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Megathyrididae
Taxonomy
Megathyrididae was named by Dall (1870). It is extant. Its type is Megathiris.
It was assigned to Megathyridoidea by Williams et al. (2006), Emig et al. (2013) and Bitner and Müller (2017).
It was assigned to Megathyridoidea by Williams et al. (2006), Emig et al. (2013) and Bitner and Müller (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Megathyrididae Dall |
| 2006 | Megathyrididae Williams et al. p. 2217 |
| 2013 | Megathyrididae Emig et al. p. 77 |
| 2017 | Megathyrididae Bitner and Müller p. 216 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Megathyrididae Dall 1870
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G. Argyrotheca Dall 1900
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†Argyrotheca aequicostata Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca ageriana Taddei Ruggiero 1993
†Argyrotheca alavensis Pajaud 1972
†Argyrotheca altavillensis de Morgan 1883
†Argyrotheca andina Feruglio 1936
Argyrotheca angulata Zezina 1987
†Argyrotheca anomala Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca arguta Grant 1983
Argyrotheca australis Blochmann 1910
†Argyrotheca barrettiana Davidson 1866
†Argyrotheca batalleri Abrard 1927
†Argyrotheca beecheri Clark 1895
Argyrotheca bermudana Dall 1911
†Argyrotheca bermudezi Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
†Argyrotheca bronnii Roemer 1841
Argyrotheca cistellula Searles-Wood 1841
†Argyrotheca clevei Davidson 1874
†Argyrotheca collardi Baudon 1855
†Argyrotheca coniuncta Steinich 1965
†Argyrotheca costulata Seguenza 1866
Argyrotheca crassa Cooper 1977
Argyrotheca cuneata Risso 1826
†Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca dalli Aldrich 1911
Argyrotheca grandicostata Logan 1983
Argyrotheca hewatti Cooper 1977
†Argyrotheca hirundo Hagenow 1842
†Argyrotheca inconstans Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca intercalata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca jacksoni Cooper 1973
Argyrotheca johnsoni Cooper 1934
†Argyrotheca kupei Hiller 2008
†Argyrotheca lacunosa Stenich 1965
†Argyrotheca laevis Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca londinensis Elliott 1954
Argyrotheca lowei Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Argyrotheca lunula von Koenen 1894
Argyrotheca lutea Dall 1871
†Argyrotheca macneili Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca magnicostata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca mayi Blochmann 1914
†Argyrotheca megalocephala Sandberger 1862
†Argyrotheca megapora Zelinskaya 1975
†Argyrotheca microscopica von Schlotheim 1813
†Argyrotheca obourgensis Simon 2000
†Argyrotheca peculiaris Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca piperipyxis Elliott 1954
†Argyrotheca plana Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca plicata de Morgan 1915
†Argyrotheca popielae Simon 1992
†Argyrotheca quadrata Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca quadrata transversa Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca ramshehensis Bitner et al. 2023
†Argyrotheca retrorsa Crickmay 1933
Argyrotheca rubrocostata Cooper 1977
Argyrotheca rubrotincta Dall 1871
†Argyrotheca sabandensis Pajaud 1972
†Argyrotheca sabaratensis Pajaud 1970
Argyrotheca schrammi Crosse and Fischer 1866
†Argyrotheca semicostata Baudon 1855
†Argyrotheca semicostata Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca serrata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca somaliensis Cooper 1973
†Argyrotheca squamata Eichwald 1830
†Argyrotheca stevensis Nielsen 1928
Argyrotheca subcordata Boettger 1901
†Argyrotheca sublamellosa Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca thurmanni Cooper 1973
†Argyrotheca tokodensis Bitner and Dulai 2008
Argyrotheca woodwardiana Davidson 1866
†Argyrotheca zenobiae Elliott 1960
Invalid names: Cistellarcula Elliott 1954 [synonym]
G. †Bronnothyris
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†Bronnothyris danaperensis Bitner and Müller 2017
†Bronnothyris rugosa Schreiber 1871
†Bronnothyris subradiata Sandberger 1862
G. Joania Alvarez et al. 2008
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Joania cordata Risso 1826
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Invalid names: Argyrotheca subcuneata Boettger 1901 [synonym], Cistella laevigata deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella marie deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella zboroviensis Friedberg 1921 [synonym]
†Joania crenata Sandberger 1862
†Joania dertomutinensis Sacco 1902
†Joania falunica de Morgan 1915
†Joania peyrerensis Bitner et al. 2013
†Joania ukrainica Bitner and Müller 2017
G. Megathiris d'Orbigny 1847
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†Megathiris bidiscoidea Simon 1992
Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Argiope multicostata Bosquet 1864 [synonym], Megathiris decollata Chemnitz 1785 [replaced]
Megathyris barroisi Shulgin 1884
Megathyris capensis Jackson 1952
Invalid names: Argiope Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842 [replaced]
G. †Phragmothyris Cooper 1955
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†Phragmothyris costellata Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris cubensis Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris palmeri Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris rotunda Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris subplana Cooper 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available