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, 2015Maddison 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. Alfenus Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02807
type Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Alfenus aurantius Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Chira

Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 | | DR Congo, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032271 TYPE SPECIES
Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902a: 411 (Dm) Original description
Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1903a: 739, f. 868-869
Alfenus calamistratus Szűts & Scharff, 2005: 359, f. 1A, C, 2A-F, 3A-D (m)
Alfenus calamistratus Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47E, 48M (m)
Alfenus calamistratus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 4, f. 2A-D (Df)
Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903 | | Equatorial Guinea or Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032272
Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903a: 722, f. 870
Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903e: 112 (Dm) Original description
Alfenus chrysophaeus Szűts & Scharff, 2005: 361, f. 1B, 2G-H, 3E-G (m)

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