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. Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02811

type Salticus igneus Perty, 1833; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Amycus australis Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Noegus

Amycus benignus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) -- see Hypaeus

Amycus cambridgei Bryant, 1942 -- see Sidusa

Amycus crocutus Taczanowski, 1878 -- see Frigga

Amycus fallax G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 -- see Acragas

Amycus flavolineatus C. L. Koch, 1846 -- see Colonus

Amycus fuscomanus Taczanowski, 1878 -- see Noegus

Amycus hieroglyphicus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 -- see Acragas

Amycus longipalpus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 -- see Acragas

Amycus marjori G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 -- see Hypaeus

Amycus mystacalis Taczanowski, 1878 -- see Hypaeus

Amycus pacatus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 -- see Acragas

Amycus peckhami Chickering, 1946 -- see Acragas

Amycus quadriguttatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 -- see Acragas

Amycus saphes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) -- see Hypaeus

Amycus spinipes (Taczanowski, 1871) -- see Eustiromastix

Amycus spiralifer F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 -- see Noegus

Amycus splendidus L. Koch, 1880 -- see Cosmophasis

Amycus steindachneri Taczanowski, 1878 -- see Matinta

Amycus zeteki Chickering, 1946 -- see Acragas

In synonymy:

Amycus amazonicus (Mello-Leitão, 1930, T from Agelista) = Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1963d: 29)

Amycus argentinus Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1968c: 275)

Amycus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1949 = Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1968c: 275)

Amycus gertschi Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1968c: 275)

Nomina dubia:

Amycus amrishi Makhan, 2006a: 10 f. 4-7 (m, Suriname) -- Courtial, Picard & Pétillon, 2026: 87

Amycus delicatus (Blackwall, 1862b: 353, f, Brazil, originally in Salticus) -- Galiano, 1968c: 274

Amycus effeminatus Caporiacco, 1954: 154, f. 51-51a (f, French Guiana) -- Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 493

Amycus igneus (Perty, 1833: 199 pl. 39, f. 7, m, Brazil, originally in Salticus) * -- Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 46

Amycus lechugalensis Taczanowski, 1878a: 351 (f, Peru) -- Galiano, 1968c: 274

Amycus patellaris (Caporiacco, 1954: 164, f. 57-57a, m, French Guiana, originally in Noegus) -- Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 493

Amycus thoracicus Taczanowski, 1878a: 353 (mf, Peru) -- Galiano, 1968c: 274

Amycus tristis Mello-Leitão, 1940h: 30 (m, Brazil) -- Galiano, 1968c: 274

Amycus albipalpus Galvis, 2015 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048117

Amycus albipalpus Galvis, 2015d: 351, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Amycus annulatus Simon, 1900 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032280

Amycus annulatus Simon, 1900d: 36 (Dm) Original description

Amycus ectypus Simon, 1900 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032281

Amycus ectypus Simon, 1900d: 34 (Dm) Original description

Amycus ectypus Galiano, 1963a: 290, pl. VI, f. 1-4 (m)

Amycus equulus Simon, 1900 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032283

Amycus equulus Simon, 1900d: 36 (Dm) Original description

Amycus equulus Galiano, 1963a: 291, pl. VI, f. 5-7 (m)

Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 | | French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032284

Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900d: 36 (Dm) Original description

Agelista amazonica Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 69, f. 38-39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055232]

Amycus argentinus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 275, f. 63 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055233]

Amycus gertschi Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 437, f. 29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055235]

Amycus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1949: 22, pl. 1, f. 1-2, pl. 6, f. 16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055234]

Amycus flavicomis Galiano, 1963a: 292, pl. VII, f. 8-10 (m)

Amycus flavicomis Galiano, 1963d: 29 (S of Agelista amazonica)

Amycus flavicomis Galiano, 1968c: 275, f. 8 (f, S of Amycus argentinus, A. carvalhoi and A. gertschi)

Amycus flavicomis Prószyński, 2017b: 61, f. 27A (mf)

Amycus flavicomis Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018: 163, f. 38C, 143, 144A-C, 145 (mf)

Amycus lycosiformis Taczanowski, 1878 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032287

Amycus lycosiformis Taczanowski, 1878a: 359 (Dmf) Original description

Amycus lycosiformis Galiano, 1968c: 277, f. 1-7 (mf)

Amycus pertyi Simon, 1900 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032289

Amycus pertyi Simon, 1900d: 34 (Dm) Original description

Amycus pertyi Simon, 1901a: 415, f. 447-451 (m)

Amycus pertyi Galiano, 1963a: 293, pl. VII, f. 5-7 (m)

Amycus rufifrons Simon, 1900 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032290

Amycus rufifrons Simon in Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 17, pl. 1, f. 1 (nomen nudum)

Amycus rufifrons Simon, 1900d: 35 (Dmf) Original description

Amycus rufifrons Galiano, 1963a: 295, pl. VII, f. 1-4 (m)

Amycus spectabilis C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Colombia, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032291

Amycus spectabilis C. L. Koch, 1846: 184, f. 1233 (Dm) Original description

Amycus spectabilis Taczanowski, 1878a: 345 (Df)

Amycus spectabilis Galiano, 1968c: 282, f. 9-13 (mf)