehtinen, 1967: 218) by Gray, 1983a: 249 (contra Forster, 1970b: 63, who recognized Ixeuticus as valid); not a senior synonym of Phryganoporus Simon, 1908 (Gray, 2002: 276, contra Gray, 1983a: 249; transfer back to the Amaurobiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.

Transferred to other genera:

Badumna agelenoides (Emerton, 1919) -- see Arctobius

Badumna alacris (Berland, 1924) -- see Forsterina

Badumna albicauda (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna angustiae (Marples, 1959) -- see Dunstanoides

Badumna annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Forsterina

Badumna armigera (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna bivittata (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna calypso (Marples, 1959) -- see Makora

Badumna candida (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna charybdis (Hogg, 1910) -- see Neoramia

Badumna chathamensis (Simon, 1899) -- see Oramia

Badumna chathamensis occidentalis (Marples, 1959) -- see Oramia

Badumna cinctipes Simon, 1906 -- see Lathyarcha

Badumna cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna dalmasi (Marples, 1959) -- see Neolana

Badumna finschi (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Neoramia

Badumna frequens (Rainbow, 1920) -- see Oramia

Badumna gausapata (Simon, 1906) -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna gausapata occidentalis (Simon, 1908) -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna inornata (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Lathyarcha

Badumna janus (Bryant, 1935) -- see Neoramia

Badumna nigrina (Simon, 1908) -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna nuntius (Marples, 1959) -- see Dunstanoides

Badumna rubrioides (Hogg, 1909) -- see Oramia

Badumna rubrioides mackerrowi (Marples, 1959) -- see Oramia

Badumna segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Forsterina

Badumna setosa (Bryant, 1935) -- see Neoramia

Badumna storeniformis (Simon, 1908) -- see Baiami

Badumna tubicola (Simon, 1908) -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna vallus (Marples, 1959) -- see Oparara

Badumna vandiemeni Gray, 1983 -- see Phryganoporus

Badumna velifera (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna virgosa (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

Badumna vultuosa (Simon, 1908) -- see Forsterina

In synonymy:

Badumna australiensis (Strand, 1913) = Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna chalybeia (L. Koch, 1872, T from Ixeuticus) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna exsiccata (Strand, 1913) = Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) (Strand, 1913c: 604, sub Amaurobius)

Badumna helsoni (Bryant, 1935) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Marples, 1959b: 335, sub Ixeuticus martius)

Badumna martia (Simon, 1899, T from Ixeuticus) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna praecalva (Simon, 1906) = Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna robusta (L. Koch, 1872) = Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna sedula (Simon, 1906, T from Aphyctoschema) = Badumna guttipes (Simon, 1906) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna senilis (L. Koch, 1872, T from Ixeuticus) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna silvana (L. Koch, 1872, T from Ixeuticus) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Badumna sternitzkii (Gertsch, 1937, T from Hesperauximus) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Marples, 1959b: 335, sub Ixeuticus martius)

Badumna subfasciata (Simon, 1899) = Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Marples, 1959b: 335, sub Ixeuticus martius)

Badumna varia Simon, 1906 = Badumna pilosa (Hogg, 1900) (Lehtinen, 1967: 218)

Nomina dubia:

Badumna blochmanni (Strand, 1907m: 459, j, Australia/New South Wales, originally in Amaurobius) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24

Badumna javana (Strand, 1907m: 409, f, Indonesia/Java, originally in Aphyctoschema) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24

Badumna arguta (Simon, 1906) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021453

Derxema arguta Simon, 1906b: 303 (Df) Original description

Badumna arguta Lehtinen, 1967: 226 (T from Derxema)

Badumna bimetallica (Hogg, 1896) | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021454

Amaurobius bimetallicus Hogg, 1896: 322, pl. 24, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Ixeuticus bimetallicus Roewer, 1955c: 1368

Badumna exilis Thorell, 1890 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021457

