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:

Polemus Simon, 1902 = Baryphas Simon, 1902 (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 17)

Gen. Baryphas Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02846

type Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Polemus Simon, 1902d: 43 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03167] (type P. chrysochirus Simon, 1902 = Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902) by Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 17.

Transferred to other genera:

Baryphas dubius Wesołowska, 1989 -- see Wesolowskana

Baryphas woodi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902) -- see Mogrus

In synonymy:

Baryphas albicinctus Berland & Millot, 1941 = Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902 (Clark, 1974: 14)

Baryphas berlandi (Lawrence, 1937, T from Heliophanus) = Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902 (Wesołowska, 2024: 91)

Baryphas chrysochirus (Simon, 1902, T from Polemus) = Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902 (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 15)

Baryphas micheli Berland & Millot, 1941 = Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902 (Clark, 1974: 14)

Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902 | | Tanzania, Zimbawe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032422 TYPE SPECIES

Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902d: 42 (Dmf) Original description

Baryphas ahenus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 207, pl. 24, f. 2 (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1903a: 681, f. 807-809 (m)

Baryphas ahenus Lessert, 1925b: 349, f. 13 (mf)

Heliophanus berlandi Lawrence, 1937: 257, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033758]

Heliophanus berlandi Wesołowska, 1986: 231, f. 871-872 (f)

Baryphas ahenus Prószyński, 1987: 5 (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 169, f. 2-8 (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Azarkina & Foord, 2013: 166, f. 2-17 (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Prószyński, 2017b: 53, f. 23A (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Wesołowska, 2024: 91 (S of Heliophanus berlandi)

Baryphas ahenus Haddad & Vickers, 2024: 1152, f. 1-28, 30-32, 34-36 (mf)

Baryphas ahenus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 27, p. 26: f. 1-4, p. 27: f. 1-14 (mf)

Baryphas eupogon Simon, 1902 | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032423

Baryphas eupogon Simon, 1902d: 43 (Dm) Original description

Baryphas eupogon Clark, 1974: 12, f. 4-5 (m)

Baryphas galeatus (Simon, 1902) | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035704

Polemus galeatus Simon, 1902d: 44 (Df) Original description

Polemus galeatus Simon, 1903a: 680, f. 810

Polemus galeatus Szűts, 2007: 92, f. 26-30 (m)

Baryphas galeatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 17 (T from Polemus)

Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902 | | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032424

Baryphas jullieni Simon, 1902d: 43 (Dm) Original description

Polemus chrysochirus Simon, 1902d: 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035703]

Baryphas albicinctus Berland & Millot, 1941: 313, f. 15-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056016]

Baryphas micheli Berland & Millot, 1941: 315, f. 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056017]

Baryphas jullieni Clark, 1974: 14 (S of Baryphas albicinctus and B. micheli)

Baryphas jullieni Prószyński, 1987: 6 (m)

Polemus chrysochirus Prószyński, 1987: 80 (f)

Polemus chrysochirus Szűts, 2007: 90, f. 22-25 (f)

Baryphas albicinctus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 561, f. 30-32 (f, disputed S but presented no evidence that it is incorrect)

Baryphas jullieni Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 737, f. 12-16, 114 (mf)

Baryphas jullieni Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 15, f. 9A-D, 10A-D (mf, S of Polemus chrysochirus)

Baryphas parvulus Haddad & Vickers, 2024 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062831

Baryphas parvulus Haddad & Vickers, 2024: 1160, f. 29, 33, 37-42 (Df) Original description

Baryphas parvulus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 30, f. 1-5 (f)

Baryphas scintillans Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032425

Baryphas scintillans Berland & Millot, 1941: 316, f. 18 (Dm) Original description

Baryphas scintillans Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 9, f. 5A-G, 6A-E (m, Df)

Baryphas scintillans Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 822, f. 10A-F (m)