World Spider Catalog

Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: revalidated by Levy, 1990a: 139; considered a senior synonym of Zorocratidae Dahl, 1913: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0035] and of Tengellidae Dahl, 1908: 194 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0046] by Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 152; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 517, f. 17-18.

In synonymy:

Altellopsis Mello-Leitão, 1924 = Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Roewer, 1955c: 1304)

Paraltellopsis Mello-Leitão, 1925 = Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Roewer, 1955c: 1304)

Gen. Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02015

N.B.: transferred from the Dictynidae to the Amaurobiidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 223 and to the Tengellidae (= Zoropsidae) by Ramírez, 2014: 344; considered a senior synonym of Paraltellopsis Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 455 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05962], which is a replacement name for Altellopsis Mello-Leitão, 1924a: 275 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05961] (type A. luteus Mello-Leitão, 1924a = Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921), preoccupied in Amaurobiidae by Simon, 1905e: 2, by Roewer, 1955c: 1304; the justification of this synonymy is not clear (Lehtinen, 1967: 223).

In synonymy:

Ciniflella lutea (Mello-Leitão, 1924, T from Paraltellopsis) = Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Roewer, 1955c: 1304)

Ciniflella armasi Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063512

Ciniflella armasi Brescovit et al., 2025a: 367, f. 1A-D, 19A-H, 20A-F, 26A-B (Dmf) Original description

Ciniflella iguazu Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063509

Ciniflella iguazu Brescovit et al., 2025a: 358, f. 3A-F, 4A-K, 5A-M, 6A-G, 7A-I, 8A-G, 9A-G, 10A-D, 25A-D (Dmf) Original description

Ciniflella itatiaia Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063514

Ciniflella itatiaia Brescovit et al., 2025a: 376, f. 23A-E, 24A-D (Dm) Original description

Ciniflella lavras Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063510

Ciniflella lavras Brescovit et al., 2025a: 363, f. 11A-G, 12A-M, 13A-H, 14A-F, 15A-F, 16A-E, 25E-F (Dmf) Original description

Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022709

Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921c: 179 (Df) Original description

Altellopsis luteus Mello-Leitão, 1924a: 275 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057939]

Paraltellopsis luteus Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 455 (generic replacement name)

Ciniflella lutea Roewer, 1955c: 1304 (S of Paraltellopsis luteus)

Ciniflella lutea Lehtinen, 1967: 223 (justification of Roewer's S is not clear)

Ciniflella lutea Brescovit et al., 2025a: 355, f. 2A-B, D-E, 26C-D (f)

Ciniflella marambaia Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063513

Ciniflella marambaia Brescovit et al., 2025a: 373, f. 21A-E, 22A-D (Dm) Original description

Ciniflella pains Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramírez, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063511

Ciniflella pains Brescovit et al., 2025a: 367, f. 17A-I, 18A-C, 26E-F (Dmf) Original description