Stiphidion Explained

Stiphidion is a genus of South Pacific sheetweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[1] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Stiphidiinae in 1967.^[2] It is considered a senior synonym of Amarara.

Species

it contains four species, found in New Zealand and Australia:^[3]

• Stiphidion adornatum Davies, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
• Stiphidion diminutum Davies, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
• Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 (type) – Eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
• Stiphidion raveni Davies, 1988 – Australia (New South Wales)

Stiphidion fera is a synonym of S. facetum.

See also

• List of Stiphidiidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1902. Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 240–243. 1902. 10.5962/bhl.part.19237. 87649777. Eugène_Simon. free.
2. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4. 199–468. Pekka_T._Lehtinen.
3. Gen. Stiphidion Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.