The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.5
by Norman I. Platnick

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FAM. DEINOPIDAE C. L. Koch, 1850

Last updated Dec. 24, 2003

N.B.: original spelling (not Dinopidae) used here.

Gen. Avella O. P.-Cambridge, 1877

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Menneus Simon, 1876 by Lehtinen, 1967: 217.

mf angulata L. Koch, 1878....................Queensland
A. a. L. Koch, 1878a: 1037, pl. 91, f. 1 (Df).
Menneus angulatus Rainbow, 1911: 123.
A. a. Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Menneus).
Menneus angulatus Davies, 1988b: 282, f. 7 (f, Dm).

f despiciens O. P.-Cambridge, 1877 *....................Queensland, New South Wales
A. d. O. P.-Cambridge, 1877b: 574, pl. 57, f. 10 (Df).
Menneus d. Rainbow, 1911: 124.
A. d. Lehtinen, 1967: 217, f. 41 (Tf from Menneus).

m insularis (Rainbow, 1920)....................Lord Howe Is.
Deinopis i. Rainbow, 1920b: 229, pl. 28, f. 1-2 (Dm).
A. i. Lehtinen, 1967: 217, f. 38 (Tm from Deinopis).
A. i. Coddington, 1990: 11, f. 44 (m).

m neocaledonica Simon, 1888....................New Caledonia
A. neo-caledonica Simon, 1889c: 242 (Dj).
Menneus neocaledonicus Simon, 1892a: 210.
Menneus neocaledonicus Berland, 1924a: 174, f. 11-15 (Dm).
A. n. Lehtinen, 1967: 247 (implicitly Tm from Menneus).

f superciliosa Thorell, 1881....................Queensland
A. s. Thorell, 1881: 200 (Df).
Menneus superciliosus Rainbow, 1911: 124.
A. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Menneus).

f trinodosa (Rainbow, 1920)....................Lord Howe Is.
Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920b: 230, pl. 28, f. 3-4 (Df).
A. t. Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Menneus).

m unifasciata L. Koch, 1878....................New South Wales
A. u. L. Koch, 1878a: 1035, pl. 90, f. 6 (Dm).
Menneus unifasciatus Rainbow, 1911: 124.
A. u. Lehtinen, 1967: 247 (implicitly Tm from Menneus).

Gen. Avellopsis Purcell, 1904

N.B.: transferred here from the Uloboridae by Lehtinen, 1967: 217.

mf capensis Purcell, 1904 *....................South Africa
A. c. Purcell, 1904: 128 (Dmf).
A. c. Lehtinen, 1967: 434, f. 37 (m).

Gen. Deinopis MacLeay, 1839

N.B.: Dinopis is an unjustified emendation.

Transferred to other genera:
D. insularis Rainbow, 1920 -- see Avella.

In synonymy:
D. bicornis L. Koch, 1879 = D. subrufa L. Koch, 1879 (Davies, 1985: 61).

mf amica Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1957....................Argentina
D. a. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1957: 63, f. 1-4 (Dmf).

mf anchietae Brito Capello, 1867....................West Africa, Angola
D. a. Brito Capello, 1867: 16, pl. 2, f. 2 (Df).
D. bubo Brito Capello, 1867: 15, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm).
D. bubo Simon, 1892a: 203, f. 151-154 (f).
D. bubo J. Berland, 1913: 27, f. 1-5 (f).

f armaticeps Mello-Leitão, 1925....................Brazil
D. a. Mello-Leitão, 1925b: 284 (Df).

f aruensis Roewer, 1938....................Aru Is.
D. a. Roewer, 1938: 29, f. 18-19 (Df).

f aspectans Pocock, 1899....................Cameroon, Congo
D. a. Pocock, 1899e: 847 (Df).

mf aurita F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Mexico
D. auritus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902a: 360, pl. 34, f. 3-4 (Dmf).

f biaculeata Simon, 1906....................Brazil
D. b. Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df).

f bituberculata Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
D. bituberculatus Franganillo, 1930: 15 (Df).

mf bucculenta Schenkel, 1953....................Venezuela
D. bucculentus Schenkel, 1953a: 8, f. 8a-e (Dmf).

mf camela Thorell, 1881....................New Guinea
D. camelus Thorell, 1881: 194 (Df).
D. c. Chrysanthus, 1967b: 100, f. 47-51 (f, Dm).

mf celebensis Merian, 1911....................Sulawesi
D. c. Merian, 1911: 167, f. A-B (Dmf).

mf cornigera Gerstäcker, 1873....................East Africa
D. c. Gerstäcker, 1873: 478, pl. 18, f. 5 (Dm).
D. bubalus Simon, 1890b: 126 (Df).
D. corniger Simon, 1909c: 29.
D. ruandanicus Strand, 1913a: 327 (provisional name only).

f cylindracea C. L. Koch, 1846....................Colombia
D. cylindraceus C. L. Koch, 1846: 17, f. 1089 (Df).

mf cylindrica Pocock, 1898....................South Africa
D. cylindricus Pocock, 1898c: 204 (Dm).
D. stauntoni Pocock, 1902b: 323 (unneeded replacement name, as D. cylindrica is not a homonym of D. cylindracea).

m diabolica Kraus, 1956....................El Salvador
D. d. Kraus, 1956: 167, f. 1-5 (Dm).
D. d. Coddington, 1990: 11, f. 43 (m).

f fasciata L. Koch, 1879....................Queensland
D. fasciatus L. Koch, 1879a: 1045, pl. 92, f. 1-2 (Df).

