World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for a database with diagnostic drawings maintained by J. Prószyński, see: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017 and Prószyński, 2017b.

Gen. Balmaceda G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02844

Transferred to other genera:

Balmaceda modesta (Taczanowski, 1878) -- see Breda

Balmaceda peckhami Bryant, 1940 -- see Hentzia

Balmaceda tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Cotinusa

Homonym replaced:

Balmaceda peckhami Chickering, 1946 -- see Balmaceda chickeringi Roewer, 1951 Roewer, 1951

Nomina nuda:

Balmaceda estebanensis Simon, 1903a: 848 (Venezuela) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054277] -- Simon, 1903a: 848, no description

Balmaceda variegata Simon, 1903a: 846, 848, f. 999 (Paraguay) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054278] -- Simon, 1903a: 848, no description

Balmaceda abba Edwards & Baert, 2018 | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050307

Balmaceda abba Edwards & Baert, 2018: 20, f. 11G-J, 12A-B (Df) Original description

Balmaceda anulipes Soares, 1942 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032412

Balmaceda anulipes Soares, 1942: 262, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Balmaceda biteniata Mello-Leitão, 1922 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032413

Balmaceda biteniata Mello-Leitão, 1922a: 226 (Df) Original description

Balmaceda chickeringi Roewer, 1951 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032414

Balmaceda peckhami Chickering, 1946: 58, f. 36-41 (Dm; preoccupied by Bryant, 1940, see Hentzia tibialis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061069]

Balmaceda chickeringi Roewer, 1951: 450 (replacement name) Original description

Balmaceda distans (Banks, 1924) | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035359

Phanias distans Banks, 1924: 98, f. 18 (Dm) Original description

Balmaceda distans Edwards & Baert, 2018: 21, f. 13A-F (Df, T from Phanias)

Balmaceda minor (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034475

Marpissa minor F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa minor Kraus, 1955b: 77, f. 221-222 (m, removed from S of Marpissa californica, S of M. melanura, both rejecting Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 482; Marpissa melanura revalidated by Edwards, 2006: 210)

Balmaceda minor Edwards & Baert, 2018: 18, f. 11A-F (mf, T from Marpissa)

Balmaceda nigrosecta Mello-Leitão, 1945 | | Colombia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034611

Balmaceda nigrosecta Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 277 (Dm) Original description

Metacyrba nigrosecta Galiano, 1980b: 35 (T from Balmaceda)

Balmaceda nigrosecta Edwards, 2006: 211, f. 123-126 (m, T from Metacyrba)

Balmaceda nigrosecta Rubio, Baigorria & Edwards, 2016: 13, f. 1-11 (m, Df)

Balmaceda nigrosecta Galvis et al., 2018: 2, f. 1-5 (m)

Balmaceda picta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 | | Guatemala to Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032416

Balmaceda picta Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 101, pl. 10, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Balmaceda picta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 297, pl. 28, f. 18-19 (mf)

Balmaceda picta Chickering, 1946: 61, f. 42-44 (f)

Balmaceda picta Edwards, 2006: 211, f. 115-122 (mf)

Balmaceda picta Galvis et al., 2018: 3, f. 6-7 (f)

Balmaceda reducta Chickering, 1946 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032417

Balmaceda reducta Chickering, 1946: 64, f. 45-47 (Df) Original description

Balmaceda turneri Chickering, 1946 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032418

Balmaceda turneri Chickering, 1946: 66, f. 48-51 (Df) Original description

Balmaceda vera Mello-Leitão, 1917 | j | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032419

Balmaceda vera Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 148 (Djj) Original description