Family: Liocranidae Simon,1897 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0047] Back
Gen.
Sphingius Thorell ,
1890 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02267 ]
N.B.: Transferred from the Micariinae (Gnaphosidae) to the Corinnidae by Reiskind, 1969: 165, here by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489; considered a senior synonym of Alaeho Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 170, type A. linoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995, originally described in the Clubionidae, by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489 and of Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963: 49, type S. sinensis Schenkel, 1963 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02473], originally described in the Gnaphosidae, by Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b: 32; transfer to Corinnidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-12-23
2020-12-23
Described in
Thorell, 1890d: 284 (type Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890; gender masculine)
Thorell, 1890d: 284 (type Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 25 | accepted |
| 4 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Thorell, T. (1890d). Arachnidi di Pinang raccolti nel 1889 dai Signori L. Loria e L. Fea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 30: 269-383. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-23 | Genus synonymy | Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009b | Scotophaeoides synonymized with Sphingius |