N.B.: type species proposed by Levi & Pinter, 1970 (see comments by Beatty & Leech, 1971, Bonnet, 1971 and Edwards & Cutler, 1979 – no decision by the ICZN); genus considered valid by e.g. Bonnet, 1958: 3510, Edwards, 1977: 21 (contra Roewer, 1955c: 1621, who considered it a synonym of Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837); considered a senior synonym of Megatimus Thorell, 1891: 129 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06379] (type M. severus Thorell, 1891 = Phidippus audax (Hentz, 1845)) by Edwards, 2004: 74 (by synonymy of the type species, removed from synonymy of Dendryphantes, contra Simon, 1901a: 625).
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Last updated: 2025-09-19
Species counts
ACCEPTED: 75
SYNONYM: 81
NOMEN DUBIUM: 28
