Family: Trachycosmidae Platnick, 2002 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0147] Back
Gen.
Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02180 ]
N.B.: described only as a member of "the superfamily Clubionoidea"; tentatively placed in Liocranidae because of the cylindrical gland spigots and scopular hairs of females (Platnick, 1998: 697); transferred to the Trochanteriidae by Platnick, 2002: 181 and to the Trachycosmidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 11.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2022-01-05
2022-01-05
Described in
Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995: 138 (type Fissarena ethabuka Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995; gender feminine)
Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995: 138 (type Fissarena ethabuka Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 9 | accepted |
Reference
Edit history
Henschel, J. R., Davies, V. T. & Dickman, C. R. (1995). The slit spider (Araneae: Clubionoidea) that constructs fissures in the sand dunes of the Simpson Desert, central Australia. Journal of Natural History 29(1): 137-145. doi:10.1080/00222939500770071 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-05 | Genus transferred to other family | Azevedo et al., 2022 | Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 transferred to Trachycosmidae |