Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

Transferred to other families:
Neocteniza Pocock, 1895 -- see Idiopidae.

In synonymy:
Closterochilus Ausserer, 1871 = Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Raven, 1985a: 145).
Theragretes Ausserer, 1871 (removed from S of Missulena) = Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Raven, 1985a: 147).

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Closterochilus Ausserer, 1871 and Theragretes Ausserer, 1871 by Raven, 1985a: 145, 147.

Transferred to other genera:
A. bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) -- see Plesiolena.
A. gracilis (Hentz, 1842) -- see Antrodiaetus under Antrodiaetidae.

f caraiba (Simon, 1889)....................Venezuela
Pachyloscelis c. Simon, 1889m: 176 (Df).
A. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

m ceciliae Mello-Leitão, 1931....................Brazil
A. c. Mello-Leitão, 1931a: 11, f. 1 (Dm).

mf crassipes (Keyserling, 1891)....................Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Pachyloscelis c. Keyserling, 1891: 3, pl. 1, f. 1 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis luteipes Keyserling, 1891: 5 (Df).
A. luteipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.
A. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 732.
A. c. Strand, 1916b: 81 (Df).
A. c. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 18, f. 128 (f).
A. luteipes Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 22 (Dm).
A. tarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 149 (S, subsequently rejected).
A. c. Bücherl, 1957: 384, f. 5 (m).
A. c. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962b: 72, pl. II, f. 3 (f).
A. c. Lucas & Bücherl, 1965: 89, f. 1-18 (f).
A. niger Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 121, f. 2 (m, manuscript name by Mello-Leitão, tentatively identified as A. c.).

m cucutaensis Mello-Leitão, 1941....................Colombia
A. c. Mello-Leitão, 1941a: 114, f. 1 (Dm).

m dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923....................Brazil
A. d. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 20 (Dm).

f echinus Mello-Leitão, 1949....................Brazil
A. e. Mello-Leitão, 1949: 1 (Df).

m fractus Mello-Leitão, 1920....................Brazil
A. f. Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 58 (Dm).
A. f. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 21 (m).

f harti Pocock, 1895....................Trinidad
A. hartii Pocock, 1895c: 195 (Df).
A. hartii F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898b: 893, pl. 54, f. 1 (f).

m insignis (Holmberg, 1881)....................Argentina
Aussereria i. Holmberg, 1881a: 171, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm).
A. i. Simon, 1892a: 80.

m liodon (Ausserer, 1875)....................Uruguay
Pachyloscelis l. Ausserer, 1875: 142, pl. 5, f. 7 (Dm).
A. l. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

m longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842....................Uruguay
A. l. C. L.Koch, 1842: 102, f. 754 (Dm).

f nattereri (Doleschall, 1871)....................Brazil
Pachyloscelis n. Doleschall, in Ausserer, 1871a: 139 (Df).
A. n. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

m nigripes (Lucas, 1834)....................Brazil
Pachyloscelis n. Lucas, 1834a: 364, pl. 7D, f. 3 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis n. Lucas, 1835b: pl. 14, f. 10 (m).
Actinopus walckenaerii Lucas, 1837: 377 (D).
Theragretes walckenaeri Ausserer, 1871a: 143.
Closterochilus n. Ausserer, 1871a: 142.
Eriodon n. Simon, 1892a: 81.

m paranensis Mello-Leitão, 1920....................Argentina
A. p. Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 58 (Dm).
A. p. Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 121, f. 3-4 (m).

f pertyi Lucas, 1843....................South America
A. p. Lucas, 1843: 318 (Df).
A. p. Lucas, 1845a: 57, pl. 1, f. 1 (f).
Sphodros p. Walckenaer, 1847a: 372.

mf piceus (Ausserer, 1871)....................Brazil
Pachyloscelis picea Ausserer, 1871a: 139, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dm).
A. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

f princeps Chamberlin, 1917....................Brazil
A. p. Chamberlin, 1917: 31 (Df).

m pusillus Mello-Leitão, 1920....................Brazil
A. p. Mello-Leitão, 1920b: 59 (Dm).

f robustus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1892)....................Panama
Pachyloscelis r. O. P.-Cambridge, 1892b: 93, pl. 12, f. 5 (Df).
A. r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897a: 6.

j rojasi (Simon, 1889)....................Venezuela
Pachyloscelis r. Simon, 1889m: 177 (Dj).
A. r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

f rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1930....................Brazil
A. r. Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 54, f. 1 (Df).

mf rufipes (Lucas, 1834)....................Brazil
Pachyloscelis r. Lucas, 1834a: 361, pl. 7C, f. 1 (Df).
Ceratoscelis r. Lucas, 1834a: 362, pl. 7, f. D2 (Dm).
Sphodros lucasi Walckenaer, 1837: 250 (Dmf).
A. r. Lucas, 1837: 376.

f scalops (Simon, 1889)....................Venezuela
Pachyloscelis s. Simon, 1889m: 177 (Df).
A. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.

m tarsalis Perty, 1833 *....................Brazil, Uruguay
A. t. Perty, 1833: 198, pl. 39, f. 6 (Dm).
Pachyloscelis t. Lucas, 1837: 377.
Sphodros t. Walckenaer, 1842: 437.
A. t. C. L. Koch, 1842: 101, f. 753 (m).
A. t. Simon, 1892a: 80, f. 80, 82.
A. t. Lucas et al., 1981a: 133, f. 3-6 (m).

f trinotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938....................Brazil
A. t. Mello-Leitão, 1938b: 311 (Df).

j valencianus (Simon, 1889)....................Venezuela
Pachyloscelis valenciana Simon, 1889m: 177 (Df).
A. v. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 730.
A. valentianus Bonnet, 1955: 156 (invalid emendation).

mf wallacei F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896....................Brazil, Bolivia
A. w. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 35, f. 18 (Df).
A. w. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 167, pl. I (Dm).

f xenus Chamberlin, 1917....................South America
A. x. Chamberlin, 1917: 29, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df).

