Family: Atypidae Thorell, 1870 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0066] Detail
In synonymy:
Madognatha Ausserer, 1871 = Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 (Simon, 1892a: 198, sub Atypus, but Madognatha has the same type species as Sphodros)
Gen. Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00005] Detail
type Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835; gender masculine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Madognatha Ausserer, 1871a: 143 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05735] (type Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835) by Simon, 1892a: 198 (sub Atypus, but Madognatha has the same type species as Sphodros); removed from the synonymy of Atypus Latreille, 1804 by Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 15, after Kraus & Baur, 1974: 88.
Transferred to other genera:
Sphodros lucasi Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Actinopus
In synonymy:
Sphodros bicolor (Lucas, 1836, T from Atypus) = Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) (Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 21).
Sphodros milberti Walckenaer, 1837 (T from Atypus) = Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) (Gertsch in Kaston, 1977: 5, sub Atypus bicolor).
Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 * | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000104]
Sphodros abbotii Walckenaer, 1835: 639 (Dmf).
Sphodros abbotii Walckenaer, 1837: 247 (f, m see Actinopus nigripes).
Madognatha abboti Ausserer, 1871a: 143.
Atypus abboti McCook, 1888c: 203.
Atypus abboti McCook, 1894: 138, pl. 29, f. 9 (mf).
Atypus abboti Gertsch, 1936b: 9, f. 1-6, 11-12, 15-23 (mf).
Sphodros abboti Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 16, f. 1, 3-4, 10, 20-31 (Tmf from Atypus).
Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000105]
Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 28, f. 20, 43-47 (Dmf).
Sphodros atlanticus Hoffman, 2010: 33, f. 2, 6 (m).
Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000106]
Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 35, f. 55-60 (Dmf).
Sphodros coylei Hoffman, 2010: 34, f. 1, 3, 7 (m).
Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000107]
Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 25, f. 37-42 (Dmf).
Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842) | m f | USA, Canada     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000108]
Atypus niger Hentz, 1842: 224, pl. 8, f. 1 (Dm).
Atypus niger Emerton, 1913b: 259, f. 1.
Sphodros niger Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 30, f. 48-55 (Tmf from Atypus).
Sphodros niger Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 50, f. 353-355 (mf).
Sphodros niger Hoffman, 2010: 35, f. 4, 8 (m).
Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 | m f | USA, Mexico     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000109]
Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 20, f. 20, 30-31 (Df).
Sphodros paisano Platnick, 1986c: 140, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Sphodros paisano Luna & Millán, 2017: 131, f. 2 (m chelicera).
Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000110]
Atypus rufipes Latreille, 1829: 233 (D).
Atypus bicolor Lucas, 1836b: 216, pl. 5, f. 5C (Dm).
Oletera bicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 245.
Sphodros milberti Walckenaer, 1837: 249 (Dm).
Atypus milberti Banks, 1907: 736.
Atypus bicolor Comstock, 1910: 168, f. 8 (m).
Atypus bicolor Gertsch, 1936b: 13, f. 7, 13, 24-25, 28-29 (m, Df).
Atypus milberti Gertsch, 1936b: 16, f. 8-10, 26-27 (m, Df).
Atypus bicolor Comstock, 1940: 110, 251, f. 100, 227 (m).
Atypus milberti Chamberlin & Ivie, 1945a: 550, f. 7 (m).
Atypus bicolor Kaston, 1977: 5 (S).
Sphodros rufipes Gertsch & Platnick, 1980: 21, f. 2, 5-6, 11-12, 32-37 (Tmf from Atypus, where omitted by Roewer, S).
Sphodros rufipes Hoffman, 2010: 36, f. 5, 9 (m).
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