We propose three genera, twenty three species, and three subspecies as nomina dubia as they are unrecognisable due to being described from juveniles and/or from type material that was subsequently lost: Araneus pulcherrimus (Roewer, 1942) nomen dubium, Singa simoniana Costa, 1885 nomen dubium, Sason pectinatum Kulczyński, 1908 nomen dubium, Corinna anomala Schmidt, 1971 nomen dubium, Kishidaia conspicua concolor (Caporiacco, 1951) nomen dubium, Linyphia neophita Hentz, 1850 nomen dubium, Lycosa tarantuloides Perty, 1833 nomen dubium, Phonophilus Ehrenberg, 1831 nomen dubium, Phonophilus portentosus Ehrenberg, 1831 nomen dubium, Nesticus gastropodus Kim & Ye, 2014 nomen dubium, Philodromus cammarus Rossi in Carrara, 1846 nomen dubium, Tibellus oblongus maculatus Caporiacco, 1950 nomen dubium, Phrurolithus parcus (Hentz, 1847) nomen dubium, Conakrya Schmidt, 1956 nomen dubium, Dolomedes albicoxa Bertkau, 1880 nomen du bium, Amycus igneus (Perty, 1833) nomen dubium, Giuiria Strand, 1906 nomen dubium, Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Dipoena bristowei Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Dipoena quadricuspis Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Episinus hickmani Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Theridion mauense Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium T. meneghettii Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, T. nigroplagiatum Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, T. trizonatum Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, T. zebra Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Misumena pallescens Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium, Synema trimacu losum Schmidt, 1956 nomen dubium, and Xysticus jugalis larvatus Caporiacco, 1949 nomen dubium. Two species names found to be unavailable for other reasons: Draconarius joshimath Quasin, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2017 and Stenaelurillus jagannathae Das, Ma lik & Vidhel, in Vidhel et al., 2015. We stabilise two threatened genus names whose type species are currently incompatibly nomina dubia, confirming the synonymy of Pozonia cornuta Schenkel, 1953 syn. conf. with Pozonia nigroventris Bryant, 1936, and Phalaea canescens (Simon, 1898) stat. rev. et syn. nov. and Tetragonophthalma vulpina (Simon, 1898) syn. nov. as junior syn onyms of Tetragonophthalma phylla Karsch, 1878 stat. rev. Six more new synonymies, three of species and three of subspecies, are proposed: Histopona conveniens Kulczyński, 1914 syn. nov. = Histopona paganettii Nosek, 1905 stat. rest., Aculepeira armi da pumila (Simon, 1929) syn. nov. = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826), Araneus angulatus personatus Simon, 1929) syn. nov. = Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757, Alopecosa solivaga katunjica (Ermolajev, 1937) syn. nov. = Alopecosa solivaga (Kulczyński, 1901), Attus falcarius Hentz, 1846 syn. nov. = Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845), Heliophanus dampfi Schenkel, 1923 syn. nov. = Heli ophanus camtschadalicus Kulczyński, 1885. Spagnius foliaceus (Hentz, 1850) (ex. Theridion foliaceum Hentz, 1850) is proposed as a nomen protectum and its older homonym Theridion foliaceum Nicolet, 1849 as a nomen oblitum. Two replacement names are described: Lycosa pakistanensis Sherwood & Blick nom. nov. (ex. Lycosa nigricans Butt, Anwar & Tahir, 2006), and Enoplog natha myanmar Blick & Sherwood, nom. nov. (ex. Enoplognatha robusta Thorell, 1898). Finally, emendations of four spider names are discussed, the first one being newly emended: Indothele rothorum Coyle, 1995, Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995, Eume nophorus murphyorum Smith, 1990, and Hysterocrates celerierae (Smith, 1990).
Sherwood, Danniella & Blick, Theo & Ballarin, Francesco. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 47. 43-54.
