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:

Gertschnusa Mello-Leitão, 1947 = Cotinusa Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1980b: 38)

Gophoa Simon, 1901 = Cotinusa Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1963a: 360)

Sadala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 = Cotinusa Simon, 1900 (Simon, 1900b: 389, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Sadala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 -- see Cotinusa Simon, 1900 - in Simon, 1900b

Gen. Cotinusa Simon, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02908

N.B.: replacement name for Sadala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888: 53 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05493], preoccuppied in Sparassidae by Simon, 1880a: 317; considered a senior synonym of Gophoa Simon, 1901c: 155 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05494] (type G. falcigera Simon, 1901 = Cotinusa horatia (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894)) by Galiano, 1963a: 360 and of Gertschnusa Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 23 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05495] (type G. gertschi Mello-Leitão, 1947) by Galiano, 1980b: 38.

Transferred to other genera:

Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Helvetia

In synonymy:

Cotinusa falcigera (Simon, 1901) = Cotinusa horatia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Galiano, 1963a: 360)

Cotinusa tristis (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Balmaceda) = Cotinusa trifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1943 (Galiano, 1963b: 2)

Cotinusa adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032980

Cotinusa adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 382, f. 76 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa albescens Mello-Leitão, 1945 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032981

Cotinusa albescens Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 280, f. 70 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa bisetosa Simon, 1900 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032982

Cotinusa bisetosa Simon, 1900b: 389 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa bisetosa Simon, 1901a: 457

Cotinusa bisetosa Galiano, 1963a: 335, pl. XVI, f. 21 (f)

Cotinusa bryantae Chickering, 1946 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032983

Cotinusa bryantae Chickering, 1946: 90, f. 78-85 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa cancellata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032984

Osericta cancellata Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 227, f. 53 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa cancellata Galiano, 1981a: 12 (Tm from Osericta)

Cotinusa deserta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032985

Sadala deserta Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 138, pl. 14, f. 3 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa deserta Simon, 1901a: 458

Cotinusa dimidiata Simon, 1900 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032986

Cotinusa dimidiata Simon, 1900b: 391 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa dimidiata Galiano, 1963a: 337, pl. XVI, f. 12-13 (f)

Cotinusa distincta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) | | Mexico to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032987

Sadala distincta Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 53, pl. 1, f. 70, pl. 6, f. 76 (Dm) Original description

Sadala distincta Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 132, pl. 13, f. 4 (m)

Cotinusa distincta Simon, 1901a: 459

Cotinusa distincta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 299, pl. 29, f. 12 (m)

Cotinusa distincta Maddison, 1987: 105, f. 13-14

Cotinusa distincta Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 10D (m)

Cotinusa fenestrata (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032988

Maevia fenestrata Taczanowski, 1878a: 327 (Dmf) Original description

Sadala fenestrata Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 133 (T from Maevia)

Cotinusa fenestrata Simon, 1901a: 458 (T from Sadala)

Cotinusa furcifera (Schenkel, 1953) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032567

Breda furcifera Schenkel, 1953a: 53, f. 46a-b (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa furcifera Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007a: 646, f. 1-3 (Tm from Breda)

Cotinusa gemmea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032989

Sadala gemmea Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 135, pl. 14, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa gemmea Simon, 1901a: 458

Cotinusa gertschi (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032990

Gertschnusa gertschi Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 23, pl. 6, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa gertschi Galiano, 1980b: 38 (T from Gertschnusa)

Cotinusa horatia (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032991

Sadala horatia Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 136, pl. 14, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa horatia Simon, 1901a: 458

Gophoa falcigera Simon, 1901a: 590, f. 714-717 (m)

Gophoa falcigera Simon, 1901c: 155 (Dm)

Cotinusa horatia Galiano, 1963a: 360 (S)

Cotinusa horatia Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 272, f. 4a-e, 5i-j (mf)

Cotinusa irregularis (Mello-Leitão, 1945) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032992

Gophoa irregularis Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 285, f. 74 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa leucoprocta (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032993

Itata leucoprocta Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 299, pl. 42, f. 47 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa leucoprocta Galiano, 1980b: 39 (Tm from Itata)

Cotinusa leucoprocta Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 21, f. 4-7, 47 (m)

Cotinusa magna (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032994

Sadala magna Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 133, pl. 13, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa magna Simon, 1901a: 458

Cotinusa magna Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 273, f. 4f-i, 5k-l (mf)

Cotinusa mathematica (Mello-Leitão, 1917) | j | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032995

Ceriomura mathematica Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 134 (Dj) Original description

Cotinusa mathematica Galiano, 1980b: 36 (Tj from Ceriomura)

Cotinusa melanura Mello-Leitão, 1939 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032996

Cotinusa melanura Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 83, f. 72 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa puella Simon, 1900 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032997

Cotinusa puella Simon, 1900b: 391 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa puella Galiano, 1963a: 337, pl. XVI, f. 10-11 (f)

Cotinusa pulchra Mello-Leitão, 1917 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032998

Cotinusa pulchra Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 135, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa rosascostai Mello-Leitão, 1944 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032999

Cotinusa rosascostai Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 382, f. 77 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa rubriceps (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033000

Gophoa rubriceps Mello-Leitão, 1947d: 133, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa septempunctata Simon, 1900 | | Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033001

Cotinusa septempunctata Simon, 1900b: 390 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa septempunctata Galiano, 1963a: 338, pl. XVI, f. 14-17 (mf)

Cotinusa septempunctata Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB31, f. 129-132 (mf)

Cotinusa setosa (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036564

Thiodina setosa Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 32, pl. 6, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa setosa Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 188 (Tf from Thiodina)

Cotinusa simoni Chickering, 1946 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033002

Cotinusa simoni Chickering, 1946: 96, f. 86-88 (Dm) Original description

Cotinusa soesilae Makhan, 2009 | | Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043026

Cotinusa soesilae Makhan, 2009a: 1, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa splendida (Dyal, 1935) | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033003

Gophoa splendida Dyal, 1935: 231 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa stolzmanni (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033004

Maevia stolzmanni Taczanowski, 1878a: 329 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa stolzmanni Simon, 1901a: 458 (T from Maevia)

Cotinusa trifasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033005

Osericta trifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 227, f. 54 (Dm) Original description

Balmaceda tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 278, f. 67 (Dm)

Cotinusa trifasciata Galiano, 1963b: 2, pl. II, f. 4-5 (Tm from Osericta, S)

Cotinusa trifasciata Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 273, f. 4j-l, 5m-n (m)

Cotinusa trimaculata Mello-Leitão, 1922 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033006

Cotinusa trimaculata Mello-Leitão, 1922a: 218, f. 20 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa vittata Simon, 1900 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033007

Cotinusa vittata Simon, 1900b: 390 (Dmf) Original description

Cotinusa vittata Galiano, 1963a: 339, pl. XVII, f. 1-8 (mf)

Cotinusa vittata Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 273, f. 4m-o, 5o-p (mf)