f fasciculigera Simon, 1909....................Vietnam
D. fasciculiger Simon, 1909e: 73 (Df).

f fastigata Simon, 1906....................Brazil
D. f. Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df).

f giltayi Lessert, 1930....................Congo
D. g. Lessert, 1930: 618, f. 2 (Df).

f goalparaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1978....................India
D. g. Tikader & Malhotra, 1978a: 157, f. 1-5 (Df).

mf granadensis Keyserling, 1879....................Colombia
D. g. Keyserling, 1879: 343, pl. 4, f. 32 (Dmf).

f guasca Mello-Leitão, 1943....................Brazil
D. g. Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 158, f. 4 (Df).

mf guianensis Taczanowski, 1874....................French Guiana
D. g. Taczanowski, 1874: 98 (Dmf).

m guineensis Berland & Millot, 1940....................Guinea
D. g. Berland & Millot, 1940: 157, f. 9 (Dm).

m kollari Doleschall, 1859....................Myanmar, Malaysia
D. k. Doleschall, 1859: 10, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm).

mf lamia MacLeay, 1839 *....................Cuba, Puerto Rico
D. l. MacLeay, 1839: 9, pl. 2, f. 3 (Df).
D. l. Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 234, f. 83-86 (f).
D. l. Bryant, 1940: 331, pl. 7, f. 99, 101 (f, Dm).

m liukuensis Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002....................China
D. l. Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002: 610, f. 1-7 (Dm).

m longipalpula Strand, 1913....................Central Africa
D. longipalpulus Strand, 1913a: 326 (Dm).

mf longipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Mexico to Panama
D. l. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902a: 360, pl. 34, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
D. l. Chickering, 1963b: 1, f. 1-4 (mf).

mf madagascariensis Lenz, 1886....................Madagascar
D. m. Lenz, 1886: 405, pl. 10, f. 9 (Dm).
D. m. Strand, 1907o: 2 (Df).

m mediocris Kulczyn'ski, 1908....................New Guinea
D. m. Kulczyn'ski, 1908a: 461, pl. 9, f. 6-7 (Dm).

f ornata Pocock, 1902....................Ethiopia
D. ornatus Pocock, 1902b: 325 (Df).

f pallida Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
D. pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 524, f. 4 (Df).

f pardalis Simon, 1906....................Brazil
D. p. Simon, 1906b: 285 (Df).

f plurituberculata Mello-Leitão, 1925....................Brazil
D. p. Mello-Leitão, 1925b: 282, pl. 5, f. 1-3 (Df).

f ravida L. Koch, 1879....................Queensland
D. ravidus L. Koch, 1879a: 1041, pl. 91, f. 3 (Df).

f reticulata (Rainbow, 1899)....................New Guinea
Menneus reticulatus Rainbow, 1899a: 109, f. 1 (Df).
D. reticulatus Lehtinen, 1967: 230 (Tf from Menneus).

f rodophthalma Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
D. rodophthalmus Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 173 (Df).

f schomburgki Karsch, 1878....................South Australia
D. s. Karsch, 1878c: 333 (Df).

f schoutedeni Giltay, 1929....................Congo
D. s. Giltay, 1929: 23, f. 1-2 (Df).

f seriata Simon, 1906....................Brazil
D. s. Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df).

f spinosa Marx, 1889....................USA, St. Vincent, Venezuela
D. spinosus Marx, 1889b: 341, pl. 11a-m (Df).

mf subrufa L. Koch, 1879....................Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
D. subrufus L. Koch, 1879a: 1039, pl. 91, f. 2 (Df).
D. bicornis L. Koch, 1879a: 1049, pl. 91, f. 4 (Dm).
D. bicornis Lehtinen, 1967: 434, f. 36 (m).
D. s. Hickman, 1967: 29, f. 40-44 (mf).
D. s. Davies, 1985: 61 (S).
D. s. Davies, 1988b: 282, f. 6 (mf).

f tabida L. Koch, 1879....................Queensland
D. tabidus L. Koch, 1879a: 1047, pl. 92, f. 3 (Df).

f tuboculata Franganillo, 1926....................Cuba
D. tuboculatus Franganillo, 1926a: 47 (Df).

f unicolor L. Koch, 1879....................Western Australia
D. u. L. Koch, 1879a: 1043, pl. 91, f. 4 (Df).

Gen. Menneus Simon, 1876

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Avella O. P.-Cambridge, 1877 (Lehtinen, 1967: 217).

Transferred to other genera:
M. angulatus (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Avella.
M. despiciens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) -- see Avella.
M. neocaledonicus (Simon, 1888) -- see Avella.
M. reticulatus Rainbow, 1899 -- see Deinopis.
M. superciliosus (Thorell, 1881) -- see Avella.
M. trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 -- see Avella.
M. unifasciatus (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Avella.

In synonymy:
M. dromedarius Purcell, 1904 = M. camelus Pocock, 1902 (Lehtinen, 1967: 247).

m affinis Tullgren, 1910....................East Africa
M. a. Tullgren, 1910: 91, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm; N.B.: considered a junior S of M. tetragnathoides by Berland, 1914: 53, S apparently not accepted by Roewer).

mf camelus Pocock, 1902....................South Africa
M. c. Pocock, 1902b: 325 (Df).
M. dromedarius Purcell, 1904: 127 (Df).
M. c. Lehtinen, 1967: 247, f. 40 (f, S).
M. c. Penney, 2003: 572, f. 1B.1-3 (m).

m tetragnathoides Simon, 1876 *....................Congo
M. t. Simon, 1876f: 219 (Dm).
M. t. Simon, 1892a: 210, f. 155-156 (m).