World Spider Catalog

Cicurinidae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: new circumscribed (Bromella [transferred from the Dictynidae], Cicurina and Chorizomma [both transferred from the Hahniidae]) and restored family status by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11 (as per Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, see below), with the authorship of Kishida, 1955: 4 (see also Ono & Ogata, 2018: 619), but the oldest found mention is by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893: 158 (sub Cicurinae, see also Bonnet, 1956: 1091); the former transfers of Cicurina and related genera (Cicurininae sensu Lehtinen, 1967) from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae (Lehtinen, 1967) have been accepted by Cokendolpher, 2004a: 28; Cicurina, as well as Chorizomma Simon, 1872 and Mastigusa Menge, 1854 (which were not explicitely listed by Wheeler et al., 2017) were transferred from the Dictynidae to the Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Mastigusa is transferred to the Cybaeidae by Castellucci et al., 2023: 6; the transfers of Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa (and other genera) to the Cicurinidae by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii were not sufficiently justified and were not accepted here.

In synonymy:

Lathargenna Braun, 1963 = Brommella Tullgren, 1948 (Braun, 1964: 152)

Pagomys Chamberlin, 1948 = Brommella Tullgren, 1948 (Braun, 1964: 152)

Gen. Brommella Tullgren, 1948 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01968

type Brommella notabilis Tullgren, 1948; gender feminine; syn. of Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935)

N.B.: transferred from the Dictynidae to the Cicurinidae by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; considered a junior synonym of Pagomys Chamberlin, 1948: 25 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05510] (type P. uinta Chamberlin, 1948 = Brommella monticola (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)), preoccupied in Mammalia by Gray, 1864, and a senior synonym of Lathargenna Braun, 1963b: 119 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05511] (type Lathys incertus Miller, 1943 = Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935)) by Braun, 1964: 152.

In synonymy:

Brommella fagei (M. Dahl, 1937, T from Hahnia) = Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935) (Harm, 1966: 368)

Brommella incerta (Miller, 1943) = Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935) (Braun, 1964: 151)

Brommella notabilis Tullgren, 1948 = Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935) (Thaler in Braun, 1964: 151)

Brommella uinta (Chamberlin, 1948) = Brommella monticola (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 15, sub Pagomys)

Brommella baiseensis Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049279

Brommella baiseensis Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 126, f. 2a-b, 3a-b, 4a-b, 5a-d, 6a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella bishopi (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022102

Pagomys bishopi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 15 (Df) Original description

Brommella bishopi Brignoli, 1983c: 518

Brommella casseabri Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049280

Brommella casseabri Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 133, f. 7a-b, 8a-d (Df) Original description

Brommella chongzuoensis Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049281

Brommella chongzuoensis Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 135, f. 1d-e, 9a-b, 10a-d (Df) Original description

Brommella digitata Lu, Chen & Zhang, 2015 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048014

Brommella digitata Lu, Chen & Zhang, 2015: 184, f. 1A-E, 2A-G, 5A, 6A (Dmf) Original description

Brommella dolabrata Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049282

Brommella dolabrata Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 135, f. 11a-b, 12a-b, 13a-b, 14a-d, 15a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935) | | Europe, Turkey, Iran? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022103 TYPE SPECIES

Lathys falcigera Balogh, 1935: 12 (Dmf) Original description

Hahnia fagei Dahl, 1937: 114, f. 18, 33 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054101]

Lathys incertus Miller, 1943: 11, pl. I, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054102]

Lathys incertus Miller, 1947: 53, pl. I, f. 9, pl. II, f. 1a-d (f)

Brommella notabilis Tullgren, 1948: 156, f. 1A-E (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054103]

Lathargenna incerta Braun, 1963b: 121, f. 14-17 (f, T from Lathys; m f. 18-21 see Altella biuncata)

Brommella falcigera Braun, 1964: 151, f. 1-3 (m, S of Brommella notabilis and Lathys incertus)

Brommella falcigera Harm, 1966: 368, f. 64-65 (f, S of Hahnia fagei)

Brommella falcigera Wiehle, 1967a: 31, f. 139-140 (mf)

Bromella falcigera Loksa, 1969: 54, f. 23D, 36A-C (mf)

Brommella falcigera Miller, 1971: 71, pl. IV, f. 2, pl. LXI, f. 3 (mf)

Brommella falcigera Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 374, f. 972 (mf)

Bromella falcigera Wunderlich, 1995y: 717, f. 6-8 (mf)

Brommella falcigera Trotta, 2005: 163, f. 245-246 (mf)

