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Selenopidae (wall crab spiders)

Arachnida - Araneae - Selenopidae

Taxonomy
Selenopidae was named by Simon (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gnaphosoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Dionycha by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Selenopidae Simon
2013Selenopidae Dunlop et al. p. 177
2017Selenopidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familySelenopidaeSimon 1897
familySelenopidaeSimon 1897

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. Selenopidae Simon 1897 [wall crab spiders]
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G. Anyphops Corronca 1998
G. Garcorops Corronca 2003
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Garcorops jadis Bosselaers 2004
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Invalid names: Anyphops cortex Wunderlich 2004 [synonym]
G. †Selenops Latreille 1819
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Selenops benoiti Wunderlich 2004
Selenops beynai Schawaller 1984
Selenops dominicanus Wunderlich 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available