Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0141] Back

Gen. Lycinus Thorell, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00121 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Nemesiidae to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; removed from the synonymy of Mygaloides Nicolet, 1849 (regarded as a nomen dubium) by Goloboff, 1995: 148, contra Raven, 1985a: 98; considered a senior synonym of Parachubutia Mello-Leitão, 1940f: 233 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05011] (type P. gajardoi Mello-Leitão, 1940) by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1967b: 55; considered a senior synonym of Levina Zapfe, 1963: 125 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05010] (type L. epipiptusa Zapfe, 1963) by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973c: 291; considered a senior synonym of Diplothelopsis Tullgren, 1905: 4 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00113] (type D. ornata Tullgren, 1905) by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 12.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2022-04-22
Described in
Thorell, 1894: 36 (type Lycinus longipes Thorell, 1894; gender masculine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
14accepted
2synonym
2nomen dubium
Reference

Thorell, T. (1894). Förteckning öfver arachnider från Java och närgrändsande öar, insamlade af Carl Aurivillius; jemte beskrifningar å några sydasiatiska och sydamerikanska spindlar. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 20(IV, 2): 1-63. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-01-13 Genus synonymy Montes de Oca et al., 2022 Diplothelopsis synonymized with Lycinus
2022-01-12 Genus transferred to other family Montes de Oca et al., 2022 Lycinus Thorell, 1894 transferred to Pycnothelidae