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Sparassidae

Arachnida - Araneae - Sparassidae

Taxonomy
Sparassidae was named by Bertkau (1872). It is extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Sparassidae Bertkau
1912Eusparassinae Järvi
1994Eusparassidae Zhang et al. p. 224
2011Eusparassinae Dunlop et al. p. 522
2013Sparassidae Dunlop et al. p. 177
2017Sparassidae 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
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
familySparassidaeBertkau 1872
familySparassidaeBertkau 1872

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. Sparassidae Bertkau 1872
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G. †Caduceator Petrunkevitch 1942
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Caduceator minutus Petrunkevitch 1942
Caduceator quadrimaculatus Petrunkevitch 1950
G. †Collacteus Petrunkevitch 1942
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Collacteus captivus Petrunkevitch 1942
G. †Eostaianus Petrunkevitch 1950
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Eostaianus succini Petrunkevitch 1950
G. †Eostasina Petrunkevitch 1942
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Eostasina aculeata Petrunkevitch 1942
G. Eusparassus Simon 1903
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Eusparassus crassipes Koch and Berendt 1854
Subfm. Heteropodinae Thorell 1873
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G. Heteropoda Latreille 1804
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Heteropoda robusta Hong 1985
Invalid names: Ocypete [synonym], Retina Hong 1985 [synonym]
G. Pseudosparianthis Simon 1887
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Pseudosparianthis pfeifferi Wunderlich 1988
G. Zachria Koch 1875
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Zachria desiderabilis Petrunkevitch 1950
Zachria peculiata Petrunkevitch 1946
Zachria restincta Petrunkevitch 1958
Invalid names: Eusparassidae Järvi 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Caduceator minutus (147651) Caduceator quadrimaculatus, Zachria desiderabilis, Eostaianus succini (124205) Collacteus captivus, Eostasina aculeata (123766) Sparassidae indet. 1, Sparassidae indet. 2, Sparassidae indet. (124318) Zachria peculiata (123493)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Ocypete crassipes (109625 120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Zachria restincta (123762)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Retina robusta (128550)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tentabuna pfeifferi (146557)