Family: Synotaxidae

Gaucelmus Keyserling, 1884

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Nesticidae to the Synotaxidae by Ramírez et al., 2022: 81 (confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 344); removed from the synonymy of Nesticus Thorell, 1870 by Gertsch, 1971: 96 (contra Simon, 1894a: 740); considered a senior synoym of Theridionexus Petrunkevitch, 1910: 209 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06417] (type T. cavernicola Petrunkevitch, 1910) by Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980: 52 (by transfer of the type species, removed from the synonymy of Nesticus, contra Petrunkevitch, 1928: 249).

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Last updated: 2025-10-16

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 6

SYNONYM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Keyserling, 1884a: 99 type Gaucelmus augustinus Keyserling, 1884; gender masculine
Reference

Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. I. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 222 pp., pl. 1-10. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-10-16 Nota bene edited Old value
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2024-02-15 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-09-30 Genus transferred to other family Ramírez et al., 2022 Gaucelmus Keyserling, 1884 transferred to Synotaxidae
2022-09-30 Nota bene edited Old value

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