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:

Homalattoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 = Chirothecia Taczanowski, 1878 (Simon, 1903a: 838, sub Partona)

Partona Simon, 1901 = Chirothecia Taczanowski, 1878 (Galiano, 1972b: 4)

Gen. Chirothecia Taczanowski, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02888

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Partona Simon, 1901a: 642 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05443] (type P. euchirus Simon, 1901; implicitly removed from synonymy with Tacuna Peckham & Peckham, 1901 by Galiano, 1963a: 415) by Galiano, 1972b: 4; Partona considered a senior synonym of Homalattoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 293 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05780] (type H. roseus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) by Simon, 1903a: 838 (by T of the type species); not a senior synonym of Valloa Peckham & Peckham, 1903 (Wesolowska, 1994: 198, contra Berland & Millot, 1941: 366, sub Partona).

Transferred to other genera:

Chirothecia africana (Simon, 1904) -- see Harmochirus

Chirothecia bianoriformis (Strand, 1907) -- see Harmochirus

Chirothecia bicristata Simon, 1901 -- see Ashtabula

Chirothecia cheliferoides Taczanowski, 1878 -- see Osericta

Chirothecia duboscqi (Berland & Millot, 1941) -- see Harmochirus

Chirothecia elegans (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) -- see Harmochirus

Chirothecia insulana Kishida, 1914 -- see Harmochirus

Chirothecia modesta Chickering, 1946 -- see Bellota

Nomen dubium:

Chirothecia cruciata Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 143 (f, Brazil) -- Galiano, 1972b: 29

Chirothecia amazonica Simon, 1901 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032736

Chirothecia amazonica Simon, 1901a: 528, f. 639

Chirothecia amazonica Simon, 1901c: 142 (Df) Original description

Chirothecia amazonica Galiano, 1963a: 324, pl. XIV, f. 12-13 (f)

Chirothecia amazonica Galiano, 1972b: 13, f. 8-9, 17-19, 28-29, 37-39, 46, 50 (f, Dm)

Chirothecia botucatuensis Bauab-Vianna, 1980 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032737

Chirothecia botucatuensis Bauab-Vianna, 1980: 553, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Chirothecia clavimana (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032738

Attus clavimanus Taczanowski, 1871: 115, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Chirothecia clavimana Taczanowski, 1878a: 363, pl. 4, f. 7 (f)

Chirothecia clavimana Peckham & Peckham, 1895: 170, pl. 16, f. 2

Chirothecia clavimana Galiano, 1972b: 5, f. 1-5, 13-16, 23-26, 34-36, 43, 48 (f, Dm)

Chirothecia clavimana Prószyński, 2017b: 97, f. 43G (mf)

Chirothecia crassipes Taczanowski, 1878 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032739

Chirothecia crassipes Taczanowski, 1878a: 364, pl. 4, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Chirothecia crassipes Peckham & Peckham, 1895: 171, pl. 16, f. 1 (f, Dm)

Chirothecia crassipes Galiano, 1972b: 18, f. 6-7, 27, 45, 51 (f)

Chirothecia daguerrei Galiano, 1972 | | Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032740

Chirothecia daguerrei Galiano, 1972b: 21, f. 10-12, 20-21, 30-31, 40-42, 47, 49 (Dmf) Original description

Chirothecia daguerrei Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 927, f. 9A-B (m)

Chirothecia euchirus (Simon, 1901) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032741

Partona euchirus Simon, 1901a: 643, f. 755-757 (Dm) Original description

Partona euchirus Simon, 1902d: 34 (Df)

Partona euchirus Galiano, 1963a: 415, pl. XXXII, f. 6-8 (Tf from Tacuna)

Chirothecia euchirus Galiano, 1972b: 25, f. 22, 32-33, 44, 53 (f)

Chirothecia euchirus Galiano, 1974a: 5, f. 11-21 (Dm)

Chirothecia minima Mello-Leitão, 1943 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032742

Chirotecia minima Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 119 (Dm) Original description

Chirothecia minima Galiano, 1972b: 29, f. 61-64 (m)

Chirothecia rosea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032743

Homalattoides roseus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 294, pl. 28, f. 10-11 (Dmf) Original description

Partona rosea Simon, 1903a: 838

Chirothecia rosea Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1980b: 5 (Tmf from S of Dryphias maccuni)

Chirothecia semiornata Simon, 1901 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032744

Chirothecia semiornata Simon, 1901c: 143 (Dm) Original description

Chirothecia semiornata Galiano, 1963a: 326, pl. XVI, f. 1-2 (m)

Chirothecia semiornata Galiano, 1972b: 32, f. 55, 65-66, 76-77 (Df)

Chirothecia soaresi Bauab-Vianna, 1980 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032745

Chirothecia soaresi Bauab-Vianna, 1980: 555, f. 8-12 (Dm) Original description

Chirothecia soesilae Makhan, 2006 | | Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042341

Chirothecia soesilae Makhan, 2006b: 30, f. 4-6, 8 (Dm) Original description

Chirothecia uncata Soares & Camargo, 1948 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032746

Chirothecia uncata Soares & Camargo, 1948b: 433, f. 19-20 (Dm) Original description

Chirothecia uncata Galiano, 1972b: 34, f. 56-60 (m)

Chirothecia wrzesniowskii Taczanowski, 1878 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032747

Chirothecia wrzesniowskii Taczanowski, 1878a: 366, pl. 4, f. 5-6 (Df) Original description

Chirothecia wrzesniowskii Galiano, 1972b: 35, f. 54, 73-75 (f)