Family: Prodidomidae Simon, 1884 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0053] Back

Gen. Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02380 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Prodidomidae to the Gnaphosidae (Prodidominae) by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 614 and to the restored Prodidomidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; considered a senior synonym of Miltia Simon, 1870a: 147 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06066] (type Enyo amaranthina Lucas, 1846) by Simon, 1884g: 302, of Hyltonia Birabén, 1954 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02370] (type H. scottae Birabén, 1954 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847) by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 9, of Iyoa Kishida, 1959: 374 (a nomen nudum, see Platnick, 1976f: 38 and Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 561) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06062] (type Prodidomus imaidzumii Kishida, 1914 = Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847) by Platnick & Baehr, 2006: 9 (by synonymy of the type species), and of Prodida Dalmas, 1919a: 324 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02379] (type P. longiventris Dalmas, 1919) by Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b: 694.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-11-28
Described in
Hentz, 1847: 466 (type Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847; gender masculine [but the Latin word 'domus' is feminine])
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Species counts
Counts Status
53accepted
8synonym
1nomen dubium
Reference

Hentz, N. M. (1847). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 5: 443-479, pl. 23-24, 30-31. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-01-07 Genus transferred to other family Azevedo et al., 2022 Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 transferred to Prodidomidae
2020-10-03 Genus synonymy Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020b Prodida synonymized with Prodidomus
2018-12-11 Genus transferred to other family Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 transferred to Gnaphosidae