Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0102] Detail
Gen. Gnolus Simon, 1879 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03320] Detail
type Arkys cordiformis Nicolet, 1849; gender masculine
N.B.: transferred from the Araneidae to the Mimetidae by Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 18, after Tullgren, 1902; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15; re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); not a senior S of Arcidius Simon, 1893 (Levi, 2005b: 188).
Transferred to other genera:
Gnolus lemniscatus (Simon, 1893) -- see Testudinaria
Gnolus quadripunctatus (Taczanowski, 1879) -- see Testudinaria
Gnolus unipunctatus (Simon, 1893) -- see Testudinaria
In synonymy:
Gnolus affinis Tullgren, 1902 = Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849) (Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 19).
Gnolus angulifrons Simon, 1896 | m f | Chile, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005720]
Gnolus angulifrons Simon, 1896e: 69 (Df).
Gnolus angulifrons Tullgren, 1902: 47, pl. 3, f. 7, pl. 4, f. 3 (f).
Gnolus angulifrons Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 28, f. 18, 23, 65-67, 91, 102-106 (f, Dm).
Gnolus blinkeni Platnick & Shadab, 1993 | m f | Chile, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005721]
Gnolus cordiformis Tullgren, 1902: 44, pl. 3, f. 6, pl. 4, f. 1 (m, misidentified).
Gnolus blinkeni Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 24, f. 5, 70, 83-88 (Dmf).
Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849) * | m f | Chile, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005722]
Arkys cordiformis Nicolet, 1849: 185 (Df).
Arkys variabilis Nicolet, 1849: 385 (Df).
Gnolus cordiformis Simon, 1879a: 59.
Gnolus affinis Tullgren, 1902: 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057984].
Gnolus cordiformis Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 19, f. 3-4, 17, 22, 62-64, 68, 71-76 (Dm, f, S of Gnolus affinis; N.B.: m of Tullgren, 1902 = G. blinkeni).
Gnolus cordiformis Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 172, f. 26A-I, 27A-I (m).
Gnolus limbatus (Nicolet, 1849) | m f | Chile     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005724]
Arkys limbatus Nicolet, 1849: 386, pl. 4, f. 11 (Df).
Gnolus limbatus Simon, 1879a: 59 (Dm).
Gnolus limbatus Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 23, f. 69, 77-82 (mf).
Gnolus spiculator (Nicolet, 1849) | m f | Chile, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005726]
Arkys spiculator Nicolet, 1849: 384, pl. 4, f. 12 (Df).
Arkys parvulus Nicolet, 1849: 384 (Df).
Arkys nigriventris Nicolet, 1849: 385 (Df).
Gnolus spiculator Simon, 1879a: 58.
Gnolus spiculator Simon, 1895a: 911, f. 978 (f).
Gnolus spiculator Tullgren, 1902: 41, pl. 4, f. 2, pl. 5, f. 1 (f).
Gnolus spiculator Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 25, f. 7-8, 89, 92-96 (f, Dm).
Gnolus zonulatus Tullgren, 1902 | m f | Chile, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005728]
Gnolus zonulatus Tullgren, 1902: 48, pl. 4, f. 4 (Dm).
Gnolus zonulatus Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 27, f. 6, 90, 97-101 (m, Df).
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