World Spider Catalog

Cyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Raven, 1985a: 125; family newly circumscribed by Opatova et al., 2020: 699 and by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15; transfer of the genera Amblyocarenum to the Nemesiidae, Angka to the Microstigmatidae and Homostola to the Bemmeridae (Opatova et al., 2020: 700), and of Fufius and Rhytidicolus to the Rhytidicolidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 15; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

In synonymy:

Aporoptychus Simon, 1886 = Acontius Karsch, 1879 (Raven, 1985a: 131)

Gen. Acontius Karsch, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00048

type Acontius hartmanni Karsch, 1879; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Cyrtaucheniidae and considered a senior synonym of Aporoptychus Simon, 1886c: 572 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05053] (type A. australis Simon, 1886) by Raven, 1985a: 131.

Transferred to other genera:

Acontius decoratus (Lessert, 1938) -- see Ancylotrypa

Acontius aculeatus (Simon, 1903) | | Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000399

Aporoptychus aculeatus Simon, 1903e: 65 (Dm) Original description

Acontius africanus (Simon, 1889) | | West Africa, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000400

Aporoptychus africanus Simon, 1889h: 405 (Dm) Original description

Acontius australis (Simon, 1886) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000401

Aporoptychus australis Simon, 1886h: 572 (Df) [regio typica Argentina doubted by Raven, 1985a: 132] Original description

Aporoptychus australis Simon, 1892a: 98, f. 97, 100

Aporoptychus australis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962b: 72, pl. III, f. 1 (f)

Acontius hartmanni Karsch, 1879 | | Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000402 TYPE SPECIES

Acontius hartmanni Karsch, 1879i: 64 (Df) Original description

Acontius hartmanni Raven, 1985a: 131, f. 206-212 (f)

Acontius humiliceps (Simon, 1907) | | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000403

Aporoptychus humiliceps Simon, 1907d: 219 (Df) Original description

Acontius kiriba Zonstein, 2018 | | Burundi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050580

Acontius kiriba Zonstein, 2018b: 223, f. 16-30 (Dmf) Original description

Acontius lamottei (Dresco, 1972) | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000404

Aporoptychus lamottei Dresco, 1972: 545, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Acontius lawrencei (Roewer, 1953) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000405

Aporoptychus lawrencei Roewer, 1953b: 40, f. 13A-H (Dm) Original description

Acontius lesserti (Roewer, 1953) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000406

Aporoptychus lesserti Roewer, 1953b: 38, f. 12A-K (Dm) Original description

Acontius machadoi (Lessert, 1938) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000407

Aporoptychus machadoi Lessert, 1938: 428, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Acontius nimba Zonstein, 2018 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050579

Acontius nimba Zonstein, 2018b: 220, f. 1-15 (Dmf) Original description

Acontius stercoricola (Denis, 1955) | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000408

Aporoptychus stercoricola Denis, 1955c: 1025, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description