Family: Macrobunidae Bonnet, 1957 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0168] Back
Gen.
Macrobunus Tullgren, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02025 ]
N.B.: considered a synonym of Myropsis Simon, 1898a: 238 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04684] (type Myro backhauseni Simon, 1896) by Simon, 1902h: 9; Myropsis is preoccupied in Crustacea by Stimpson, 1871; Charitonowia Strand, 1934: 272 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04685] is a superfluous replacement name for Myropsis; considered a senior synonym of Olybrius Roth, 1967c: 323 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04918] (type Cicurina madrynensis Tullgren, 1901) and transferred from the Agelenidae to the Amaurobiidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 254 and to the Macrobunidae by Gorneau et al., 2023: 10; not a senior synonym of Opsaltella Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 114 (Ramírez, 1996a: 2, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 254), see Callevopsis.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-08-14
2024-08-14
Described in
Tullgren, 1901b: 248 (type Macrobunus spinifer Tullgren, 1901; gender masculine; syn. of Macrobunus backhauseni (Simon, 1896))
Tullgren, 1901b: 248 (type Macrobunus spinifer Tullgren, 1901; gender masculine; syn. of Macrobunus backhauseni (Simon, 1896))
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 5 | accepted |
| 1 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Tullgren, A. (1901b). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of the Magellan Territories. In: Svenska Expeditionen till Magellansländerna. Wissenschafltiche Ergebnisse der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern 1895–1897 unter Leitung von Otto Nordenskjöld. Band II: Zoologie, Heft 10. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, pp. 181-260, pl. 15-19. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-19 | Genus transferred to other family | Gorneau et al., 2023 | Macrobunus Tullgren, 1901 transferred to Macrobunidae |