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. Ballus C. L. Koch, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02843

type Salticus heterophthalmus Wider, 1834; gender masculine; syn. of Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802)

Transferred to other genera:

Ballus cinctipes (Banks, 1900) -- see Attidops

Ballus decempunctatus Szombathy, 1915 -- see Porius

Ballus planus Schenkel, 1936 -- see Rhene

Ballus youngi G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 -- see Attidops

In synonymy:

Ballus annulipes (Latreille, 1819, T from Dendryphantes) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1872a: 370, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus biimpressus (Doleschall, 1852) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 42, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus brevipes (Hahn, 1832, T from Dendryphantes) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1872a: 371, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus depressus (Walckenaer, 1802) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Roewer, 1955c: 971)

Ballus depressus poecilopus Bertkau, 1883 = Ballus rufipes (Simon, 1868) (Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 48)

Ballus heterophthalmus (Wider, 1834) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1872a: 371, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus obscurus (Blackwall, 1850, T from Salticus) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1872a: 371, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus quinquefoveolatus (Doleschall, 1852, T from Salticus) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Simon, 1937: 1245, sub Ballus depressus)

Ballus seguipes (Simon, 1868) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Roewer, 1955c: 971, sub Ballus biimpressus)

Ballus sellatus Simon, 1900 = Ballus segmentatus Simon, 1900 (Bopearachchi, Eberle & Benjamin, 2022: 318)

Ballus suralis (C. L. Koch, 1837, T from Euophrys) = Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1872a: 371, sub Ballus depressus)

Nomina dubia:

Ballus lendli Kolosváry, 1934b: 17, f. 21 (f, Hungary) -- Samu & Szinetár, 1999: 162

Ballus obscuroides (Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868: 869, m, Italy, originally in Euophrys) -- Brignoli, 1983b: 564

Ballus sociabilis Franganillo, 1910: 18 (f, Portugal) -- Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 54

Ballus vulpinus (Westring, 1851: 56, f, Sweden, originally in Attus) -- Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 54

Nomen nudum:

Ballus clathratus Simon, 1901a: 482, 485 (Sri Lanka) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051408] -- Bonnet, 1955: 844

Ballus armadillo (Simon, 1871) | | France (Corsica), Italy, Malta urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032402

Attus armadillo Simon, 1871a: 227 (Dmf) Original description

Ballus armadillo Simon, 1876a: 204

Ballus armadillo Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 46, f. 6-8, 17, 23-27 (mf)

Ballus armadillo Rehfeldt & Cassar, 2024: 33, f. 28a-b, 42c-d (f)

Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) | | Europe, North Africa to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032403 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea depressa Walckenaer, 1802: 242 (Df; preoccupied by Razoumowsky, 1789, see Araniella cucurbitina) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066346]

Aranea chalybeia Walckenaer, 1802: 245 (Dm) Original description

Attus chalybeius Walckenaer, 1805: 23

Attus depressus Walckenaer, 1805: 27

Salticus annulipes Latreille, 1819: vol. 30, p. 100 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066347]

Attus annulipes Walckenaer, 1826: 55 (Df)

Salticus brevipes Hahn, 1832: 75, f. 56 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066348]

Salticus heterophthalmus Wider, 1834: 273, pl. 18, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066349]

Attus chalybeius Walckenaer, 1837: 412 (f)

Attus annulipes Walckenaer, 1837: 417

Euophrys suralis C. L. Koch, 1837b: 34 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066352]

Euophrys brevipes C. L. Koch, 1837b: 33

Marpissa brevipes C. L. Koch, 1846: 58, f. 1126 (f)

Attus heterophthalmus C. L. Koch, 1846: 50, f. 1308 (Dm)

Salticus obscurus Blackwall, 1850: 336 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066353]

Ballus heterophthalmus C. L. Koch, 1850: 68

Attus brevipes Westring, 1851: 56

Attus quinquefoveolatus Doleschall, 1852: 646 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066350]

Attus biimpressus Doleschall, 1852: 646 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066351]

Salticus obscurus Blackwall, 1861a: 53, pl. 3, f. 28 (m, Df)

Balla heterophthalma Simon, 1864: 311

Dendryphantes annulipes Simon, 1864: 314

Dendryphantes brevipes Simon, 1864: 314

Attus seguipes Simon, 1868b: 631 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056476]

Ballus depressus Thorell, 1870b: 212

Ballus depressus Thorell, 1872a: 370 (S of Ballus heterophthalmus, Dendryphantes annulipes, D. brevipes, Euophrys suralis and Salticus obscurus)

Ballus depressus Simon, 1876a: 203, pl. 11, f. 19 (Dm, f)

Ballus depressus Menge, 1877: 484, pl. 79, f. 274A (m)

Ballus obscurus Menge, 1877: 484, pl. 79, f. 274B (mf)

