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.

In synonymy:

Chasidamna Simon, 1902 = Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Simon, 1903a: 754)

Gen. Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02826

type Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Chasidamna Simon, 1902d: 50 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06245] (type C. semifimbriata Simon, 1902) by Simon, 1903a: 754.

Transferred to other genera:

Asaracus elegantulus Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Chira

Asaracus pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Hypaeus

Asaracus psecadiformis Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Frigga

Asaracus roeweri Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Rishaschia

Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032328 TYPE SPECIES

Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846: 188, f. 1236 (Dm) Original description

Asaracus megalocephalus Prószyński, 1984a: 164 (m)

Asaracus megacephalus Edwards, 2015: 23, f. 4A-J (m, Df)

Asaracus megacephalus Prószyński, 2017b: 61, f. 27C, 28C (m)

Asaracus modestissimus (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035409

Phiale modestissima Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Df) Original description

Asaracus modestissimus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 490, f. 12-13 (f, T from Phiale)

Asaracus rufociliatus (Simon, 1902) | | Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032331

Chasidamna rufociliata Simon, 1902d: 50 (Dm) Original description

Asaracus rufociliatus Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 895 (m)

Asaracus rufociliatus Galiano, 1963a: 299, pl. VIII, f. 13-14 (m)

Asaracus semifimbriatus (Simon, 1902) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032332

Chasidamna semifimbriata Simon, 1902d: 51 (Dm) Original description

Asaracus semifimbriatus Simon, 1903a: 749

Asaracus semifimbriatus Galiano, 1963a: 299, pl. IX, f. 1-4 (m)

Asaracus venezuelicus (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033435

Evarcha venezuelica Caporiacco, 1955: 429, f. 70 (Df) Original description

Asaracus venezuelicus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005b: 754, f. 1-2 (f, T from Evarcha)