World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae Blackwall, 1877 by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017, Prószyński, 2017b and Zhang et al., 2024f; the subfamilies Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015, Eupoinae Maddison, 2015, Hisponinae Simon 1901, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae Maddison, 2015, Salticinae and Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 are confirmed by Zhang et al., 2024f: 347.

Gen. Akela G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02804

type Akela charlottae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896; gender feminine

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 nigrimana (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Saitis) = Akela melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944) (Galiano, 1962d: 172, sub Euophrys)

Akela scaloneta Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023 = Akela melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944) (Ruiz et al., 2026: 199)

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 TYPE SPECIES

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 charlottae Ruiz et al., 2026: 196, f. 13A-D, 24A (f, f. 13A-E "cf." from Brazil)

Akela fulva Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032259

Akela fulva Dyal, 1935: 235 (Df) Original description

Akela fulva Edwards, 2015: 17 (species inquirenda, misplaced)

Akela melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944) | | Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033298

Evophrys melanoleucus Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 384, f. 79 (Dm) Original description

Saitis nigrimanus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 295, f. 87 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057761]

Euophrys melanoleuca Roewer, 1955c: 1180

Euophrys melanoleucus Galiano, 1962d: 172, pl. II, f. 12-13 (m, S of Saitis nigrimanus)

"Euophrys" melanoleucus Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 38, f. 17L (m)

Akela scaloneta Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023: 16, f. 62-72 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057440]

Akela melanoleuca Ruiz et al., 2026: 199, f. 2A-F, 3A-I, 12C, 16A-F, 17A-D, 24B. (mf, T from Euophrys, S of Akela scaloneta)

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 ruricola Ruiz et al., 2026: 197, f. 1A-D, 4A-D, 6A-D, 10A-F, 14A-F, 15A-D, 24C (mf)

Akela zinha Ruiz & Bustamante, 2026 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067201

Akela zinha Ruiz & Bustamante, in Ruiz et al., 2026: 201, f. 5A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-D, 11A-F, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-D, 21A-D, 22A-B, 24D (Dmf) Original description