List of Pisauridae species

This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of February 2021:^[1]

A[]

Afropisaura[]

Afropisaura Blandin, 1976

(Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
(Strand, 1908) — West, Central, East Africa
(Simon, 1886) (type) — West, Central Africa

Archipirata[]

Archipirata Simon, 1898

A. tataricus Simon, 1898 (type) — Turkmenistan, China

Architis[]

Architis Simon, 1898

Santos, 2007 — Brazil
(Simon, 1898) — Brazil
(Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Brazil
Carico, 1981 — Brazil, Argentina
Santos, 2008 — Brazil, Peru
Santos, 2007 — Brazil
Santos, 2007 — Peru
Carico, 1981 — Trinidad, Colombia to Brazil
Santos, 2007 — Peru
Santos, 2007 — Ecuador
Santos, 2007 — Brazil
Santos, 2008 — Brazil
(Simon, 1898) — Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
Carico, 1981 — Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia
Santos, 2007 — Brazil
Santos & Nogueira, 2008 — Brazil
Carico, 1981 — Panama, Brazil
(Taczanowski, 1874) — Panama, Trinidad to Argentina
(Simon, 1898) — Brazil
Simon, 1898 (type) — Panama to Brazil
Santos, 2007 — Brazil

B[]

Blandinia[]

Blandinia Tonini, Paulo da Silva, Serpa Filho & Freitas, 2016

B. mahasoana (Blandin, 1979) (type) — Madagascar

Bradystichus[]

Bradystichus Simon, 1884

Platnick & Forster, 1993 — New Caledonia
Simon, 1884 (type) — New Caledonia
Simon, 1884 — New Caledonia
Platnick & Forster, 1993 — New Caledonia
Platnick & Forster, 1993 — New Caledonia

C[]

Caledomedes[]

Caledomedes Raven & Hebron, 2018

C. flavovittatus (Simon, 1880) (type) — New Caledonia

Caripetella[]

Caripetella Strand, 1928

C. madagascariensis (Lenz, 1886) (type) — Madagascar, Comoros

Charminus[]

Charminus Thorell, 1899

(Caporiacco, 1939) — Ethiopia, Kenya
(Lessert, 1925) — East, Southern Africa
- C. a. concolor (Caporiacco, 1947) — East Africa
(Lawrence, 1942) — Central, East, Southern Africa
Blandin, 1978 — Rwanda
Thorell, 1899 (type) — West, Central Africa
(Roewer, 1955) — West, Central Africa
(Lessert, 1928) — Ivory Coast, Congo
(Lawrence, 1947) — South Africa
Blandin, 1978 — Congo

Chiasmopes[]

Chiasmopes

Chiasmopes Pavesi, 1883

(Berland, 1922) — Ethiopia
(Pocock, 1898) — Central, East, Southern Africa
(Roewer, 1955) — Namibia
(Pocock, 1902) — South Africa

Cispinilus[]

Cispinilus Roewer, 1955

C. flavidus (Simon, 1909) (type) — Central Africa

Cispius[]

Cispius

Cispius Simon, 1898

Lessert, 1916 — East Africa
Lessert, 1936 — Central, East Africa
Blandin, 1978 — South Africa
(Roewer, 1955) — West, Central Africa
Blandin, 1978 — Congo
Lessert, 1915 — East Africa
Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
Blandin, 1978 — Congo
Simon, 1898 (type) — Congo

Cladycnis[]

Cladycnis Simon, 1898

C. insignis (Lucas, 1838) (type) — Canary Is.

Conakrya[]

Conakrya Schmidt, 1956

C. wolffi Schmidt, 1956 (type) — Guinea

D[]

Dendrolycosa[]

Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859

Jäger, 2011 — Laos
(Reddy & Patel, 1993) — India
(Roewer, 1955) — Tanzania
Jäger, 2011 — Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra)
Doleschall, 1859 (type) — Indonesia (Ambon)
(Tikader, 1970) — India (mainland, Andaman Is.)
(L. Koch, 1876) — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Northern Territory)
(Thorell, 1890) — Indonesia (Sumatra)
(Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) — Philippines
(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) — Philippines
(Thorell, 1895) — China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam
Silva & Griswold, 2013 — Madagascar
Jäger, 2011 — New Guinea
(Zhang, 2000) — China
Jäger, 2011 — South Africa

Dolomedes[]

Dolomedes

White-banded fishing spider
(Dolomedes albineus)

