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:

Alcimonotus Simon, 1902 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1968b: 350)

Crulsia Mello-Leitão, 1930 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1980b: 37)

Goya Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1961a: 322, sub Alcimonotus)

Ilarginus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1961b: 161)

Gen. Chira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02887

N.B.: Shira is the original spelling, Simon, 1902d: 51 emended it to Chira and Galiano, 1989c proposed to conserve this spelling, which is still used here until the ICZN decides on the proposal; considered a senior synonym of Ilarginus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 87 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05491] (type I. spinosus Mello-Leitão, 1939) by Galiano, 1961b: 161; of Alcimonotus Simon, 1902d: 54 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05489] (type A. gounellei Simon, 1902) by Galiano, 1968b: 350; and of Crulsia Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 71 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05490] (type C. typica Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 71) by Galiano, 1980b: 37; Alcimonotus was considered a senior synonym of Goya Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 285 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05492] (type G. spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902)) by Galiano, 1961a: 322.

Transferred to other genera:

Chira albiocciput Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Phintelloides

Chira luctuosa Simon, 1902 -- see Phiale

Chira micans (Simon, 1902) -- see Philira

Chira portai Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Frigga

Chira spinipes (Taczanowski, 1871) -- see Eustiromastix

Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Saitis

Chira superba Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Philira

In synonymy:

Chira aculeata Simon, 1902 = Chira guianensis Taczanowski, 1871 (Galiano, 1968b: 350)

Chira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1948, T from Corythalia) = Chira trivittata Taczanowski, 1871 (Galiano, 1961b: 183)

Chira aurantia (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Alfenus) = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Galiano, 1961b: 176)

Chira aurantiovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Akela) = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Galiano, 1968b: 363)

Chira bicirculigera Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Galiano, 1961b: 176)

Chira cincta (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Phiale) = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Galiano, 1961b: 176)

Chira designata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 = Chira trivittata Taczanowski, 1871 (Galiano, 1968b: 355)

Chira distincta Bauab-Vianna, 1983 = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Marta et al., 2024b: 111)

Chira elegantula (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Asaracus) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 27)

Chira ferrugineonotata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Akela) = Chira gounellei Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1968b: 360)

Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1947 = Chira lucina Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 171)

Chira pallida (Mello-Leitão, 1948, T from Philaeus) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 181)

Chira pseudothysbe Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961b: 181)

Chira reticulata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Marta et al., 2024b: 103)

Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Goya) = Chira gounellei Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1961a: 322, sub Alcimonotus)

Chira taeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Mago) = Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1968b: 358)

Chira trimaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Anaurus) = Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Galiano, 1968b: 361)

Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1947 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032722

Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm) Original description

Chira fagei Caporiacco, 1948a: 711, f. 138-139 (m)

Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1947 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032723

Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1947a: 32 (Df) Original description

Chira flavescens Caporiacco, 1948a: 712, f. 141 (f)

Chira gounellei (Simon, 1902) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032724

Alcimonotus gounellei Simon, 1902d: 54 (Dm) Original description

Akela ferrugineonotata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 273, f. 61 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059164]

Goya spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 286, f. 75 (Dm; preoccupied in Chira by Mello-Leitão, 1939, see Chira spinosa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059168]

Alcimonotus gounellei Galiano, 1961a: 322, f. 1-4 (m, S of Goya spinosa)

Alcimonotus gounellei Galiano, 1963a: 288, pl. V, f. 1-4 (m)

Chira gounellei Galiano, 1968b: 360, f. 8, 20 (f, S of Akela ferrugineonotata)

Chira lucina Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 932, f. 10H, K (m; misidentified per Rubio et al., 2023b: 874)

Chira gounellei Marta et al., 2024b: 108, f. 6a-f, 10j-l [in text correct, mislabelled as C. lucina under fig., see also Rubio et al., 2023b: 874], 11g-h (mf)

Chira guianensis (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Trinidad, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032725

Attus guianensis Taczanowski, 1871: 61 (Dmf) Original description

Chira aculeata Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059157]

Chira aculeata Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 894 (m)

Amycus guianensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 592

Phiale guianensis Mello-Leitão, 1948: 190

Chira aculeata Galiano, 1961b: 163, pl. I, f. 1-3 (m)

Chira guianensis Galiano, 1968b: 350, f. 6-7 (f, T from Phiale, S of Chira aculeata)

Chira guianensis Prószyński, 1987: 15 (mf)

Chira guianensis Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 14F, 17C (mf)

Chira guianensis Marta et al., 2024b: 104, f. 3a-f (f)

Chira hanagarthi Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059350

Chira hanagarthi Rubio et al., 2023b: 877, f. 6A-F (Df) Original description

Chira ivyatenea Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059349

Chira ivyatenea Rubio et al., 2023b: 876, f. 4A-F, 5A-F (Dmf) Original description

