Hoedillus Simon, 1898

Hoedillus Simon, 1898

Hoedillus Simon, 1898 ; type species by original designation: Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon, 1898: 202 .

Diagnosis. The genus Hoedillus is distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) eight eyes forming two strongly recurved rows, (2) lateral eyes of both rows 1.5 times the diameter of median eyes, ( 3) four to five pairs of ventral spines in raised sockets on tibia I and II, and two pairs of ventral spines in raised sockets on metatarsi I and II, and (4) three promarginal and two retromarginal cheliceral teeth.

Justification of transfer. An examination of the male pedipalpus fails to reveal synapomorphic characters for Miturgidae ( sensu Ramírez 2014): a retrolateral cymbial groove ( Ramírez 2014: figs. 145F, 148D, 162A, B; character 331), retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) with membranous area ( Ramírez 2014: figs. 145A, 163A, B; character 315), or a canal on the RTA ( Ramírez 2014: figs. 142E, 146B, 160E, H; character 316). Furthermore, the shape of the embolus and median apophysis is inconsistent with this group; Hoedillus lacks the long circular embolus and a forward facing median apophysis seen in the Miturgidae ( Ramírez 2014: figs. 145, 146). The examination also fails to reveal a tegular division ( Ramírez 2014: figs. 150A–C, E; character 343 and Silva 2003: fig. 18; character 38), which is synapomorphic for the Xenoctenus group.

Both males and females of Hoedillus show characters previously considered as synapomorphies of Zoropsidae : the lateral eyes are larger than the median eyes ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A, Raven & Stumkat 2005: character 42). The male pedipalpus shows dense dorsal cymbial scopula with flattened surface ( Fig 1 View FIGURE 1 B–D, F; Raven & Stumkat 2005: character 1), and the female is found to have dorsal spigots on the posterior median spinnerets ( Raven & Stumkat 2005: character 63). These characters justify its placement in this family.