Raft spider
(Dolomedes fimbriatus)

Dark fishing spider
(Dolomedes tenebrosus)

Dolomedes Latreille, 1804

Pocock, 1903 — Cameroon
L. Koch, 1867 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Bertkau, 1880 — Brazil
D. albineus Hentz, 1845 — USA
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Capital Territory, Victoria)
(Roewer, 1955) — Angola
Kishida, 1936 — China, Korea, Japan
(Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon
Simon, 1877 — Philippines
D. aquaticus Goyen, 1888 — New Zealand
Pocock, 1903 — Cameroon
Roewer, 1955 — Congo
D. boiei (Doleschall, 1859) — Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java)
D. briangreenei Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
Marusik, 1988 — Russia
Yin, 2012 — China
Chamberlin, 1924 — China
Strand, 1911 — Indonesia (Aru Is., New Guinea)
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China
Lessert, 1928 — Congo
D. dondalei Vink & Dupérré, 2010 — New Zealand
D. elegans Taczanowski, 1874 — French Guiana
D. facetus L. Koch, 1876 — Australia, Indonesia (New Guinea), Samoa, New Hebrides?
Roewer, 1955 — Congo
Hasselt, 1882 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
Simon, 1909 — Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
D. fimbriatus (Clerck, 1757) (type) — Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, Japan
L. Koch, 1867 — Australia (Queensland)?, New Caledonia?
Tanikawa & Miyashita, 2008 — Japan
Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
Roewer, 1955 — Cameroon
Franganillo, 1931 — Cuba
D. gertschi Carico, 1973 — USA
Lessert, 1928 — Congo
Alayón, 2003 — Cuba
Carico, 1973 — Mexico
Kishida, 1936 — Taiwan, Japan
Audouin, 1826 — Egypt
L. Koch, 1876 — Australia, Papua New Guinea
Giebel, 1863 — Colombia
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Japan
Silva & Griswold, 2013 — Madagascar
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Western Australia)
D. karschi Strand, 1913 — Sri Lanka
Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
Pocock, 1898 — Solomon Is.
Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Tasmania)
Roewer, 1955 — West Africa
Simon, 1906 — Sudan
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Northern Territory)
Barrion, 1995 — Philippines
Merian, 1911 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- D. m. vulcanicus Merian, 1911 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
D. minor L. Koch, 1876 — New Zealand
Kishida, 1936 — China, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan
Berland, 1938 — Vanuatu
Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
Song & Chen, 1991 — China, Korea
Walckenaer, 1847 — Marquesas Is.
Kishida, 1936 — Japan
D. okefinokensis Bishop, 1924 — USA
Tanikawa, 2003 — Japan
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
Pocock, 1903 — Cameroon
Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Tasmania)
Tanikawa, 2012 — Japan
Yin, 2012 — China
D. plantarius (Clerck, 1757) — Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Taiwan, Japan
D. schauinslandi Simon, 1899 — New Zealand
D. scriptus Hentz, 1845 — USA, Canada
Simon, 1880 — Russia, China, Japan
Walckenaer, 1837 — Mariana Is.
Tanikawa & Miyashita, 2008 — China, Japan
Lessert, 1916 — East Africa
Hasselt, 1882 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
Roewer, 1955 — Congo
D. striatus Giebel, 1869 — USA, Canada
D. sulfureus L. Koch, 1878 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Strand, 1906 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
Andreeva, 1976 — Tajikistan
D. tenebrosus Hentz, 1844 — USA, Canada
Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Alayón, 2003 — Cuba
Pocock, 1900 — Congo
D. triton (Walckenaer, 1837) — North America, Cuba
(Roewer, 1955) — Congo
Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
D. venmani Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland)
D. vittatus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
Strand, 1911 — Indonesia
Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (New South Wales)
Ono, 2002 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
Tanikawa, 2003 — Japan
Yin, 2012 — China

E[]

Eucamptopus[]

Eucamptopus Pocock, 1900

E. coronatus Pocock, 1900 (type) — India

Euprosthenops[]

Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897

Simon, 1898 — Senegal, Nigeria, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
(Brito Capello, 1867) (type) — West, Central, East Africa
Blandin, 1976 — Rwanda
Roewer, 1955 — Congo, Namibia
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) — India
Lessert, 1928 — Central, East Africa
Lessert, 1916 — Central, East, Southern Africa
- E. p. maximus Blandin, 1976 — Ivory Coast
(Roewer, 1955) — East Africa
Roewer, 1955 — Namibia

