3567 Author Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L. Author Carico, James E. text Zootaxa 2012 2012-11-29 3567 1 64 journal article 1175­5334 80BD7F09-06D8-4C00-84AC-FB487E676FF1 Pisauridae Simon 1890 Pisauridae Simon, 1890: 80 . Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997: 250 . Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 212 . Vink & Dupérré 2010: 9 . Type genus. Pisaura Simon 1885 . Diagnosis. The family Pisauridae can be distinguished from both Trechaleidae and Lycosidae by the combination of the following characters: the nursery web that the female produces surrounding the egg sac, and the egg sac carried by the chelicerae ( Zhang et al ., 2004 ), but these behaviors can also be observed in the representatives of Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 ( Santos, 2007a ) . It also differs from Trechaleidae in the median apophysis of the male palpus, which is neither large nor distally situated, and lacking a dorsal embolic groove that extends distally into an apical groove and the absence of a ‘‘skirt’’ on the seam of the discoid egg sac ( Carico 1993: 230 , fig. 6). It can be distinguished from Lycosidae by the posterior eye row not strongly recurved, and the male palpus usually with a retrolateral tibial apophysis ( Zhang et al ., 2004 ). The presence of the distal tegular projection (DTP) and the presence of a tarsal apical pseudosegment could represent possible synapomorphies of Pisauridae , pointed out by Santos (2007a) , but the latter is also found in Trechaleidae .