Family: Liocranidae

Sphingius Thorell, 1890

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Gnaphosidae (Micariinae) to the Corinnidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165 and to the Liocranidae by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489; transfer back to the Corinnidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considered a senior synonym of Thamphilus Thorell, 1895b: 35 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06416] (type T. gracilis Thorell, 1895) by Simon, 1897a: 158, of Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04810] (type A. linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995, originally described in Clubionidae) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489 and of Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963: 49 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02473] (type S. sinensis Schenkel, 1963, originally described in Gnaphosidae) by Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32.

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Last updated: 2025-10-16

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 28

SYNONYM: 8

NOMEN NUDUM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Thorell, 1890d: 284 type Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890; gender masculine
Reference

Thorell, T. (1890d). Arachnidi di Pinang raccolti nel 1889 dai Signori L. Loria e L. Fea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 30: 269-383. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-10-16 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-10-16 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-03-15 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-03-15 Nota bene edited Old value
2020-12-23 Genus synonymy Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b Scotophaeoides synonymized with Sphingius
2016-10-05 Nota bene edited Old value

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