Family: Liocranidae Simon, 1897 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0047] Detail
In synonymy:
Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Sphingius Thorell, 1890 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489)
Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963 = Sphingius Thorell, 1890 (Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32)
Gen. Sphingius Thorell, 1890 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02267] Detail
type Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890; gender masculine
N.B.: transferred from the Gnaphosidae (Micariinae) to the Corinnidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165 and to the Liocranidae by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489; considered a senior synonym of Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04810] (type A. linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995, originally described in Clubionidae) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489 and of Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963: 49 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02473] (type S. sinensis Schenkel, 1963, originally described in Gnaphosidae) by Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32; transfer to the Corinnidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.
Transferred to other genera:
Sphingius kambakamensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Cambalida
Sphingius longipes Gravely, 1931 -- see Inthaeron
In synonymy:
Sphingius delakharae Pawaria, Bodkhe, Kamble, Uniyal & Talwar, 2018 = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 506).
Sphingius jabalpurensis (Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001, T from Sosticus) = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554).
Sphingius linoi (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) = Sphingius vivax (Thorell, 1897) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 494).
Sphingius pingtung Tso, Zhu, J. X. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2005 = Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897 (Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18).
Sphingius poonaensis (Tikader, 1982, T from Sphingius) = Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554).
Sphingius sinensis (Schenkel, 1963) = Sphingius gracilis (Thorell, 1895) (Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 17).
Sphingius sundargarhensis (Gajbe, 1979, T from Sosticus) = Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554).
Nomen nudum:
Sphingius cornua Sebastian, Sudhikumar, Mathew & Samson, in Sebastian & Peter, 2009: 208, 488, pl. 60 (f, India) -- Sebastian & Peter, 2009, description is invalid as no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4.2.
Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 | m f | India, Bangladesh     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025442]
Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19G-H (Dmf).
Sosticus sundargarhensis Gajbe, 1979: 72, f. 2A-E (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027978].
Sosticus sundargarhensis Tikader, 1982b: 438, f. 325-329 (f).
Sphingius barkudensis Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 152, f. 320-325 (mf).
Sphingius barkudaensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2000: 132, f. 8-14 (mf; lapsus).
Sosticus jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001c: 89, f. 7-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040628].
Sosticus jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2004d: 89, f. 99-103 (f).
Sphingius delakharae Pawaria et al., 2018: 164, f. 1.1-4, 2.5-8, 3.1-6, 4.7-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051050.
Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 506, f. 1A-D,F, 2A-F, 3A-K, 4A-D (mf, S of Sphingius delakharae).
Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554, f. 59-65 (f, S of Sosticus jabalpurensis and Sosticus sundargarhensis).
Sphingius bifurcatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | m f | Thailand, Malaysia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044375]
Sphingius bifurcatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 15, f. 31-35 (Dmf).
Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906 | m f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025443]
Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906c: 301 (Df).
Sphingius bilineatus Gravely, 1931: 272, f. 19J-K (f, Dm).
Sphingius bilineatus Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 511, f. 5A-B (mf, probably senior S of Sphingius barkudensis).
Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025444]
Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906c: 301 (Df).
Sphingius caniceps Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19E-F (Dm, f; misidentified per Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 15).
Sosticus poonaensis Tikader, 1982b: 440, f. 330-334 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027976].
Sphingius caniceps Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 150, f. 315-319 (f; misidentified per Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 15).
Sphingius caniceps Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 19, f. 38-39 (f).
Sphingius caniceps Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554, f. 69-72, 75-77 (f, S of Sosticus poonaensis).
Sphingius deelemanae Zhang & Fu, 2010 | m | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043337]
Sphingius deelemanae Zhang & Fu, 2010: 25, f. 1-7 (Dm).
Sphingius dherikanalensis (Gajbe, 1979) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027971]
Sosticus dherikanalensis Gajbe, 1979: 71, f. 1F-J (Df).
Sosticus dherikanalensis Tikader, 1982b: 434, f. 315-319 (f).
Sphingius dherikanalensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 557, f. 78-82 (f, T from Sosticus).
Sphingius elongatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044372]
Sphingius elongatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 8, f. 17-21 (Dmf).
Sphingius gongsunsheng Lin & Li, 2023 | f | Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057137]
Sphingius gongsunsheng Lin & Li, in Lin, Li & Pham, 2023: 15, f. 13A-B, 14C (Df).
