World Spider Catalog

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Loxoptygella Strand, 1906 = Loxoptygus Simon, 1903 (Raven, 1985a: 155)

Gen. Loxoptygus Simon, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00246

type Harpaxotheria ectypa Simon, 1889; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884 (contra Laurent, 1946: 303) and considered a senior synonym of Loxoptygella Strand, 1906b: 607 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05120] (type L. erlangeri Strand, 1906) by Raven, 1985a: 117.

Nomen dubium:

Loxoptygus erlangeri (Strand, 1906b: 607, f, Ethiopia, originally in Loxoptygella) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Loxoptygus coturnatus Simon, 1903 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002221

Loxoptygus coturnatus Simon, 1903a: 952 (Df) Original description

Loxoptygus ectypus (Simon, 1889) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002222 TYPE SPECIES

Harpaxotheria ectypa Simon, 1889h: 415 (Dm) Original description

Loxoptygus ectypus Simon, 1903a: 952