Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0056] Detail
Gen. Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 1899 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02538] Detail
type Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899; gender masculine
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Palystes L. Koch, 1875 by Croeser, 1996: 110 (rejecting Simon, 1903a: 1028); for details on a possible African member, see Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 170, f. 195-200).
In synonymy:
Gnathopalystes incanus (Thorell, 1890, T from Palystes) = Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) (Croeser, 1996: 112).
Gnathopalystes melanichnys (Thorell, 1890) = Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) (Thorell, 1895b: 268, sub Palystes).
Gnathopalystes vulpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877, T from Heteropoda) = Gnathopalystes ignicomus (L. Koch, 1875) (Pocock, 1898j: 114, sub Palystes).
Gnathopalystes aureolus (He & Hu, 2000) | m f | China (Hainan)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028844]
Heteropoda aureola He & Hu, 2000b: 17, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Pseudopoda aureola Jäger, 2014b: 184 (T from Heteropoda).
Gnathopalystes aureolus Ding, Zhong & Liu, 2019: 97, f. 1A-E, 2A-E, 3A-F (m, Df, T from Pseudopoda).
Gnathopalystes crucifer (Simon, 1880) | j | Malaysia or Indonesia (Java)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028824]
Palystes crucifer Simon, 1880a: 266 (Df; locality corrected by Simon, 1897a: 65).
Gnathopalystes crucifer Croeser, 1996: 111 (type is subadult f, T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes denticulatus (Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041190]
Heteropoda denticulata Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007a: 82, f. 1-6 (Df).
Gnathopalystes denticulatus Jäger, 2014b: 186 (T from Heteropoda).
Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899 * | f | Vanuatu     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028825]
Gnathopalystes ferox Rainbow, 1899b: 314, pl. 24, f. 5 (Df).
Palystes ferox Simon, 1903a: 1028.
Gnathopalystes ferox Croeser, 1996: 111 (T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes flavidus (Simon, 1897) | m f | Pakistan, India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029379]
Palystes flavidus Simon, 1897b: 489 (Dj).
Palystes flavidus Pocock, 1900a: 266 (Df).
Palystes flavidus Gravely, 1931: 258, f. 14A-B (f, Dm).
Palystes flavidus Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 178, f. 38-43 (mf).
Gnathopalystes flavidus Jäger, Sudhikumar & Tripathi, 2022: 625, f. 12-15, 28-30, 41-43 (m, T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes ignicomus (L. Koch, 1875) | f | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland, New Britain)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028826]
Palystes ignicomus L. Koch, 1875a: 701, pl. 60, f. 2 (Df).
Sarotes vulpinus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877a: 286 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062334].
Heteropoda vulpina Simon, 1880a: 271.
Gnathopalystes ignicomus Pocock, 1898j: 114 (S of Heteropoda vulpina).
Palystes ignicomus Järvi, 1912: 67, f. 55, pl. 6, f. 1-4 (f).
Palystes ignicomus Järvi, 1914: 184.
Gnathopalystes ignicomus Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes, S of Heteropoda vulpina confirmed).
Gnathopalystes kochi (Simon, 1880) | m f | India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028827]
Palystes kochi Simon, 1880a: 265 (Df).
Palystes kochi Simon, 1887i: 103 (Dm).
Palystes melanichnys Thorell, 1890b: 53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062335].
Palystes incanus Thorell, 1890c: 146 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062333].
Palystes kochi Thorell, 1895b: 268 (S of Palystes melanichnys).
Palystes kochi Pocock, 1900a: 265.
Palystes kochi Gravely, 1931: 259, f. 14C-D (mf).
Palystes kochi Tikader & Sethi, 1990: 176, f. 33-37 (f).
Gnathopalystes kochi Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes, S of Palystes incanus).
Gnathopalystes nigriventer (Kulczyński, 1910) | f | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028828]
Palystes nigriventer Kulczyński, 1910: 400, pl. 17, f. 11 (Df).
Gnathopalystes nigriventer Croeser, 1996: 113 (T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes nigrocornutus (Merian, 1911) | f | Indonesia (Sulawesi)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028829]
Palystes nigrocornutus Merian, 1911: 267 (Df).
Gnathopalystes nigrocornutus Croeser, 1996: 112 (T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes pallidus (Rainbow, 1920) | m f | Australia (Lord Howe Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023394]
Cheiracanthium pallidum Rainbow, 1920b: 257, pl. 30, f. 79-82 (Dmf).
Gnathopalystes pallidum Raven & Hebron, 2024: 84 (T from Cheiracanthium).
Gnathopalystes rutilans (Simon, 1899) | j | Indonesia (Sumatra)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028830]
Palystes rutilans Simon, 1899a: 99 (Dj).
Gnathopalystes rutilans Croeser, 1996: 113 (T from Palystes).
Gnathopalystes taiwanensis Zhu & Tso, 2006 | f | Taiwan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040682]
Gnathopalystes taiwanensis Zhu & Tso, 2006: 267, f. 1-6 (Df).
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