Euprosthenopsis[]

Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974

(Strand, 1913) (type) — Central, East Africa
Blandin, 1977 — South Africa
(Roewer, 1955) — East Africa
- E. l. garambensis (Lessert, 1928) — Central Africa
(Pocock, 1902) — South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
Blandin, 1977 — Kenya
Blandin, 1977 — Djibouti
Blandin, 1977 — Ivory Coast

H[]

Hala[]

Hala Jocqué, 1994

Jocqué, 1994 (type) — Madagascar
Jocqué, 1994 — Madagascar

Hygropoda[]

Hygropoda

, female

Hygropoda Thorell, 1894

Simon, 1898 — Gabon, Sierra Leone
(Thorell, 1878) — Indonesia (Ambon)
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China, Thailand
(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) — Philippines
(Vinson, 1863) — Réunion
(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) — Philippines
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China, Thailand
(Strand, 1913) — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
(Reddy & Patel, 1993) — India
(Doleschall, 1859) — Indonesia (Ambon)
(Thorell, 1891) — India (Nicobar Is.)
(Kishida, 1936) — China, Taiwan, Japan
(Simon, 1903) — Madagascar
(Thorell, 1881) — Indonesia to Australia
(Stoliczka, 1869) — Bangladesh, Malaysia
(Thorell, 1877) — Vietnam, Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- H. l. fasciata (Thorell, 1877) — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Pocock, 1897 — Indonesia (Moluccas)
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China
Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
Thorell, 1894 (type) — Singapore
(Tikader, 1970) — India (mainland, Andaman Is.)
Strand, 1911 — Indonesia (Aru Is.)
Wang, 1993 — China
(Roewer, 1955) — Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China, Thailand, Laos

I[]

Ilipula[]

Ilipula Simon, 1903

I. anguicula Simon, 1903 (type) — Vietnam

Inola[]

Inola Davies, 1982

Davies, 1982 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
Davies, 1982 — Australia (Queensland)
Tio & Humphrey, 2010 — Australia (Queensland)
Davies, 1982 — Australia (Queensland)

M[]

Mangromedes[]

Mangromedes Raven, 2018

M. kochi (Roewer, 1951) (type) — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Northern Territory)

Maypacius[]

Maypacius Simon, 1898

(Pavesi, 1895) (type) — Central, East Africa, Madagascar
Blandin, 1975 — Congo
Blandin, 1975 — Congo
Blandin, 1978 — Senegal
Roewer, 1955 — West, Central Africa
Lessert, 1933 — Angola, Rwanda
Blandin, 1975 — Congo
(Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) — Tanzania (mainland, Zanzibar)
Simon, 1898 — Madagascar

Megadolomedes[]

Megadolomedes

Giant Water Spider
(Megadolomedes australianus)

Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980

M. australianus (L. Koch, 1865) (type) — Australia (New South Wales)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Tasmania, Victoria)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
(Lamb, 1911) — Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)

N[]

Nilus[]

Nilus

Fishing spider
(Nilus albocinctus)

Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

N. albocinctus (Doleschall, 1859) — India to Philippines
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (type) — Africa
(Patel & Reddy, 1990) — India
(Sierwald, 1984) — Madagascar
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — Oman
(Caporiacco, 1947) — Central, East, Southern Africa
(Strand, 1916) — Madagascar
(Strand, 1907) — Mayotte, Madagascar
(Pocock, 1898) — Central, South Africa
(Pavesi, 1883) — Africa
(Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004) — China, Laos
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — India to China, Indonesia
(Simon, 1898) — West, Central Africa
(Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2010) — India
(Sierwald, 1987) — Mozambique
(Strand, 1906) — Africa
(Pocock, 1902) — Central, South Africa
(Thorell, 1899) — West, Central Africa

O[]

Ornodolomedes[]

Ornodolomedes Raven & Hebron, 2018

Raven & Hebron, 2018 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Western Australia)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (South Australia)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Victoria)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)
Raven & Hebron, 2018 — Australia (Queensland)

P[]

Papakula[]

Papakula Strand, 1911

P. niveopunctata Strand, 1911 (type) — Indonesia (Aru Is.)

Paracladycnis[]

Paracladycnis Blandin, 1979

P. vis Blandin, 1979 (type) — Madagascar

Perenethis[]

Perenethis

, male

Perenethis L. Koch, 1878

(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) — Pakistan or India
(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Japan
(Lessert, 1916) — Africa, Comoros
P. sindica (Simon, 1897) — India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Philippines
(Lawrence, 1927) — Africa
L. Koch, 1878 (type) — India, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

