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.

Gen. Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02914

Transferred to other genera:

Cytaea albiventris (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Opisthoncus

Cytaea concinna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 -- see Frigga

Cytaea grisea Keyserling, 1882 -- see Maratus

Cytaea infrastriata (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Evarcha

Cytaea morrisoni Dunn, 1951 -- see Servaea

Cytaea piligera Keyserling, 1882 -- see Maratus

Cytaea yunnanensis Cao & Li, 2016 -- see Charippus

In synonymy:

Cytaea aeneomicans Simon, 1902 = Cytaea dispalans Thorell, 1892 (Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 556)

Cytaea barbatissima (Keyserling, 1881) = Cytaea aspera Karsch, 1878 (Trębicki et al., 2021: 943)

Cytaea exspectans (Thorell, 1881) = Cytaea plumbeiventris Keyserling, 1881 (Żabka, 1991c: 25)

Cytaea floricola (Doleschall, 1859, T from Plexippus) = Cytaea sinuata Doleschall, 1859 (Simon, 1899a: 106)

Cytaea guentheri Thorell, 1895 = Cytaea dispalans Thorell, 1892 (Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 556)

Cytaea senex (Simon, 1885, T from Euryattus) = Cytaea aspera Karsch, 1878 (Żabka, 1988: 476, sub Zenodorus)

Cytaea severa (Thorell, 1881) = Cytaea aspera Karsch, 1878 (Trębicki et al., 2021: 943)

Cytaea whytei Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 = Cytaea haematica Simon, 1902 (Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 561)

Cytaea xanthopus (Keyserling, 1881) = Cytaea plumbeiventris Keyserling, 1881 (Żabka, 1991c: 25)

Cytaea albichelis Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Kei Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033034

Cytaea albichelis Strand, 1911d: 191, pl. 4, f. 20, pl. 6, f. 90-94 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea albolimbata Simon, 1888 | | India (Andaman Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033035

Cytaea albolimbata Simon, 1888a: 282 (Df) Original description

Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882 | | Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049580

Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882: 1383, pl. 117, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea alburna Prószyński, 1984a: 30 (mf)

Cytaea alburna Davies & Żabka, 1989: 220, pl. 30 (mf)

Cytaea alburna Prószyński, 2017b: 74, f. 34P, 39C (mf, removed from S of Cytaea severa)

Cytaea alburna Trębicki et al., 2021: 940, f. 3A-I, 4A-K, 5A-G (mf)

Cytaea argentosa (Thorell, 1881) | | Indonesia (Aru, New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033036

Plexippus argentosus Thorell, 1881: 594 (Df) Original description

Cytaea argentosa Prószyński, 1984a: 28 (Tf from Plexippus)

Cytaea aspera (Karsch, 1878) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Capital Territory), New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036881

Attus asper Karsch, 1878d: 24 (Df) Original description

Plexippus severus Thorell, 1881: 596 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033064]

Hasarius barbatissimus Keyserling, 1881a: 1272, pl. 109, f. 1-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033037]

Cytaea barbatissima Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Euryattus senex Simon, 1885b: 90 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054233]

Servaea barbatissima Simon, 1903a: 819, f. 965 (m)

Euryattus senex Simon, 1903a: 812, f. 960-961 (m)

Attus asper Roewer, 1955c: 1420 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Zenodorus asper Żabka, 1988: 476, f. 151-157 (mf, T from Attus = Salticus, removed from nomen dubium, S of Euryattus senex)

Cytaea barbatissima Żabka, 1991c: 24 (T from Servaea)

Cytaea severa Żabka, 1991c: 25 (T from Plexippus, S of Cytaea alburna, rejected by Prószyński, 2017b: 74)

Ascyltus asper Prószyński, 2017b: 74, f. 1B.D8+E8+G8+H8 (mf, T from Omoedus)

Cytaea asper Trębicki et al., 2021: 943, f. 6A-F, 7A-M, 8A-G (mf, T from Ascyltus, S of Cytaea barbatissima and C. severa)

Cytaea carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033038

Cytaea carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 152, f. 5-12 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea catella (Thorell, 1891) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033039