Badumna exilis Thorell, 1890a: 327 (Dm) Original description

Badumna guttipes (Simon, 1906) | | Australia (Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021460

Aphyctoschaema guttipes Simon, 1906b: 297 (Df, unjustified emendation of generic name) Original description

Aphyctoschaema sedula Simon, 1906b: 298 (Df, unjustified emendation of generic name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063702]

Badumna guttipes Lehtinen, 1967: 218, f. 104 (f, T from Aphyctoschema, S of Aphyctoschema sedula)

Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021461 TYPE SPECIES

Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890a: 323 (Df) Original description

Badumna hirsuta Kulczyński, 1908d: 571, pl. 23, f. 22-23, 25, 28 (f, Dm)

Badumna hirsuta Lehtinen, 1967: 439, f. 99 (m)

Badumna hygrophila (Simon, 1902) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021462

Aphyctoschema hygrophila Simon, 1902c: 242 (Dmf) Original description

Aphyctoschaema hygrophilum Bonnet, 1955: 357 (unjustified emendation)

Badumna hygrophila Lehtinen, 1967: 439, f. 100 (m, T from Aphyctoschema)

Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) | | Australia. Introduced to Japan, New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021463

Amaurobius insignis L. Koch, 1872a: 330 (Df) Original description

Amaurobius robustus L. Koch, 1872a: 331, pl. 26, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063701]

Amaurobius praecalvus Simon, 1906b: 295 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063700]

Amaurobius australiensis Strand, 1913c: 603 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063699]

Amaurobius australiensis exsiccatus Strand, 1913c: 604 (invalid provisional name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021458]

Ixeuticus robustus Dalmas, 1917a: 333

Ixeuticus exsiccatus Roewer, 1955c: 1368

Ixeuticus insignis Roewer, 1955c: 1368

Ixeuticus praecalvus Roewer, 1955c: 1368

Badumna insignis Lehtinen, 1967: 218 (T from Ixeuticus, S of Ixeuticus australiensis, I. praecalvus and I. robustus)

Ixeuticus robustus Hickman, 1967: 31, f. 45-47 (mf)

Badumna insignis Yaginuma, 1967b: 92, f. 2a-b (f)

Ixeuticus robustus Forster, 1970b: 66, f. 144-147 (mf)

Amaurobius insignis Yaginuma, 1971: 128, f. 107.4-5 (f)

Ixeuticus robustus Yaginuma, 1974a: 170, f. 1-4 (mf)

Ixeuticus robustus Yaginuma, 1976d: 170, f. F.1-4 (mf)

Badumna insignis Gray, 1983b: 285, f. 29

Ixeuticus robustus Yaginuma, 1986a: 9, f. 7.2 (mf)

Badumna robusta Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 28 (m)

Badumna insignis Okumura, Ogata & Ono, 2009: 129, f. 1-3 (mf)

Badumna insignis Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 82, f. 50.2-4 (mf)

Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) | | Australia. Introduced to New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa, Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021465

Amaurobius longinquus L. Koch, 1867b: 196 (Dj) Original description

Amaurobius senilis L. Koch, 1872a: 326, pl. 26, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063707]

Amaurobius chalybeius L. Koch, 1872a: 328, pl. 26, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063704]

Amaurobius silvanus L. Koch, 1872a: 337, pl. 27, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063708]

Amaurobius martius Simon, 1899b: 421 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063706]

Badumna subfasciata Simon, 1899b: 422 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063710]

Ixeuticus martius Dalmas, 1917a: 330, f. 5-6, 8 (mf)

Ixeuticus subfasciatus Dalmas, 1917a: 332 (Dmf)

Ixeuticus senilis Dalmas, 1917a: 333

Ixeuticus longinquus Dalmas, 1917a: 335

Ixeuticus helsoni Bryant, 1935d: 73, pl. 10, f. 9, pl. 13, f. 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063705]

Ixeuticus subfasciatus Bryant, 1935d: 74, pl. 13, f. 34 (Df)