Ballus depressus Becker, 1882b: 73, pl. 4, f. 4 (mf)

Ballus depressus Peckham & Peckham, 1895a: 166, pl. 15, f. 8 (f)

Ballus depressus Simon, 1901a: 486, f. 561-564 (mf)

Ballus depressus Bösenberg, 1903: 445, pl. 43, f. 651 (mf)

Ballus seguipes Lessert, 1910b: 539 (Dm)

Ballus depressus Simon, 1937: 1149, 1245, f. 1781-1782 (mf, S of Salticus quinquefoveolatus)

Ballus depressus seguipes Simon, 1937: 1149, 1245 (S of Salticus biimpressus [the senior name, reversed by Roewer, 1955c: 971)

Ballus depressus Tullgren, 1944: 32, pl. 2, f. 39-40, pl. 3, f. 41 (mf)

Ballus depressus Locket & Millidge, 1951: 220, f. 108C-E (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Roewer, 1955c: 971 (S of Ballus depressus)

Ballus biimpressus Roewer, 1955c: 971 (S of Ballus depressus seguipes, reversing Simon, 1937: 1245)

Ballus depressus Kekenbosch, 1961b: 4, f. 3 (f)

Ballus depressus Miller, 1971: 134, pl. XIX, f. 1-2 (mf)

Ballus depressus Brændegaard, 1972: 161, f. 92-93 (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Flanczewska, 1981: 190, f. 2 (f)

Ballus depressus Roberts, 1985: 120, f. 49e (mf)

Ballus depressus Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 42, f. 3-5, 15, 19-22 (mf, S of Ballus biimpressus)

Ballus chalybeius Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 494, f. 1320 (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Roberts, 1995: 193, f. (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Fuhn & Gherasim, 1995: 271, f. 125A-F (mf)

Ballus depressus Wesołowska, 1996: 25, f. 7A-E, 8A-C (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Żabka, 1997: 40, f. 54-59 (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Roberts, 1998: 205, f. (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Metzner, 1999: 40, f. 6a-g (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Prószyński, 2003: 37, f. 96-100 (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Benjamin, 2004b: 27, f. 4A, 17A-D, 18A-C, 19A-E, 20A-D (mf)

Ballus chalybeius Almquist, 2007: 521, f. 438a-e (mf)

Ballus depressus Ledoux, 2007: 20, f. 13A (m)

Ballus chalybeius Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 5, f. 5-12 (f)

Ballus chalybeius Prószyński, 2017b: 90, f. 40B, 41B (mf)

Ballus chalybeius García & Suárez, 2019: 73, f. 2f (m)

Ballus chalybeius Azarkina & Haddad, 2020: 16, f. 25-30, 442, 445 (m)

Ballus chalybeius Geci et al., 2025a: 280, f. 8D-G (m)

Ballus japonicus Saito, 1939 | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032404

Ballus japonicus Saito, 1939: 36, f. 5.1, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Ballus japonicus Saito, 1959: 148, f. 206a-c (f)

Ballus piger O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 | | Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032406

Ballus piger O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 609 (Df) Original description

Ballus rufipes (Simon, 1868) | | Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Cyprus, North Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032407

Attus rufipes Simon, 1868b: 627, pl. 2, f. 10 (Dmf) Original description

Ballus depressus poecilopus Bertkau in Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 208 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056475]

Ballus rufipes Simon, 1937: 1149, 1246

Ballus rufipes Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 48, f. 9-11, 18, 28-31 (mf, S of Ballus depressus poecilopus)

Ballus rufipes Szinetár, Gál & Eichardt, 1998: 70, f. 1 (m)

Ballus rufipes Metzner, 1999: 40, f. 7a-f (mf)

Ballus rufipes Zarikian, 2022b: 171, f. 1A-C (m)

Ballus rufipes Loria, 2023: 125, f. 2a-c (m)

Ballus segmentatus Simon, 1900 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032408

Ballus segmentatus Simon, 1900b: 398 (Dm) Original description

Ballus sellatus Simon, 1900b: 398 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032409]

Ballus segmentatus Simon, 1901a: 482, f. 565 (m)

Ballus segmentatus Benjamin, 2004b: 30, f. 21A-C, 22A-D, 23A-B, 24A-I (m, Df)

Ballus segmentatus Bopearachchi, Eberle & Benjamin, 2022: 318, f. 1a-i, 3a-i (mf, S of Ballus sellatus)

Ballus tabupumensis Petrunkevitch, 1914 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032410

Ballus tabupumensis Petrunkevitch, 1914a: 174, pl. 26, f. 19-20 (Df) Original description

Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876 | | Portugal, Spain, France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032411

Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876a: 205, pl. 11, f. 19 (Dm) Original description

Ballus variegatus Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 52, f. 12-14, 16, 32-36 (mf)