Transferred to other genera:
M. bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) -- see Plesiolena.

In synonymy:
M. crassa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) = M. granulosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Womersley, 1943: 258).
M. formidabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) = M. occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Womersley, 1943: 251).
M. formosa (Rainbow, 1896, removed from S of M. occatoria) = M. insignis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) (Main, 1985b: 10).
M. incerta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) = M. granulosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Womersley, 1943: 258).
M. rubrocapitata (Keyserling, in Ausserer, 1875) = M. occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Womersley, 1943: 251).
M. rugosa (Ausserer, 1875) = M. occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 (Main, 1985b: 11).
M. semicoccineum (Simon, 1896, removed from S of M. occatoria Walckenaer, 1805) = M. insignis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) (Main, 1985b: 10).

mf bradleyi Rainbow, 1914....................New South Wales
M. b. Rainbow, 1914a: 268, f. 73-75 (Dm).
M. b. Womersley, 1943: 265, f. 6A-N (m, Df).

m dipsaca Faulder, 1995....................Australia
M. d. Faulder, 1995: 73, f. 1-2 (Dm).

mf granulosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)....................Western Australia
Eriodon granulosum O. P.-Cambridge, 1869a: 268, pl. 9, f. 7-13 (Dm).
Eriodon crassum O. P.-Cambridge, 1869a: 269, pl. 9, f. 14-16 (Df).
Eriodon incertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1877c: 30 (Dm).
Eriodon g. Hogg, 1901: 222 (Df).
Eriodon incerta Hogg, 1901: 224, f. 22 (m).
M. g. Womersley, 1943: 258, f. 3A-N (m, S).

m hoggi Womersley, 1943....................Western Australia
M. h. Womersley, 1943: 262, f. 4A-G (Dm).

mf insignis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877)....................Australia
Eriodon insigne O. P.-Cambridge, 1877c: 29, pl. 6, f. 5 (Dm).
Actinopus formosus Rainbow, 1896a: 328, pl. 20 (Dm).
Eriodon semicoccineum Simon, 1896a: 343 (Dm).
Eriodon i. Hogg, 1901: 223, f. 21a-b (m).
Eriodon rubrocapitata Rainbow, 1903: 64, f. 6 (f, misidentified per Womersley, 1943).
M. formosa Simon, 1903a: 877.
M. insigne Womersley, 1943: 255, f. 2A-I (mf).
M. i. Main, 1985b: 10 (S).

mf occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 *....................Southern Australia
M. o. Walckenaer, 1805: 8, pl. 2, f. 11-13 (Df).
Eriodon occatorium Lucas, 1865: 318, pl. 8, f. 6 (f).
Eriodon formidabile O. P.-Cambridge, 1869a: 267, pl. 9, f. 1-6 (Dm).
Eriodon rubrocapitatum Keyserling, in Ausserer, 1875: 140, pl. 5, f. 1, 3-4 (Dm).
Eriodon rugosum Ausserer, 1875: 141, pl. 5, f. 5-6 (Dm).
Eriodon formidabilis Hogg, 1901: 222 (Df).
Eriodon rugosa Hogg, 1901: 223, f. 21c (m).
Eriodon rubrocapitata Hogg, 1901: 226, f. 23 (m).
Eriodon o. Rainbow, 1903: 62, f. 5 (f).
M. rubriceps Strand, 1907l: 4 (Dm).
M. o. Hogg, 1908: 335, f. 72 (f).
M. o. Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 88, pl. 12, f. 1-2.
M. o. Womersley, 1943: 251, f. 1A-N (m, S).
M. o. Main, 1985b: 10 (S).

m pruinosa Levitt-Gregg, 1966....................Western Australia, Northern Territory
M. p. Levitt-Gregg, 1966: 391, f. 1-4 (Dm).

m reflexa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918....................South Australia
M. r. Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 87, pl. 21, f. 33-34 (Dm).
M. r. Womersley, 1943: 263, f. 5A-G (m).

m rutraspina Faulder, 1995....................Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
M. r. Faulder, 1995: 76, f. 4-6 (Dm).

m torbayensis Main, 1996....................Western Australia
M. t. Main, 1996: 355, f. 1A-K, 2A-D (Dm).

f tussulena Goloboff, 1994....................Chile
M. t. Goloboff, 1994b: 71, f. 5 (Df; N.B.: specimens formerly placed as f of Plesiolena bonneti by Goloboff & Platnick, 1987).

P. Goloboff & Platnick, 1987, type Missulena bonneti (Zapfe, 1961).

mf bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) *....................Chile
Heteromigas b. Zapfe, 1961c: 152, f. 2-3 (Dm).
Heteromigas b. Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1041, pl. XI, f. 1-12 (m).
Actinopus b. Raven, 1984d: 380 (Tm from Heteromigas).
Missulena b. Raven, 1985a: 144 (Tm from Actinopus).
P. b. Goloboff & Platnick, 1987: 13, f. 14, 19, 38-44 (Tm from Missulena, misidentified f).
P. b. Goloboff, 1994b: 67, f. 1-4 (Df; N.B.: f of Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 = Missulena tussulena).

f jorgelina Goloboff, 1994....................Chile
P. j. Goloboff, 1994b: 69, f. 6-10 (Df).