Chira lanei Soares & Camargo, 1948 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032726

Chira lanei Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 423, f. 4-5 (Dm) Original description

Chira lanei Galiano, 1961b: 169, pl. III, f. 1-3 (m)

Chira lanei Marta et al., 2024b: 115, f. 9a-f (m)

Chira lucina Simon, 1902 | | Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032727

Chira lucina Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm) Original description

Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059165]

Chira kastoni Caporiacco, 1948a: 711, f. 140 (m)

Chira lucina Galiano, 1961b: 171, pl. 1, f. 4-6 (m, S of Chira kastoni)

Chira lucina Galiano, 1963a: 321, pl. 13, f. 3-5 (m)

Chira lucina Galiano, 1968b: 359, f. 4-5, 19 (Df)

Chira lucina Marta et al., 2024b: 109, f. 7a-f [10j-l see C. gounellei] (m)

Chira simoni Galiano, 1961 | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032729

Chira simoni Galiano, 1961b: 174, pl. III, f. 4-7 (Dm) Original description

Chira simoni Marta et al., 2024b: 104, f. 4a-f, 5a-f, 10d-f, 11c-d (m, Df)

Chira spinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) | | Honduras, Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032731

Ilarginus spinosus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 87, f. 77-78 (Dm) Original description

Phiale cincta Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 420, f. 49-50 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059162]

Anaurus trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 222, f. 48 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059170]

Akela aurantiovittata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 272, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059160]

Alfenus aurantius Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 274, f. 62 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059159]

Chira bicirculigera Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 421, f. 1-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059161]

Akela aurantivittata Roewer, 1955c: 1171

Chira spinosa Galiano, 1961b: 176, pl. 2, f. 1-5 (m, S of Alfenus aurantius, Chira bicirculigera and Phiale cincta)

Chira spinosa Galiano, 1968b: 361, f. 3, 15-16 (f, S of Akela aurantiovittata and Anaurus trimaculatus)

Chira distincta Bauab-Vianna, 1983: 4, f. 6-11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032721]

Chira spinosa Edwards, 2015: 26, f. 6A-K (mf)

Chira spinosa Marta et al., 2024b: 109, f. 8a-f, 10g-i, 11d-f (mf, S of Chira distincta)

Chira stolari Rubio, Perger, Baigorria, Metzner & Höfer, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059348

Chira stolari Rubio et al., 2023b: 874, f. 2A-H, 3A-H (Dmf) Original description

Chira thysbe Simon, 1902 | | Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032733

Chira thysbe Simon, 1902d: 53 (Dm) Original description

Vinnius reticulatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 232, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036779]

Mago taeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 225, f. 51 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059169]

Asaracus elegantulus Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 296, pl. 39, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032327]

Philaeus pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1948: 191, f. 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059166]

Chira pseudothysbe Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 427, f. 9-10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059167]

Chira thysbe Galiano, 1961b: 181, pl. 1, f. 7-9 (m, S of Chira pseudothysbe and Philaeus pallidus)

Chira thysbe Galiano, 1963a: 323, pl. XIV, f. 9-11 (m)

Chira thysbe Galiano, 1968b: 358, f. 9 (Df, S of Mago taeniatus)

Chira reticulata Braul & Lise, 2002: 111 (T from Vinnius)

Chira thysbe Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 27, f. 59 (f, S of Asaracus elegantulus)

Chira thysbe Marta et al., 2024b: 102, f. 2a-f, 10a-c, 11a-c (mf, S of Chira reticulata)

Chira trivittata (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Guatemala, Panama, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032734

Attus trivittatus Taczanowski, 1871: 59 (Dmf) Original description

Shira designata Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 86, pl. 6, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059163]

Shira designata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 298, pl. 29, f. 6 (f)

Chira trivittata Simon, 1902d: 51

Chira trivittata Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 893 (m)

Chira designata Simon, 1903a: 755

Chira designata Chickering, 1946: 117, f. 109-115 (f, Dm)

Corythalia albovittata Mello-Leitão, 1948: 188, f. 28 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059158]

Chira trivittata Galiano, 1961b: 183, pl. 3, f. 8-10 (m, S of Corythalia albovittata)

Chira trivittata Galiano, 1968b: 355, f. 1-2, 18 (f, S of Chira designata)

Chira trivittata Edwards, 2015: 26, f. 7A-L (mf)

Chira trivittata Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB29, f. 115-116 (m)

Chira trivittata Marta et al., 2024b: 100, f. 1a-f (m)

Chira typica (Mello-Leitão, 1930) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032735

Crulsia typica Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 72, f. 45-46 (Df) Original description

Chira typica Galiano, 1980b: 37 (T from Crulsia)