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:

Paradecta Bryant, 1950 = Compsodecta Simon, 1903 (Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 18)

Gen. Compsodecta Simon, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02900

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Paradecta Bryant, 1950a: 192 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03124] (type P. festiva Bryant, 1950) by Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 18.

Transferred to other genera:

Compsodecta albopalpis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Sidusa

Compsodecta maxillosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) -- see Chapoda

Compsodecta montana Chickering, 1946 -- see Chapoda

Compsodecta darlingtoni (Bryant, 1950) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035170

Paradecta darlingtoni Bryant, 1950a: 191, f. 16, 20-21 (Dm) Original description

Compsodecta defloccata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032842

Saitis defloccatus Peckham & Peckham, 1901b: 11, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Compsodecta defloccata Bryant, 1950a: 180, f. 2 (Tf from Saitis)

Compsodecta festiva (Bryant, 1950) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035171

Paradecta festiva Bryant, 1950a: 192, f. 17, 19, 22-23 (Dmf) Original description

Compsodecta festiva Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 18, f. 133-137 (mf)

Compsodecta gratiosa (Bryant, 1950) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035172

Paradecta gratiosa Bryant, 1950a: 194, f. 24, 28-29 (Dm) Original description

Compsodecta grisea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032843

Cybele grisea Peckham & Peckham, 1901b: 8, pl. 2, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Compsodecta grisea Simon, 1903a: 678, f. 805-806 (m)

Compsodecta grisea Bryant, 1950a: 181, f. 11-15 (mf)

Compsodecta grisea Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 51, f. 129-132 (mf)

Compsodecta haytiensis (Banks, 1903) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032844

Cybele haytiensis Banks, 1903: 344, pl. 15, f. 1, 9, 12 (Dmf) Original description

Eustiromastix haytiensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 650

Compsodecta haytiensis Bryant, 1943b: 468, pl. 3, f. 26, 28, 32-33 (mf)

Compsodecta haytiensis Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 50, f. 121-128, 726-727 (mf)

Compsodecta peckhami Bryant, 1943 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032847

Compsodecta peckhami Bryant, 1943b: 470, pl. 3, f. 29, 31, pl. 4, f. 35 (Dm) Original description

Compsodecta peckhami Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 50, f. 113-120, 724-725 (mf)

Compsodecta peckhami Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36B (mf)

Compsodecta valida (Bryant, 1950) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035173

Paradecta valida Bryant, 1950a: 195, f. 25-27 (Dm) Original description