World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

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.

In synonymy:

Acompse L. Koch, 1879 = Bavia Simon, 1877 (Keyserling, 1883b: 1477)

Gen. Bavia Simon, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02848

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Acompse L. Koch, 1879a: 1145 (type A. suavis L. Koch, 1879 = Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877) by Simon, in Keyserling, 1883b: 1877.

Transferred to other genera:

Bavia annamita Simon, 1903 -- see Indopadilla

Bavia exilis Cao & Li, 2016 -- see Padillothorax

Bavia insularis Malamel, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2015 -- see Indopadilla

Bavia kahariana Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 -- see Indopadilla

Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) -- see Sandalodes

Bavia modesta (Keyserling, 1883) -- see Nungia

Bavia papakula Strand, 1911 -- see Nungia

Bavia smedleyi Reimoser, 1929 -- see Maripanthus

Bavia sonsorol Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 -- see Indopadilla

Bavia suhartoi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 -- see Indopadilla

Bavia thorelli Simon, 1901 -- see Indopadilla

In synonymy:

Bavia dulcinervis (L. Koch, 1879) = Bavia sexpunctata Doleschall, 1859 (Simon, 1905c: 70)

Bavia suavis (L. Koch, 1879, T from Acompse) = Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 (Keyserling, 1883b: 1477)

Nomen nudum:

Bavia kairali Sebastian, Sudhikumar, Mathew & Samson, in Sebastian & Peter, 2009: 284, 529, pl. 97 (mf, India) -- Sebastian & Peter, 2009, description is invalid as no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4.2

Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 | | Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to Pacific Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032455

Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877b: 61 (Dm) Original description

Acompse suavis L. Koch, 1879a: 1146, pl. 99, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055220]

Bavia aericeps Simon in Keyserling, 1883b: 1877 (S of Acompse suavis)

Bavia aericeps Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 99, pl. 9, f. 4 (m)

Bavia aericeps Simon, 1901a: 470, f. 529-531 (m)

Bavia aericeps Chrysanthus, 1968: 51, f. 7-11 (mf)

Bavia aericeps Prószyński, 1984a: 13 (m)

Bavia aericeps Żabka, 1988: 432, f. 29-36 (mf)

Bavia aericeps Davies & Żabka, 1989: 206, pl. 13 (mf)

Bavia aericeps Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997: 117, f. 31-34, 45 (mf)

Bavia aericeps Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4M (mf)

Bavia aericeps Maddison et al., 2020b: 42, f. 36-41 (mf)

Bavia albolineata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032456

Bavia albo-lineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885a: 39, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Cynapes albolineatus Simon, 1901a: 467

Bavia albolineata Wanless, 1979b: 67 (Tm from Cynapes)

Bavia albolineata Maddison et al., 2020b: 91 (incertae sedis)

Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | China, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032458

Maevia capistrata C. L. Koch, 1846: 76, f. 1331 (Dm) Original description

Bavia capistrata Żabka, 1988: 435, f. 37-39 (m, removed from S of Evarcha flavocincta)

Bavia capistrata Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016: 51, f. 5A-D, 6A-E (m, Df)

Bavia cf. capistrata Maddison et al., 2020b: 42, f. 29, 42-53 (mf)

Bavia decorata (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032459

Marptusa decorata Thorell, 1890c: 161 (Df) Original description

Bavia decorata Simon, 1901a: 461

Bavia decorata Maddison et al., 2020b: 91 (incertae sedis)

Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032460

Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997: 119, f. 39-42, 47 (Dmf) Original description

Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037377

Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000: 54, f. 1-24 (Dmf) Original description

Bavia hians (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032461

Marptusa hians Thorell, 1890c: 161 (Df) Original description

Bavia hians Simon, 1901a: 461

Bavia hians Maddison et al., 2020b: 91 (incertae sedis)

Bavia intermedia (Karsch, 1880) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042880

Plexippus intermedius Karsch, 1880c: 399 (Dm) Original description

Plexippus intermedius Roewer, 1955c: 1634 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Bavia intermedia Prószyński, 2009b: 155, f. 7-9 (m, T from Plexippus)

Bavia maurerae (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048318

Epidelaxia maurerae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016: 88, f. 8-13 (Df) Original description

Bavia maurerae Maddison in Maddison et al., 2020b: 42 (T from Epidelaxia)

Bavia nessagyna Maddison, 2020 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052618

Bavia nessagyna Maddison in Maddison et al., 2020b: 44, f. 5-6, 13, 21, 64-75 (Dmf) Original description

Bavia planiceps (Karsch, 1880) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042881

Plexippus planiceps Karsch, 1880c: 399 (Df) Original description

Plexippus planiceps Roewer, 1955c: 1635 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Bavia planiceps Prószyński, 2009b: 155, f. 10-11 (f, T from Plexippus)

Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) | | Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam, Japan (Ryukyu Is.) to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032464

Salticus sexpunctatus Doleschall, 1859: 24, pl. 4, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Marptusa sexpunctata Thorell, 1878b: 224 (Df)

Acompse dulcinervis L. Koch, 1879a: 1149, pl. 100, f. 1-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055221]

Bavia sexpunctata Simon, 1905c: 70 (S of Bavia dulcinervis)

Bavia sexpunctata Reimoser, 1934b: 501

Bavia sexpunctata Prószyński, 1984a: 13 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Żabka, 1988: 436, f. 40-45 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Tanikawa, 1993a: 13, f. 1-7 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997: 118, f. 35-38, 46 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 574, f. 154-158 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Ikeda & Nakajima, 2014: 35, f. 1-3 (f)

Bavia sexpunctata Edwards, 2015: 79, f. 39G-H (m)

Bavia sexpunctata Rio & Matsumoto, 2020: 85, f. 5-6 (f)

Bavia sexpunctata Maddison et al., 2020b: 42, f. 54-63 (mf)

Bavia sexpunctata Tam, 2021: 1, f. 1-8 (mf)

Bavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044213

Bavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011: 218, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Bavia sinoamerica Maddison et al., 2020b: 91 (incertae sedis)

Bavia valida (Keyserling, 1882) | | Australia (Queensland), Kiribati (Gilbert Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032468

Acompse valida Keyserling, 1882: 1371, pl. 116, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Bavia valida Simon, 1901a: 462