World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae Blackwall, 1877 by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017, Prószyński, 2017b and Zhang et al., 2024f; the subfamilies Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015, Eupoinae Maddison, 2015, Hisponinae Simon 1901, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae Maddison, 2015, Salticinae and Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 are confirmed by Zhang et al., 2024f: 347.

In synonymy:

Stasippus Thorell, 1887 = Cyrba Simon, 1876 (Thorell, 1890b: 84)

Vindima Thorell, 1895 = Cyrba Simon, 1876 (Wanless, 1984b: 448)

Gen. Cyrba Simon, 1876 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02913

type Salticus algerinus Lucas, 1846; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym Stasippus Thorell, 1887: 374 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06407] (type S. inornatus Thorell, 1887 = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875)) by Thorell, 1890b: 84 and of Vindima Thorell, 1895: 348 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05723] (type V. maculata Thorell, 1895 = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875)) by Wanless, 1984b: 448 (removed from synonymy of Astia L. Koch, 1879, rejecting Simon, 1901a: 438).

Transferred to other genera:

Cyrba armillata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 -- see Emathis

Cyrba picturata Karsch, 1897 -- see Hasarius

Cyrba tibialis Prószyński, 1978 -- see Neobrettus

In synonymy:

Cyrba armata Wesołowska, 2006 = Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984 (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 26)

Cyrba armiger (L. Koch, 1867, T from Attus) = Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1876a: 167)

Cyrba cephalotes (Simon, 1872, T from Salticus) = Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1876a: 167)

Cyrba diversipes (Simon, 1868) = Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1871a: 219, sub Attus)

Cyrba flavimana Simon, 1899 = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Prószyński, 1978a: 16, sub C. micans)

Cyrba inornata (Thorell, 1887) = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Wanless, 1984b: 455)

Cyrba leporina (L. Koch, 1867, T from Attus) = Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1876a: 167)

Cyrba maculata (Thorell, 1895, T from Astia) = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Wanless, 1984b: 455)

Cyrba micans Simon, 1886 = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Nenilin, 1984a: 14, Wanless, 1984b: 455)

Cyrba tadzika Andreeva, 1969 = Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Prószyński, 1978a: 16, sub C. micans)

Homonym replaced:

Cyrba bimaculata Simon, 1886 -- see Cyrba simoni Wijesinghe, 1993

Nomen dubium:

Cyrba bidentata Strand, 1906b: 662 (f, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 25

Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) | | Canary Is. to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033022 TYPE SPECIES

Salticus algerinus Lucas, 1846: 148, pl. 6, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Attus leporinus L. Koch, 1867c: 874 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066161]

Attus armiger L. Koch, 1867c: 876 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066162]

Attus diversipes Simon, 1868b: 550 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066163]

Attus algerinus Simon, 1871a: 219 (S of Attus diversipes)

Salticus cephalotes Simon in O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 321 (nomen nudum; preoccupied by Doleschall, 1859, see Salticus cephalotes) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066164]

Cyrba algerina Simon, 1876a: 167, pl. 11, f. 18 (mf, S of Attus armiger, A. leporinus and Salticus cephalotes Simon)

Cyrba algerina Thorell, 1890b: 83 (S of Euophrys ocellata [revalidated by Nenilin, 1984a: 14, see Cyrba ocellata] and Stasippus inornatus [rejected by Wanless, 1984b: 455, see C. ocellata])

Cyrba algerina Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 38, pl. 1, f. 30 (mf)

Cyrba algerina Simon, 1901a: 449, f. 507-510 (m)

Cyrba algerina Simon, 1937: 1146, 1245, f. 1779-1780 (mf)

Cyrba algerina Prószyński, 1978a: 18, f. 19 (m)

Cyrba algerina Wanless, 1984a: 186, f. 25A-F, 34F, 36A-B (mf)

Cyrba algerina Wanless, 1984b: 452, f. 2, 4A-B, 5A-I, 6A-E, 16A-F, 17A-D (mf)

Cyrba algerina Prószyński, 1992a: 92, f. 7 (f)

Cyrba algerina Baldacchino et al., 1993: 45, f. 3f (f)

Cyrba algerina Fuhn & Gherasim, 1995: 202, f. 94A-E (mf)

Cyrba algerina Wesołowska, 1996: 27, f. 11A-D, 12A-B (mf)

Cyrba algerina Metzner, 1999: 35, f. 1a-h (mf)

Cyrba algerina Prószyński, 2003: 46, f. 153-157 (mf)

Cyrba algerina Trotta, 2005: 171, f. 383-384 (mf)

Cyrba algerina Wunderlich, 2008f: 713, f. 16-17, 17a (mf)

Cyrba algerina Seropian et al., 2023: 272, f. 96 (f)

