World Spider Catalog

Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Chemmis Simon, 1898 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (Bonaldo, 2000: 116)

Delozeugma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (Simon, 1898a: 200)

Menalippe O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, sub Chemmis)

Gen. Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02248

type Hypsinotus raptor L. Koch, 1866; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Delozeugma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 105 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05031] (type D. formidabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866)) by Simon, 1898a: 200 and of Chemmis Simon, 1898a: 215 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06045] (type C. frederici Simon, 1898 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866), transferred from the Micariinae (Gnaphosidae) to the Liocranidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165) by Bonaldo, 2000: 116; Chemmis considered a senior synonym of Menalippe O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 284 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06151] (type M. punctigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866)) by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92.

Transferred to other genera:

Megalostrata atrox Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata barroana (Chamberlin, 1925) -- see Sparianthis

Megalostrata lohmanderi Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata pictithorax Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Erendira

Megalostrata steckleri (Gertsch, 1936) -- see Septentrinna

Megalostrata unicolor (Banks, 1901) -- see Zorocrates

In synonymy:

Megalostrata formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata frederici (Simon, 1898, T from Chemmis) = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata mordicans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata punctigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898, T from Menalippe) = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, sub Chemmis frederici)

Megalostrata sperata Kraus, 1955 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata venifica Karsch, 1880 = Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) (Bonaldo, 2000: 118, sub M. raptrix)

Megalostrata bruneri (Bryant, 1936) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024191

Chemmis bruneri Bryant, 1936b: 331, pl. 23, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Megalostrata bruneri Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 509, f. 14A-C (f)

Megalostrata depicta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025305

Delozeugma depictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 145, pl. 19, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Megalostrata depicta Simon, 1897a: 192, f. 200, 203 (m)

Megalostrata depicta Bonaldo, 2000: 119, f. 310-311 (m)

Megalostrata depicta Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 501, f. 1B, 3C-D, 4A-C, 5A-C, 6A-F (m, Df)

Megalostrata monistica (Chamberlin, 1924) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024193

Chemmis monisticus Chamberlin, 1924b: 667, f. 111 (Df) Original description

Megalostrata monistica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 507, f. 10A-C, 11A-C, 12A-C, 13A-F (f)

Megalostrata monistica Jiménez et al., 2025: 454, f. 1-9 (Dm)

Megalostrata pacifica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060861

Megalostrata pacifica Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 505, f. 7A-C, 8A-C, 9A-F (Df) Original description

Megalostrata paludosa Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060862

Megalostrata paludosa Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 513, f. 15A-C, 16A-D, 17A-D, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-D, 21A-D, 22A-E, 23A-D, 24A-D (Dmf) Original description

Megalostrata raptor (L. Koch, 1866) | | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Curaçao urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025210 TYPE SPECIES

Hypsinotus raptor L. Koch, 1866: 274, pl. 11, f. 174-175 (Dmf) Original description

Megalostrata venifica Karsch, 1880c: 378, pl. 12, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025311]

Delozeugma formidabile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 106, pl. 14, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025306]

Delozeugma mordicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897c: 225, pl. 28, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025308]

Megalostrata mordicans Simon, 1898a: 197

Megalostrata venenifica Simon, 1898a: 209 (lapsus)

Chemmis frederici Simon, 1898a: 215 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024192]

Menalippe punctigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 285, pl. 32, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060863]

Megalostrata formidabilis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 63

Chemmis frederici F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 92, pl. 7, f. 2, pl. 8, f. 1 (f, S of Menalippe punctigera)

Corinna raptor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 469

Chemmis punctigera Banks, 1914a: 677, pl. 28, f. 8 (f)

Megalostrata sperata Kraus, 1955b: 48, f. 125 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025310]

Corinna raptrix Bonnet, 1956: 1215 (invalid emendation)

Megalostrata mordicans Wunderlich, 1988: 202, f. 540 (m)

Megalostrata raptrix Bonaldo, 2000: 118, f. 110-111, 302-309 (mf, S of Chemmis frederici, Megalostrata formidabilis, M. mordicans, M. sperata and M. venifica)

Megalostrata raptor Bonaldo, Galán-Sánchez & García, 2024: 497, f. 1A, 2A-C, 3A-B (m)