Hesperauximus sternitzkii Gertsch, 1937: 4, f. 104 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063709]

Ixeuticus senilis Hickman, 1944a: 24 (Dm)

Ixeuticus chalybeius Roewer, 1955c: 1368

Ixeuticus silvanus Roewer, 1955c: 1369

Ixeuticus martius Marples, 1959b: 335, f. II.3, 5 (mf, S of Hesperauximus sternitzkii, Ixeuticus helsoni and I. subfasciatus)

Ixeuticus martius Marples, 1962: 703, f. 1C-D, 2E (mf)

Badumna longinquus Lehtinen, 1967: 218, f. 101 (m, T from Ixeuticus, S of Ixeuticus chalybeius, I. martius, I. senilis and I. silvanus)

Ixeuticus martius Hickman, 1967: 32, f. 48-49 (mf)

Ixeuticus martius Forster, 1970b: 65, f. 5, 143, 148-151 (mf)

Ixeuticus martius Leech, 1971: 23, f. 1-3 (mf)

Ixeuticus martius Leech, 1972: 109, f. 196-197, 391 (mf)

Badumna longinquus Gray, 1983a: 247, f. 19-22, 25, 28 (mf)

Badumna longinqua Davies, 1998a: 212, f. 2 (m)

Badumna longinqua Griswold et al., 2005: 19, f. 178A-C (m)

Badumna longinqua Okumura, Ogata & Ono, 2009: 131, f. 4-6 (mf)

Badumna longinqua Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 82, f. 50.1, 5-7 (mf)

Badumna longinqua Kielhorn & Rödel, 2011: 1, f. 1, 2a-e (f)

Badumna longinqua Suzuki, 2019f: 132, f. 2-3 (f)

Badumna longinqua Haddad & Foord, 2021: 332, f. 1a, 2a-b, 3a-c, S1a, e (mf)

Badumna longinqua Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021g: 4, p. 3: 1 f., p. 4: 3 f. (m, f habitus)

Badumna longinqua Kurokawa, 2025: 69, f. 1C-D (m)

Badumna longinqua Serita, 2025c: 102, f. 2B (f)

Badumna longinqua Ichikawa, 2025d: 44, f. 2-3 (f)

Badumna longinqua Lee et al., 2026: 99, f. 1A-I, 4B, G, 5A-J (mf)

Badumna longinqua Okumura, 2026a: 41, f. 1A-C (mf)

Badumna maculata (Rainbow, 1916) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021466

Aphyctoschaema maculata Rainbow, 1916a: 37, pl. 14, f. 2-4 (Df) Original description

Badumna maculata Lehtinen, 1967: 218 (T from Aphyctoschema)

Badumna microps (Simon, 1908) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021467

Amaurobius microps Simon, 1908d: 366 (Df) Original description

Ixeuticus microps Roewer, 1955c: 1369

Badumna pilosa (Hogg, 1900) | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021468

Amaurobius pilosus Hogg, 1900: 80, pl. 13, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Badumna varia Simon, 1906b: 296 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063703]

Aphyctoschaema pilosa Roewer, 1955c: 1360

Badumna pilosa Lehtinen, 1967: 218 (T from Aphyctoschema, S of Badumna varia)

Badumna scalaris (L. Koch, 1872) | | Australia (Queensland, central Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021469

Amaurobius scalaris L. Koch, 1872a: 334, pl. 26, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Ixeuticus scalaris Roewer, 1955c: 1369

Badumna senilella (Strand, 1907) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021470

Amaurobius senilellus Strand, 1907i: 200 (Df) Original description

Ixeuticus senilellus Roewer, 1955c: 1369

Badumna socialis (Rainbow, 1905) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021471

Amaurobius socialis Rainbow, 1905: 9, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Aphyctoschaema socialis Roewer, 1955c: 1360

Badumna socialis Lehtinen, 1967: 218 (T from Aphyctoschema)

Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040230

Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006: 45, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description