Cyrba boveyi Lessert, 1933 | | Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033025

Cyrba boveyi Lessert, 1933: 145, f. 63 (Dm) Original description

Cyrba boveyi Wanless, 1984b: 463, f. 11A-F (m, Df)

Cyrba boveyi Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 24, f. 20-23, 238 (m)

Cyrba boveyi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 47, f. 1-6 (mf)

Cyrba dotata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033026

Cyrba dotata Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 185, pl. 19, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Cyrba dotata Wanless, 1984b: 470, f. 15A-E (f)

Cyrba dotata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 48, f. 1-4 (f)

Cyrba legendrei Wanless, 1984 | | Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033027

Cyrba legendrei Wanless, 1984b: 458, f. 9A-J (Dmf) Original description

Cyrba legendrei Dierkens, 2010b: 302, f. 1-2 (f)

Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984 | | South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033028

Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984b: 465, f. 13A-H (Df) Original description

Cyrba armata Wesołowska, 2006c: 618, f. 1-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040967]

Cyrba lineata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 26, f. 24-25, 239 (mf, S of Cyrba armata)

Cyrba lineata Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 164, f. 1-13 (mf)

Cyrba lineata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 49, f. 1-7 (mf)

Cyrba nigrimana Simon, 1900 | | Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033029

Cyrba nigrimanus Simon, 1900b: 389 (Df) Original description

Cyrba nigrimana Caporiacco, 1947c: 230

Cyrba nigrimana Wanless, 1984b: 465, f. 12A-G (f)

Cyrba nigrimana Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 27, f. 26-28 (f)

Cyrba nigrimana Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 167, f. 14-23 (Dm, f)

Cyrba nigrimana Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 14, f. 7A-E (mf)

Cyrba nigrimana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 50, p. 46: f. 1-4, p. 50: f. 1-8 (mf)

Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) | | Eastern Africa to India and Indonesia, Caucasus to Central Asia and China. Introduced to Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033030

Euophrys ocellata Kroneberg, 1875: 48, pl. 5, f. 35 (Df) Original description

Cyrba micans Simon, 1886c: 457 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055876]

Stasippus inornatus Thorell, 1887: 375 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055874]

Vindima maculata Thorell, 1895b: 348 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055875]

Cyrba flavimana Simon, 1899a: 103 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055873]

Astia maculata Simon, 1901a: 436

Cyrba tadzika Andreeva, 1969: 89, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055877]

Cyrba tadzhika Andreeva, 1976: 79, f. 79-81 (mf, lapsus)

Cyrba micans Prószyński, 1978a: 16, f. 19, 21-24 (mf, S of Cyrba flavimana and C. tadzika)

Cyrba ocellata Nenilin, 1984a: 14 (removed from S of Cyrba algerina [rejecting Thorell, 1890b: 83], S of C. micans)

Cyrba inornata Prószyński, 1984a: 26 (f)

Cyrba ocellata Wanless, 1984b: 455, f. 7A-F, 8A-G, 18A-C (mf, S of Astia maculata, Cyrba inornata [removed from S of C. algerina, rejecting Thorell, 1890b: 83] and C. micans)

Cyrba ocellata Davies & Żabka, 1989: 194, pl. 6 (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Song & Chai, 1991: 15, f. 4A-D (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Wesołowska, 1996: 29, f. 13A-D, 14A-E (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Jastrzebski, 1997c: 705, f. 10-14 (f)

Cyrba ocellata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 508, f. 291H-J, 292A (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 7, f. 21-23 (m)

Cyrba ocellata Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 30, f. 11 (f)

Cyrba ocellata Talwar et al., 2017: 139, f. 1-13 (f)

Cyrba ocellata Prószyński, 2017b: 114, f. 50R-R1, 51G (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Majagi et al., 2018: 16, f. 1-6 (m)

Cyrba ocellata Peng, 2020: 78, f. 37a-d (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Caleb, 2020b: 15732, f. 15E-G, 28B (mf)

Cyrba ocellata Seropian et al., 2023: 273, f. 97 (m)

Cyrba ocellata Sajid et al., 2023: 25, f. 21-24, 27-30 (mf)

Cyrba simoni Wijesinghe, 1993 | | Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033031

Cyrba bimaculata Simon, 1886g: 392 (Df; primary junior homonym of C. bimaculata Keyserling, 1883, see Salpesia bicolor) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055860]

Cyrba bimaculata Wanless, 1984b: 461, f. 1, 10A-L, 17E-F, 22E (f, Dm)

Cyrba simoni Wijesinghe, 1993: 136 (replacement name) Original description

Cyrba simoni Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 20, f. 20-24 (mf)

Cyrba szechenyii Karsch, 1898 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033032

Cyrba szechenyii Karsch in Lendl, 1898: 561, f. 2, 7 (Df) Original description