World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Pronophaea Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02260

type Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Pronophaea nitida (Lawrence, 1937, T from Medmassa) = Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897 (Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9)

Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897 | | South Africa, India? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025429 TYPE SPECIES

Pronophaea natalica Simon, 1897c: 15 (Df) Original description

Medmassa nitida Lawrence, 1937: 252, f. 21 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025293]

Medmassa nitida Lawrence, 1938a: 506, f. 29 (Df)

Pronophaea natalica Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9, f. 25-30 (mf, S of Medmassa nitida)

Pronophaea natalica Haddad et al., 2023: 65, p. 64: 1-2, p. 65: 1-8, p. 66: 1-6 (mf)

Pronophaea proxima (Lessert, 1923) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025296

Medmassa proxima Lessert, 1923: 204, f. 52, 54 (Dm) Original description

Medmassa proxima Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2002: 250, f. 3I, 4D (mf)

Pronophaea proxima Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 9, f. 31-32 (m, T from Medmassa)

Pronophaea proxima Ramírez, 2014: 229, f. 157G-H, 176E (mf)

Pronophaea proxima Haddad et al., 2023: 67, f. 1-2 (m)

Pronophaea vidua (Lessert, 1923) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025303

Medmassa vidua Lessert, 1923: 202, f. 53 (Df) Original description

Pronophaea vidua Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 10, f. 33-34 (f, T from Medmassa)

Pronophaea vidua Haddad et al., 2023: 68, f. 1-2 (f)