Sabaconidae

The name of the type genus is derived from "Sabacon", an Egyptian king.

This family is very easily recognizable on the basis of the unique pedipalp morphology, which is densely covered in plumose setae, and features a concave depression on the tibia, and a bulbous tarsus, which fits snugly into the tibial depression.

Sabaconidae exhibits a wide, yet highly disjunct, distribution. Species can be found throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, though individual species usually have very restricted distributions.

There is one species, Sabacon bachofeni Roewer, 1939, known from Baltic amber.

Sabaconidae belongs to the superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. The family originally consisted of just the genus *Sabacon*, though *Taracus* was later added to the family. *Hesperonemastoma* was later moved to this family, as well, after molecular studies confirmed that this genus was closely related to *Taracus*. However, a new family, Taracidae, was later erected for *Hesperonemastoma* and *Taracus*, leaving Sabaconidae once again monogeneric. Currently, Sabaconidae is thought to be most closely related to Taracidae, and more distantly to Ischyropsalididae.

The internal relationships of Sabaconidae are not fully understood. Generally, species within a geographical region form a clade, with the exception of *Sabacon cavicolens*, which belongs to a clade with the European species.

There are currently 57 described species, 2 of which are subdivided into 2 subspecies.[1][2][3]

• Sabacon aigoual Martens, 2015
• Sabacon akiyoshiense Suzuki, 1963
• Sabacon altomontanum Martens, 1983
• Sabacon astoriensis Shear, 1975
• Sabacon beatae Martens, 2015
• Sabacon beishanensis Martens, 2015
• Sabacon briggsi Shear, 1975
• Sabacon bryantii (Banks, 1898)
• Sabacon cavicolens (Packard, 1884)
• Sabacon chomolongmae Martens, 1972
• Sabacon crassipalpe (L. Koch, 1879)
• Sabacon dentipalpe Suzuki, 1949
• Sabacon dhaulagiri Martens, 1972
• Sabacon distinctus Suzuki, 1974
• Sabacon franzi Roewer, 1953
• Sabacon gonggashan Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
• Sabacon hinkukhola Martens, 2015
• Sabacon imamurai Suzuki, 1964
• Sabacon iriei Suzuki, 1974
• Sabacon ishizuchi Suzuki, 1974
• Sabacon jaegeri Martens, 2015
• Sabacon jiriensis Martens, 1972
• Sabacon kangding Martens, 2015
• Sabacon maipokhari Martens, 2015
• Sabacon makinoi Suzuki, 1949

• Sabacon makinoi makinoi Suzuki, 1949
• Sabacon makinoi sugimotoi Suzuki & Tsurusaki, 1983

• Sabacon martensi Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
• Sabacon minutissimus Martens, 2015
• Sabacon minshanensis Martens, 2015
• Sabacon mitchelli Crosby & Bishop, 1924
• Sabacon monacanthus Martens, 2018
• Sabacon multiserratus Martens, 2015
• Sabacon nishikawai Martens, 2015
• Sabacon occidentalis (Banks, 1894)
• Sabacon okadai Suzuki, 1941
• Sabacon palpogranulatum Martens, 1972
• Sabacon paradoxus Simon, 1879
• Sabacon pasonianus Glez-Luque, 1991
• Sabacon pauperoserratus Martens, 2015
• Sabacon petarberoni Martens, 2015
• Sabacon picosantrum Martens, 1983
• Sabacon pygmaeum Miyosi, 1942
• Sabacon relictoides Martens, 2015
• Sabacon relictum Marten, 1972
• Sabacon rossopacificus Martens, 2015
• Sabacon rupinala Martens, 2015
• Sabacon satoikioi Miyosi, 1942
• Sabacon sergeidedicatus Martens, 1989
• Sabacon shawalleri Martens, 2015
• Sabacon sheari Cokendolpher, 1984
• Sabacon simbuakhola Martens, 2015
• Sabacon simoni Dresco, 1952
• Sabacon sineglandula Martens, 2015
• Sabacon siskiyou Shear, 1975
• Sabacon suzukii Martens, 2018
• Sabacon thakkolanus Martens, 2015
• Sabacon unicornis Martens, 1972
• Sabacon viscayanus Simon, 1881

• Sabacon viscayanus ramblaianum Martens, 1983
• Sabacon viscayanus viscayanus Simon, 1881