Sphingius gothicus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037227]
Sphingius gothicus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 495, f. 843-846 (Dmf).
Sphingius gothicus Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2002: 251, f. 4A (f).
Sphingius gracilis (Thorell, 1895) | f | China, Myanmar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025445]
Thamphilus gracilis Thorell, 1895b: 36 (Df).
Sphingius gracilis Simon, 1897a: 158.
Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel, 1963: 49, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027846].
Sphingius gracilis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489, f. 837-838 (f).
Scotophaeoides sinensis Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 209, f. 124A-C (f).
Scotophaeoides sinensis Murphy, 2007: 589, f. 596-597 (f, misplaced in the Gnaphosidae).
Sphingius sinensis Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 38, f. 13-20 (f).
Sphingius gracilis Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 17, f. 2 (f, S).
Sphingius hainan Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 | m f | China (Hainan)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042799]
Sphingius hainan Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 35, f. 1-8 (Dm).
Sphingius hainan Zhang & Fu, 2010: 27, f. 8-13 (m, Df).
Sphingius nainitalensis (Gajbe, 1979) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027974]
Sosticus nainitalensis Gajbe, 1979: 70, f. 1A-E (Df).
Sosticus nainitalensis Tikader, 1982b: 432, f. 310-314 (f).
Sphingius nainitalensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 557, f. 84-88 (f, T from Sosticus).
Sphingius nilgiriensis Gravely, 1931 | m | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025448]
Sphingius nilgiriensis Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19C (Dm).
Sphingius nilgiriensis Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 155, f. 330-333 (m).
Sphingius nilgiriensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 512, f. 6A-F,H (m).
Sphingius octomaculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037228]
Sphingius octomaculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 500, f. 857-861 (Dmf).
Sphingius paltaensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025449]
Sphingius paltaensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 426, f. 36-38 (Df).
Sphingius paltaensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 514, f. 7A-D,F (f).
Sphingius penicillus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037229]
Sphingius penicillus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 497, f. 847-852 (Dmf).
Sphingius prolixus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044376]
Sphingius prolixus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 15, f. 36-37 (Df).
Sphingius punctatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | m f | Thailand to Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037230]
Sphingius punctatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 862-867 (Dmf).
Sphingius rama Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044371]
Sphingius rama Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 6, f. 12-16 (Dmf).
Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897 | m | China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025450]
Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897a: 236 (Dm).
Sphingius scrobiculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489, f. 839 (m).
Sphingius pingtung Tso et al., 2005: 49, f. 9-12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040338].
Sphingius pingtung Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 37, f. 9-12 (m).
Sphingius scrobiculatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 1 (m, S).
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897 | m | Sri Lanka     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025451]
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897a: 155, f. 155-157 (m).
Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897c: 15 (Dm).
Sphingius solanensis (Gajbe, 1979) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027977]
Sosticus solanensis Gajbe, 1979: 73, f. 2F-J (Df).
Sosticus solanensis Tikader, 1982b: 436, f. 320-324 (f).
Sphingius solanensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 561, f. 90-94 (f, T from Sosticus).
Sphingius songi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 | m f | Thailand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037231]
Sphingius songi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 499, f. 853-856 (Dmf).
Sphingius spinosus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | m f | Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044373]
Sphingius spinosus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 10, f. 22-26 (Dmf).
Sphingius superbus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 | m f | Thailand, Malaysia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044374]
Sphingius superbus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 12, f. 5, 27-30 (Dmf).
Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890 * | m f | Malaysia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025452]
Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890d: 285 (Dm).
Sphingius thecatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 4, f. 6-11 (m, Df).
Sphingius tristiculus Simon, 1903 | m f | Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025453]
Sphingius tristiculus Simon, 1903d: 33 (Dmf).
Sphingius tristiculus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 3 (f).
Sphingius vivax (Thorell, 1897) | m f | Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025454]
Thamphilus vivax Thorell, 1897a: 233 (Df).
Alaeho linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170, f. 97a-d (Dm).
Sphingius vivax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 494, f. 840-842 (f, Sm).
Sphingius vivax Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011b: 18, f. 4 (f).
Sphingius zhangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042800]
Sphingius zhangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 40, f. 21-31 (Dmf).
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