Brommella falcigera Almquist, 2007: 305, f. 268a-i (mf)

Brommella falcigera Lazarov, 2009b: 34, f. 1-5 (mf)

Brommella falcigera Danişman et al., 2014: 65, f. 2A-D (m)

Brommella falcigera Aakra et al., 2016: 8, f. 2A-B (m)

Brommella falcigera Kuzmin & Esyunin, 2016b: 31, f. 9 (f)

Brommella funaria Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049283

Brommella funaria Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 140, f. 16a-b, 17a-b, 18a-b, 19a-d, 20a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella hellenensis Wunderlich, 1995 | | Czechia, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022104

Bromella hellenensis Wunderlich, 1995y: 716, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Brommella josephkohi Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049284

Brommella josephkohi Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 145, f. 21a-b, 22a-b, 23a-b, 24a-d, 25a-f (Dmf) Original description

Brommella lactea (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022105

Pagomys lactea Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 16 (Df) Original description

Brommella lactea Brignoli, 1983c: 518

Brommella linyuchengi Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049285

Brommella linyuchengi Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 153, f. 1a-b, 26a-b, 27a-b, 28a-b, 29a-d, 30a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella monticola (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022106

Argenna monticola Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936a: 2, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Pagomys uinta Chamberlin, 1948: 15, pl. 3, f. 34-36 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067316]

Pagomys monticola Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 15, pl. 2, f. 1-5 (mf, T from Argenna, S of Pagomys uinta)

Brommella monticola Lehtinen, 1967: 449, f. 255-256 (mf)

Brommella monticola Roth, 1985: B11-3, f. 3 (m)

Brommella monticola Roth, 1994: 91, f. 3 (m)

Brommella punctosparsa (Oi, 1957) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022107

Lathys punctosparsus Oi, 1957: 47, f. 3.1-3, 4 (Df) Original description

Lathys punctosparsa Oi, 1961: 33, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Brommella punctosparsa Lehtinen, 1967: 219

Pagomys punctosparsa Yaginuma, 1967d: 35 (T from Lathys)

Brommella punctosparsa Xu & Song, 1986: 39, f. A-D (mf)

Lathys punctosparsa Yaginuma, 1986a: 11, f. 8.3 (mf)

Lathys punctosparsa Chikuni, 1989b: 22, f. 5 (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Chen & Zhang, 1991: 43, f. 34.1-3 (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 363, f. 213K-N (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Kim, Kwon & Kim, 2003: 8, f. 1A-E, 2A-F (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Ono & Ogata, 2009: 136, f. 31-34 (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Zhang & Li, 2011: 22, f. 1A-I (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Yin et al., 2012: 966, f. 490a-h (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Lu, Chen & Zhang, 2015: 187, f. 3A-E, 4A-G, 5B-C, 6B (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Kim & Lee, 2017: 33, f. 17A-D (mf)

Brommella punctosparsa Okumura, 2022: 49, f. 9 (f)

Brommella renguodongi Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049286

Brommella renguodongi Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 158, f. 31a-b, 32a-b, 33a-b, 34a-d, 35a-d (Dmf) Original description

Brommella resima Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049287

Brommella resima Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 163, f. 36a-b, 37a-d (Df) Original description

Brommella sejuncta Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049288

Brommella sejuncta Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 165, f. 1f-g, 38a-b, 39a-d (Df) Original description

Brommella spirula Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049289

Brommella spirula Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 170, f. 40a-b, 41a-b, 42a-b, 43a-d, 44a-f (Dmf) Original description

Brommella tongyanfengi Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049290

Brommella tongyanfengi Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 170, f. 45a-b, 46a-b, 47a-b, 48a-d, 49a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella wangfengcheni Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049291

Brommella wangfengcheni Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 175, f. 50a-b, 51a-d (Df) Original description

Brommella xinganensis Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049292

Brommella xinganensis Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 180, f. 52a-b, 53a-b, 54a-b, 55a-d, 56a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella yizhouensis Li, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049293

Brommella yizhouensis Li, in Li & Wang, 2017: 185, f. 57a-b, 58a-b, 59a-b, 60a-d, 61a-e (Dmf) Original description

Brommella zhengjuni Lin & Li, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067305

Brommella zhengjuni Lin & Li, in Hu et al., 2026c: 557, f. 1A-C, 2A-B (Dmf) Original description

Brommella zujiani Lin & Li, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067306

Brommella zujiani Lin & Li, in Hu et al., 2026c: 560, f. 3A-C, 4A-B, 5A-B (Dmf) Original description