Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0054] Detail
In synonymy:
Baeriella Simon, 1903 = Eilica Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick, 1985b: 1074)
Caridrassus Bryant, 1940 = Eilica Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick, 1975c: 3)
Gnaphosoides Hogg, 1896 = Eilica Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick, 1975c: 3)
Gytha Keyserling, 1891 = Eilica Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 184)
Laronia Simon, 1893 = Eilica Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick, 1975c: 3)
Gen. Eilica Keyserling, 1891 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02423] Detail
type Eilica modesta Keyserling, 1891; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Laronia Simon, 1893b: 457 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05691] (type L. rufithorax Simon, 1893), Gnaphosoides Hogg, 1896: 332 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05689] (type G. albopunctata Hogg, 1896) and Caridrassus Bryant, 1940: 392 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05688] (type C. wheeleri Bryant, 1940 = Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896) by Platnick, 1975c: 3; considered a senior synonym of Gytha Keyserling, 1891: 27 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05690] (type G. obscura Keyserling, 1891, transferred here from the Liocranidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 236) by Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 184; considered a senior synonym of Baeriella Simon, 1903m: 271 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05692] (type B. myrmecophila Simon, 1903, transferred from the Liocranidae to the Corinnidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 218, and subsequently to the Gnaphosidae) by Platnick, 1985b: 1074; not a senior synonym of Fedotovia Charitonov, 1946 (Ovtsharenko & Platnick, 1991: 102, contra Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 184).
Transferred to other genera:
Eilica argentina (Mello-Leitão, 1944) -- see Apopyllus
Eilica magnus (Bryant, 1948) -- see Sergiolus
Eilica signata (Hogg, 1900) -- see Intruda
Eilica uzbekistanica (Charitonov, 1946) -- see Fedotovia
Eilica xanthomela (Mello-Leitão, 1945) -- see Camillina
In synonymy:
Eilica pallidenotatus (Mello-Leitão, 1938, T from Zelotes) = Eilica modesta Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick & Shadab, 1983a: 101).
Eilica puno Platnick & Shadab, 1981 = Eilica myrmecophila (Simon, 1903) (Platnick, 1985b: 1074).
Eilica purpusi (Roewer, 1933, T from Laronia) = Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896 (Platnick, 1975c: 10).
Eilica reynosana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940, T from Laronia) = Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896 (Platnick, 1975c: 10).
Eilica variegata (Simon, 1892) = Eilica modesta Keyserling, 1891 (Platnick, 1975c: 6).
Eilica wheeleri (Bryant, 1940, T from Caridrassus) = Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896 (Platnick, 1975c: 10).
Eilica albopunctata (Hogg, 1896) | m f | Australia (South Australia, Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027153]
Gnaphosoides albopunctata Hogg, 1896: 332 (Dm).
Eilica albopunctata Platnick, 1975c: 14, f. 6, 28-29 (m, T from Gnaphosoides).
Eilica albopunctata Platnick, 1978a: 226, f. 1-3 (Df).
Eilica amambay Platnick, 1985 | m f | Brazil, Paraguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027154]
Eilica amambay Platnick, 1985b: 1076, f. 2, 5-8 (Dmf).
Eilica bedourie Platnick, 1985 | m | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027155]
Eilica bedourie Platnick, 1985b: 1080, f. 4, 13-14 (Dm).
Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896 | m f | USA to Honduras, Cuba, Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027156]
Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896e: 60 (Dm).
Laronia purpusi Roewer, 1933: 185, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062318].
Caridrassus wheeleri Bryant, 1940: 392, pl. 12, f. 166-167 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062321].
Laronia reynosana Gertsch & Davis, 1940b: 9, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062319].
Laronia bicolor Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 196, f. 29-36 (m, Df, T from Eilica).
Laronia reynosana Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 200, f. 25-28 (f).
Eilica bicolor Platnick, 1975c: 10, f. 1, 20-23 (mf, T from Laronia, S of Caridrassus wheeleri, Laronia purpusi and L. reynosana).
Eilica bicolor Murphy, 2007: 44, f. 252-253 (mf).
Eilica bicolor Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018a: 683, f. 6C (f).
Eilica bonda Müller, 1987 | m | Colombia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027157]
Eilica bonda Müller, 1987b: 146, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Eilica chickeringi Platnick, 1975 | m | Panama     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027158]
Eilica chickeringi Platnick, 1975c: 10, f. 5, 16-17 (Dm).
Eilica cincta (Simon, 1893) | m f | West, Central Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027159]
Laronia cincta Simon, 1893e: 312 (Df).
Laronia cincta Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 197, f. 9-12 (f).
Eilica cincta Platnick, 1975c: 13, f. 24-25 (f, T from Laronia).
Eilica cincta Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 187, f. 5-6 (Dm).
Eilica contacta Platnick, 1975 | m f | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027160]
Eilica contacta Platnick, 1975c: 15, f. 34-35 (Df).
Eilica contacta Platnick, 1985b: 1078, f. 9-10 (Dm).
Eilica daviesae Platnick, 1985 | m | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027161]
Eilica daviesae Platnick, 1985b: 1078, f. 3, 11-12 (Dm).
Eilica fusca Platnick, 1975 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027162]
Eilica fusca Platnick, 1975c: 13, f. 26-27 (Df).
