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SPARASSIDAE RECORDED FROM MADAGASCAR

By V. D. Roth, D. Silva Davila, D. Ubick, and C. E. Griswold

(complete synonymies and references at Platnick, N. I. 2003.
The world spider catalog, version 3.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html)




SPARASSIDAE Bertkau, 1872

Chrosioderma Simon, 1897
j albidum Simon, 1897 *....................Madagascar
  C. a. Simon, 1897a: 61, f. 51-52 (Dj).

Damastes Simon, 1880
m atrignathus Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  D. a. Strand, 1908f: 475 (Dm).

j coquereli Simon, 1880....................Madagascar
  D. c. Simon, 1880a: 243 (Dj).

f coquereli affinis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  D. c. a. Strand, 1907d: 735 (Df).
  D. c. a. Strand, 1907o: 85 (Df).
  D .c. a. Strand, 1916: 66 (Df).

j flavomaculatus Simon, 1880....................Madagascar
  D. f. Simon, 1880a: 244 (Dj).

f grandidieri Simon, 1880 *....................Madagascar
  D. g. Simon, 1880a: 242 (Df).
  D. g. Järvi, 1914: 75, 196, f. 59, pl. 7, f. 7-9 (f).

m majungensis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  D. m. Strand, 1907d: 736 (Dm).
  D. m. Strand, 1907o: 92 (Dm).

f malagasus (Karsch, 1881)....................Madagascar
  Holconia malagasa Karsch, 1881h: 192, pl. 12, f. B (Df).
  Delena malagasa Simon, 1897a: 43.
  D. m. Simon, 1903a: 1024.
  D. c. a. Strand, 1907: 94 (Df)

m masculinus Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  D. m. Strand, 1908f: 477 (Dm).

mf nossibeensis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  D. n. Strand, 1907d: 735 (Dj).
  D. n. Strand, 1907: 90 (Df)
  D. n. Strand, 1916b: 67 (Dmf).

f oswaldi Lenz, 1891....................Madagascar
  D. o. Lenz, 1891: 167, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df).

m sikoranus Strand, 1906....................Madagascar
  D. s. Strand, 1906h: 67 (Dm).

Eusparassus Simon, 1903
j laterifuscus Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  E. l. Strand, 1908d: 5 (DJ).
  E. l. Strand, 1916: 71

Heteropoda Latreille, 1804
mf venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) *....................Pantropical
  Aranea v. Linnaeus, 1767: 1035 (D).
  Olios leucosius Vinson, 1863: 98, 304, pl. 2, f. 3 (f).
  H. v. Davies, 1994: 83, f. 2A, E, 4A-B, 5A-B (mf).

Megaloremmius Simon, 1903
Phrynarachne sp. Legendre 1972: 436, f. 4 (f not a thomisid).
f leo Simon, 1903 *....................Madagascar
  M. l. Simon, 1903a: 1025 (Df).

Olios Walckenaer, 1837
Nomen dubium:
O. viridis Vinson, 1863: 163 (Madagascar) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1609.
mf coenobitus Fage, 1926....................Madagascar
  O. coenobita Fage, 1926: 5, f. 1 (Dmf).
  O. c. Roewer, 1955c: 694.

mf erraticus Fage, 1926....................Madagascar
  O. e. Fage, 1926: 7, f. 2 (Dmf).

mf lamarcki (Latreille, 1806)....................Madagascar to Sri Lanka, India
  Thomisus l. Latreille, 1806: 113 (Dmf).
  O. captiosus Vinson, 1863: 93, 304, pl. 2, f. 1 (f).
  O. l. Gravely, 1931: 241, f. 5B, 6B-C (mf).

mf malagassus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  O. m. Strand, 1907a: 558 (Df).
  O. m. Strand, 1916b: 71 (Dm).

f malagassus septifer Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  O. m. s. Strand, 1908f: 480 (Df).

mf nossibeensis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  O. n. Strand, 1907a: 557 (Df).
  O. n. Strand, 1916b: 70 (Dm).

f pusillus Simon, 1880....................Madagascar
  O. p. Simon, 1880a: 305 (Df).

j subpusillus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  O. s. Strand, 1907d: 737 (Dj).

Palystes L. Koch, 1875
j convexus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  P. c. Strand, 1907d: 737 (Dj).

m spiralis Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  P. s. Strand, 1907d: 737 (Dm).

Rhitymna Simon, 1897
f decorata Simon, 1897....................Madagascar
  R. d. Simon, 1897b: 485 (Df).

f fasciolata Simon, 1903....................Madagascar
  R. f. Simon, 1903b: 138 (Df).
  R. f. Fage, 1926: 8, f. 3-4 (f).

f hildebrandti Järvi, 1914....................Madagascar
  R. h. Järvi, 1914: 54, 169, f. 47, pl. 4, f. 1-3 (Df).

mf imerinensis (Vinson, 1863)....................Madagascar
  Olios i. Vinson, 1863: 95, 304 (Df).
  Isopeda i. Lenz, 1891: 168 (Dm).
  R. i. Roewer, 1955c: 681.

f malagassa Fage, 1926....................Madagascar
  R. m. Fage, 1926: 10 (Df).

m mordax O. P.-Cambridge, 1899....................Madagascar
  R. m. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899b: 522, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dm).

m pallida Schenkel, 1937....................Madagascar
  R. p. Schenkel, 1937: 387, f. 6 (Df).

mf valida (Blackwall, 1877)....................Seychelles
  Olios validus Blackwall, 1877: 8, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dmf).
  R. v. Benoit, 1978h: 680, f. 1A-C (mf).

Staianus Simon, 1889
j acuminatus Simon, 1889 *....................Madagascar
  S. a. Simon, 1889b: 224 (Dj).
  S. a. Simon, 1897a: 67, f. 59.


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