Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for a database with diagnostic drawings maintained by J. Prószyński, see: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015Maddison et al., 2017 and Prószyński, 2017b.
Gen. Akela G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02804

Transferred to other genera:

Akela aurantiovittata Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Chira

Akela campestrata Simon, 1901 -- see Simonurius

Akela ferrugineonotata Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Chira

Akela gladifera Simon, 1901 -- see Simonurius

Akela longibarba Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Phiale

Akela lunata Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Tullgrenella

Akela melanica Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Tullgrenella

Akela modesta Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Dendryphantes

Akela penicillium Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Ilargus

Akela quadrataria Simon, 1901 -- see Simonurius

Akela quinquevittata Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Ilargus

Akela simplex Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Hisukattus

Akela trilineata Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Simonurius

In synonymy:

Akela striata (Chickering, 1946, T from Freya) = Akela charlottae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1989a: 49)

Akela charlottae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | | Guatemala, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032258
Akela charlottae Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 95, pl. 7, f. 7 (Dm) Original description
Akela charlottae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 299, pl. 29, f. 8 (m)
Akela charlottae Simon, 1901a: 568, f. 688 (m)
Freya striata Chickering, 1946: 188, f. 160-162 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056830]
Akela charlottae Galiano, 1989a: 49, f. 1-4 (mf, S of Freya striata)
Akela charlottae Edwards, 2015: 17, f. 1A-I (mf)
Akela fulva Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032259
Akela fulva Dyal, 1935: 235 (Df; may be misplaced per Edwards, 2015: 17) Original description
Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999 | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032262
Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999b: 1, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description
Akela ruricola Edwards, 2015: 17, f. 2A-J (mf)
Akela scaloneta Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057440
Akela scaloneta Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023: 16, f. 62-72 (Dmf) Original description

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