Eilica fusca Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 7, 2 f. (f).
Eilica giga FitzPatrick, 1994 | f | Zimbabwe     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027163]
Eilica giga FitzPatrick, 1994: 19, f. 1-2 (Df).
Eilica kandarpae Nigam & Patel, 1996 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027164]
Eilica kandarpae Nigam & Patel, 1996: 3, f. 1a-d (Df).
Eilica lotzi FitzPatrick, 2002 | m | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038055]
Eilica lotzi FitzPatrick, 2002: 108, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Eilica lotzi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 8, 3 f. (m).
Eilica maculipes (Vellard, 1925) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027165]
Laronia maculipes Vellard, 1925: 80, 83, pl. 16 (Dmf).
Eilica maculipes Platnick, 1977h: 395, f. 1-4 (mf, removed from S of Eilica modesta, rejecting Platnick, 1975c: 6).
Eilica marchantaria Brescovit & Höfer, 1993 | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027166]
Eilica marchantaria Brescovit & Höfer, 1993: 104, f. 1-4 (Dmf).
Eilica modesta Keyserling, 1891 * | m f | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027167]
Eilica modesta Keyserling, 1891: 30, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dm).
Laronia variegata Simon, 1893b: 458, pl. 9, f. 30 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062320].
Zelotes pallidenotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 113, f. 32-33 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062316].
Laronia uniformis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 201, f. 13-16 (m; misidentified per Platnick, 1975c: 6).
Laronia variegata Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 196, 202, f. 5-8, 21-24 (f, Dm, S of Laronia trilineata, revalidated by Platnick, 1975c: 6).
Eilica modesta Platnick, 1975c: 6, f. 3, 8-11 (mf, S of Eilica maculipes and Laronia variegata; E. maculipes revalidated by Platnick, 1977h: 395).
Eilica modesta Platnick & Shadab, 1983a: 101 (S of Zelotes pallidenotatus).
Eilica mullaroo Platnick, 1988 | m f | Australia (Victoria)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027168]
Eilica mullaroo Platnick, 1988: 83, f. 1-4 (Dmf).
Eilica myrmecophila (Simon, 1903) | f | Peru, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027169]
Baeriella myrmecophila Simon, 1903m: 272, f. A-C (Df).
Eilica puno Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 185, f. 7-8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062317].
Eilica myrmecophila Platnick, 1985b: 1074, f. 1 (f, T from Baeriella, S of Eilica puno).
Eilica obscura (Keyserling, 1891) | f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027170]
Gytha obscura Keyserling, 1891: 28, pl. 1, f. 8 (Df).
Eilica obscura Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 184, f. 3-4 (f, T from Gytha).
Eilica platnicki Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027171]
Eilica platnicki Tikader & Gajbe, 1977d: 252, f. 1-6 (Df).
Eilica platnicki Tikader, 1982b: 345, f. 114-119 (f).
Eilica pomposa Medan, 2001 | m f | Brazil, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038056]
Eilica pomposa Medan, 2001: 424, f. 5-7 (Dm).
Eilica pomposa Ott & Rodrigues, 2011: 63, f. 1-9 (m, Df).
Eilica rotunda Platnick, 1975 | f | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027172]
Eilica rotunda Platnick, 1975c: 14, f. 30-31 (Df).
Eilica rufithorax (Simon, 1893) | m f | Venezuela, Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027173]
Laronia rufithorax Simon, 1893a: 379, f. 335.
Laronia rufithorax Simon, 1893b: 457 (Dm).
Laronia rufithorax Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 200, f. 1-4 (m).
Eilica rufithorax Platnick, 1975c: 9, f. 4, 12-13 (m, T from Laronia).
Eilica rufithorax Platnick, 1977h: 396, f. 5-6 (Df).
Eilica serrata Platnick, 1975 | m f | Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027174]
Eilica serrata Platnick, 1975c: 18, f. 2, 7, 32-33 (Dm).
Eilica serrata Platnick, 1978a: 226, f. 4-6 (Df).
Eilica songadhensis Patel, 1988 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027175]
Eilica songadhensis Patel, 1988c: 41, f. 1a-f (Df).
Eilica tikaderi Platnick, 1976 | m f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027176]
Eilica tikaderi Platnick, 1976d: 189, f. 1-2 (Df).
Eilica tikaderi Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 184, f. 9-10 (m).
Eilica tikaderi Tikader, 1982b: 342, f. 108-113 (f, Dm).
Eilica tikaderi Prajapati et al., 2016c: 9332, Image 1A-F, f. 4A-B (mf).
Eilica trilineata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | m f | Argentina, Chile, Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027177]
Laronia trilineata Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 173, f. 63 (Df).
Eilica trilineata Platnick, 1975c: 6, f. 14-15 (f, removed from S of Eilica = Laronia variagata, rejecting Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 196).
Eilica trilineata Platnick & Shadab, 1981c: 185, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Eilica uniformis (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) | m f | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027178]
Laronia uniformis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942: 330, f. 17-19 (Df).
Laronia uniformis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1967: 201, f. 17-20 (f; m f. 13-16 see Eilica modesta).
Eilica uniformis Platnick, 1975c: 9, f. 18-19 (f, T from Laronia).
Eilica uniformis Medan, 2001: 423, f. 2-4 (Dm).
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