World Spider Catalog

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. Alcmena C. L. Koch, 1846 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02806

type Alcmena psittacina C. L. Koch, 1846; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Alcmena superba Karsch, 1878 -- see Sandalodes

Nomen dubium:

Alcmena trifasciata Caporiacco, 1954: 181, f. 68 (f, French Guiana) -- Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 493

Alcmena amabilis C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032266

Alcmena amabilis C. L. Koch, 1846: 178, f. 1228 (Df) Original description

Attus amabilis Walckenaer, 1847a: 428

Dendryphantes amabilis Simon, 1864: 315

Alcmena amabilis Simon, 1901a: 638

Alcmena psittacina C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032267 TYPE SPECIES

Alcmena psittacina C. L. Koch, 1846: 176, f. 1227 (Df) Original description

Dendryphantes psittacina Simon, 1864: 315

Alcmena psittacina Prószyński, 1984a: 157

Alcmena tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032269

Alcmena tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 274 (Df) Original description

Alcmena vittata Karsch, 1880 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032270

Alcmena vittata Karsch, 1880c: 397 (Df) Original description