Plexippus catellus Thorell, 1891: 571 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea catella Roewer, 1955c: 1025

Cytaea clarovittata (Keyserling, 1881) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033040

Hasarius clarovittatus Keyserling, 1881a: 1313, pl. 112, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cytaea clarovittata Simon, 1903a: 815

Cytaea dispalans (Thorell, 1892) | | Myanmar, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Lombok) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033041

Hasarius dispalans Thorell, 1892a: 477 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea guentheri Thorell, 1895b: 388 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033045]

Cytaea aeneomicans Simon, 1902d: 393 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033033]

Hasarius dispalans Roewer, 1955c: 1523 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Cytaea dispalans Prószyński & Żabka, 1983: 576, f. 17 (m, T from Hasarius, removed from nomen dubium)

Cytaea guentheri Prószyński & Żabka, 1983: 577, f. 16 (m)

Cytaea dispalans Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 556, f. 1-17 (m, S of Cytaea aeneomicans and C. guentheri)

Cytaea fibula Berland, 1938 | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033042

Cytaea fibula Berland, 1938: 158, f. 80-84 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea fibula Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 557, f. 18-33 (mf)

Cytaea flavolineata Berland, 1938 | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033043

Cytaea flavolineata Berland, 1938: 157, f. 76-79 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea flavolineata Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 561, f. 34-42 (m)

Cytaea frontaligera (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033044

Plexippus frontaliger Thorell, 1881: 607 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea frontaligera Chrysanthus, 1968: 53, f. 19-20, 22-24 (mf)

Cytaea frontaligera Prószyński, 1976: 152, f. 154, 159 (mf)

Cytaea haematica Simon, 1902 | | Indonesia (Java, Sumbawa) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033046

Cytaea haematica Simon, 1902d: 393 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea whytei Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010: 162, f. 47-53 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043596]

Cytaea haematica Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 561, f. 43-55 (mf, S of Cytaea whytei)

Cytaea haematicoides Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033047

Cytaea haematicoides Strand, 1911d: 192, pl. 4, f. 24, pl. 6, f. 86 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea koronivia Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033048

Cytaea koronivia Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 154, f. 13-15 (Df) Original description

Cytaea laodamia Hogg, 1918 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033049

Cytaea laodamia Hogg, 1918: 526, f. 11 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea laticeps (Thorell, 1878) | | Indonesia (Amboina) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033050

Plexippus laticeps Thorell, 1878b: 247 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea laticeps Simon, 1903a: 813

Cytaea laticeps Prószyński, 1984a: 27, 29 (mf)

Cytaea laticeps Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016: 379, f. 1-14 (mf)

Cytaea lepida Kulczyński, 1910 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033051

Cytaea lepida Kulczyński, 1910: 408, pl. 17, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Cytaea lepida Prószyński, 1984a: 29 (f)

Cytaea levii Peng & Li, 2002 | | China, Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039065

Cytaea levii Peng & Li, 2002h: 338, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Cytaea levii Peng, 2020: 79, f. 38a-d (f)

Cytaea maoming Yu & Zhang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054209

Cytaea maoming Yu & Zhang, 2022: 5, f. 5A-I, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea mitellata (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033052

Plexippus mitellatus Thorell, 1881: 604 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea mitellata Chrysanthus, 1968: 55, f. 31-32 (m)

Cytaea mitellata Prószyński, 1976: 152, f. 155 (m)

Cytaea nausori Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033054

Cytaea nausori Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 155, f. 16-20 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea nigriventris (Keyserling, 1881) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033055

Hasarius nigriventris Keyserling, 1881a: 1293, pl. 110, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Cytaea nigriventris Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Euryattus nigriventris Simon, 1903a: 815

Cytaea nigriventris Żabka, 1991c: 25 (T from Euryattus)

Cytaea nimbata (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033056

Plexippus nimbatus Thorell, 1881: 600 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea nimbata Chrysanthus, 1968: 53, f. 21, 25-30 (m, Df)

Cytaea nimbata Prószyński, 1976: 152, f. 156, 160 (mf)

Cytaea nimbata Prószyński, 1984a: 30 (m)

