In synonymy:
Schiapellia Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Axyracrus Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58)

type Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Schiapellia Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 115 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02264] (type S. gerschmanae Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884) (transferred from the Corinnidae to the Anyphaenidae) by Ramírez, 2003: 57 (after Ramírez, in Bonaldo, 2000: 34).

Transferred to other genera:
Axyracrus coccineus Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Negayan

In synonymy:
Axyracrus boydi (Forster, 1970, T from Amaurobioides) = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58).
Axyracrus gerschmanae (Mello-Leitão, 1938) = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58).

Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884l: 140, pl. 3, f. 20 (Df).
Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1887h: E23, pl. 1, f. 10 (f).
Schiapellia gerschmanni Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 116, f. 36-37 (Df; patronym for Gerschman).
Amaurobioides boydi Forster, 1970b: 175, f. 503-504 (Df).
Axyracrus elegans Ramírez, 2003: 58, f. 21A-H (f, Dm, S).