Family: Corinnidae

Castianeira Keyserling, 1879

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: the spelling Castaneira is an unjustified emendation; considered a senior synonym of Micariaulax Becker, 1879a: 82 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004520] (type M. dugesi Becker, 1879), of Geotrecha Emerton, 1890: 168 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004521] (type Castianeira bivittata Keyserling, 1887 = Castianeira cingulata (C. L. Koch, 1841)) and of Tylophora Pavesi, 1880b: 344 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004519] (type T. antinorii Pavesi, 1880) by Simon, 1897a: 172; considered a senior synonym of Pedo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 219 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004522] (type P. ornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Castianeira venusta (Banks, 1898)) by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 81; not a synonym of Thargalia Karsch, 1880 (see Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026: 41, contra Keyserling, 1887b: 376).

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Last updated: 2025-10-10

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 123

SYNONYM: 24

NOMEN NUDUM: 2

NOMEN DUBIUM: 4

HOMONYM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Keyserling, 1879: 334 type Castianeira rubicunda Keyserling, 1879; gender feminine
Reference

Keyserling, E. (1879). Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 29: 293-350, pl. 4. -- Show included taxa

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