Phalaeops[]

Phalaeops Roewer, 1955

Roewer, 1955 (type) — Mozambique
Roewer, 1955 — Djibouti

Pisaura[]

Pisaura

Pisaura mirabilis

Pisaura Simon, 1886

Wunderlich, 1992 — Azores
Kishida, 1910 — Japan
Paik, 1969 — Russia, China, Korea
Zhang & Song, 1992 — China, Japan
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
P. mirabilis (Clerck, 1757) (type) — Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Central Asia, China
(L. Koch, 1878) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
Kulczyński, 1913 — Mediterranean
Patel & Reddy, 1990 — India
(Lucas, 1838) — Canary Is., Madeira
Zhang, 2000 — China
Patel, 1987 — India

Pisaurina[]

Pisaurina

Pisaurina brevipes

Pisaurina Simon, 1898

P. brevipes (Emerton, 1911) — USA, Canada
P. dubia (Hentz, 1847) — USA
P. mira (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) — USA, Canada
P. undulata (Keyserling, 1887) — USA, Cuba

Polyboea[]

Polyboea Thorell, 1895

Thorell, 1895 (type) — India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
(Wang, 1993) — India, China, Laos

Q[]

Qianlingula[]

Qianlingula Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004

Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 (type) — China
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 — China

R[]

Rothus[]

Rothus

Rothus Simon, 1898

(Pavesi, 1883) — Africa, Israel
Pocock, 1900 — South Africa
Simon, 1898 — South Africa

S[]

Sphedanus[]

Sphedanus Thorell, 1877

(Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004) — China, Laos
(Thorell, 1897) — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo)
Thorell, 1877 (type) — Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Stoliczka[]

Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885

Caporiacco, 1935 — Pakistan
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (type) — Pakistan

T[]

Tallonia[]

Tallonia Simon, 1889

T. picta Simon, 1889 (type) — Madagascar

Tapinothele[]

Tapinothele Simon, 1898

T. astuta Simon, 1898 (type) — Tanzania (Zanzibar)

Tapinothelella[]

Tapinothelella Strand, 1909

T. laboriosa Strand, 1909 (type) — South Africa

Tapinothelops[]

Tapinothelops Roewer, 1955

(Caporiacco, 1947) (type) — East Africa
(Caporiacco, 1941) — Ethiopia

Tasmomedes[]

Tasmomedes Raven, 2018

T. eberhardarum (Strand, 1913) (type) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)

Tetragonophthalma[]

Tetragonophthalma Karsch, 1878

T. vulpina (Simon, 1898) — West, Central Africa

Thalassiopsis[]

Thalassiopsis Roewer, 1955

T. vachoni Roewer, 1955 (type) — Madagascar

Thaumasia[]

Thaumasia Perty, 1833

Mello-Leitão, 1948 — Honduras to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Brazil
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 — Suriname, Peru, Brazil
(Simon, 1898) — Mexico to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Mexico to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Ecuador, Brazil
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Panama to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Costa Rica to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Colombia to Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Brazil
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Peru
(Simon, 1888) — Venezuela
Perty, 1833 (type) — Costa Rica to Paraguay
Simon, 1898 — Panama to Argentina
Silva & Carico, 2012 — Colombia to Brazil

Tinus[]

Tinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901

Biswas & Roy, 2005 — India
(Bryant, 1940) — Cuba, Hispaniola
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico to El Salvador
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) — Mexico to Costa Rica
Carico, 2008 — Mexico
Carico, 1976 — Mexico
T. peregrinus (Bishop, 1924) — USA, Mexico
Carico, 1976 — Mexico
Silva, 2012 — Mexico
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico
Carico, 1976 — Costa Rica, Panama

Tolma[]

Tolma Jocqué, 1994

T. toreuta Jocqué, 1994 (type) — Madagascar

V[]

Voraptipus[]

Voraptipus Roewer, 1955

V. agilis Roewer, 1955 (type) — Mozambique

Vuattouxia[]

Vuattouxia Blandin, 1979

V. kouassikonani Blandin, 1979 (type) — Ivory Coast

W[]

Walrencea[]

Walrencea Blandin, 1979

W. globosa Blandin, 1979 (type) — South Africa

References[]

^ "Family: Pisauridae Simon,1890". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[NMBE-1] "Family: Pisauridae Simon,1890". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

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