Cytaea nimbata Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 81, f. 545-551 (mf)

Cytaea nimbata Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016: 381, f. 15-22 (m)

Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902 | | Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033057

Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902d: 392 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea oreophila Prószyński, 1984a: 29 (m)

Cytaea oreophila Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 31, f. 552-558 (m, undescribed f)

Cytaea oreophila Patoleta & Trębicki, 2015: 565, f. 56-62 (m)

Cytaea oreophila Tam, Phu & Quy, 2023: 1, f. 1.1.16 (m, undescribed f)

Cytaea piscula (L. Koch, 1867) | | Australia (New South Wales), Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033058

Attus pisculus L. Koch, 1867b: 224 (Dm) Original description

Thorellia piscula Keyserling, 1882: 1356, pl. 115, f. 3-4 (Dmf)

Saitis piscula Rainbow, 1911: 287

Cytaea piscula Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 152, f. 1-4 (m)

Cytaea piscula subsiliens (Kulczyński, 1910) | | Samoa, Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033059

Cytaea subsiliens Kulczyński, 1910: 407, pl. 17, f. 17-18 (Df) Original description

Cytaea piscula subsiliens Berland, 1929b: 74

Cytaea subsiliens Prószyński, 1984a: 29 (f)

Cytaea plumbeiventris (Keyserling, 1881) | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033060

Plexippus exspectans Thorell, 1881: 589 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054232]

Hasarius plumbeiventris Keyserling, 1881a: 1295, pl. 110, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Hasarius xanthopus Keyserling, 1881a: 1297, pl. 110, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054234]

Ptocasius plumbeiventris Simon, 1903a: 778

Canama xanthopus Simon, 1903a: 815

Canama expectans Strand, 1911d: 193

Cytaea expectans Strand, 1915d: 266, pl. 4, f. 31 (f)

Cytaea expectans Prószyński, 1984a: 27 (f)

Cytaea xanthopus Prószyński, 1984a: 27 (T from Canama)

Cytaea plumbeiventris Żabka, 1991c: 25 (mf, T from Ptocasius, S of Cytaea expectans and C. xanthopus)

Cytaea ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033061

Cytaea ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 157, f. 21-25 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea rai Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033062

Cytaea rai Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 159, f. 26-31 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea rubra (Walckenaer, 1837) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033063

Attus ruber Walckenaer, 1837: 458 (Df) Original description

Plexippus ruber Thorell, 1881: 591 (Df)

Cytaea rubra Roewer, 1955c: 1026

Cytaea rubra Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016: 381, f. 24-31 (f)

Cytaea semengohi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046029

Cytaea semengohi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013: 118, f. 32-35 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea sepakuensis Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046030

Cytaea sepakuensis Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013: 119, f. 38-39 (Df) Original description

Cytaea sinuata (Doleschall, 1859) | | Philippines to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033065

Salticus sinuatus Doleschall, 1859: 18, pl. 3, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Salticus floricola Doleschall, 1859: 20, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054241]

Plexippus sinuatus Thorell, 1878b: 240 (Dm)

Cytaea sinuata Simon, 1899a: 106 (T from Plexippus, S of Salticus floricola)

Cytaea sinuata Simon, 1903a: 812, f. 957-958 (m)

Cytaea subsinuata Strand, 1909f: 125, f. 47 (provisional name)

Cytaea sinuata Prószyński, 1984a: 31 (mf)

Cytaea sinuata Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016: 383, f. 32-45 (mf)

Cytaea sylvia Hogg, 1915 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033066

Cytaea sylvia Hogg, 1915b: 524, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Cytaea taveuniensis Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2010 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043849

Cytaea taveuniensis Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2010: 632, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea tongi Wang & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051627

Cytaea tongi Wang & Li, 2020a: 27, f. 1A-D, 2A-G, 17A, 18A, 19A (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea trispinifera Marples, 1955 | | Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033067

Cytaea trispinifera Marples, 1955a: 471, pl. 56, f. 22, pl. 57, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea trusmadii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046031

Cytaea trusmadii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013: 120, f. 41-47 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033068

Cytaea vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 160, f. 32-35 (Dmf) Original description