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, 2015Maddison et al., 2017 and Prószyński, 2017b.
Gen. Eris C. L. Koch, 1846 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02945
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 by Kaston, 1973: 117; not a senior synonym of Paraphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Edwards, 2004: 13, contra Kaston, 1973: 117).

Transferred to other genera:

Eris aurantia (Lucas, 1833) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris bettini (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) -- see Zygoballus

Eris brendeli Giebel, 1863 -- see Paraphidippus

Eris disjuncta (Banks, 1898) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris exornata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909 -- see Messua

Eris fartilis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris fontana (Levi, 1951) -- see Paradamoetas

Eris funebris (Banks, 1898) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris inermis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris limbata (Banks, 1898) -- see Messua

Eris lutea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris marginata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Hentzia

Eris marmorata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris mera (Petrunkevitch, 1911) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris nidicolens (Walckenaer, 1802) -- see Macaroeris

Eris nigromaculata (Keyserling, 1885) -- see Dendryphantes

Eris nigropilosa (Banks, 1898) -- see Paraphidippus

Eris niveipalpis Gerstaecker, 1873 -- see Hasarius

In synonymy:

Eris albovittata (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Plexippus) = Eris militaris Hentz, 1845 (Maddison, 1986: 141)

Eris armata (Banks, 1909, T from Dendryphantes) = Eris flava G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 (Maddison, 1986: 145)

Eris louisiana (Chamberlin, 1924, T from Dendryphantes) = Eris militaris Hentz, 1845 (Kaston, 1972b: 106, sub E. marginata)

Eris pinea (Kaston, 1945) = Eris rufa C. L. Koch, 1846 (Edwards, 2004: 5)

Eris bulbosa (Karsch, 1880) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033222
Philaeus bulbosus Karsch, 1880c: 397, pl. 12, f. 15 (Dm) Original description
Paraphidippus bulbosus Hoffmann, 1976: 65 (Tm from Philaeus)
Eris flava (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) | | USA to Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033225
Dendryphantes flavus Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 39, pl. 1, f. 27, pl. 3, f. 27 (Df) Original description
Dendryphantes flavus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 473, pl. 37, f. 8, pl. 38, f. 1 (f)
Dendryphantes armatus Banks, 1909b: 167, pl. 45, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058173]
Metaphidippus flava Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (T from Dendryphantes)
Eris flavus Kaston, 1972b: 106 (T from Metaphidippus)
Eris flava Kaston, 1973: 120, f. 66-67 (mf)
Dendryphantes flavus Prószyński, 1976: 148, f. 34 (f)
Eris flava Maddison, 1986: 145, f. 8-13 (mf, S of Dendryphantes armatus)
Eris flava Maddison, 1996: 331, f. 31 (m)
Eris floridana (Banks, 1904) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033226
Dendryphantes floridanus Banks, 1904c: 138, pl. 7, f. 2, 6 (Dmf) Original description
Dendryphantes floridanus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 462, pl. 37, f. 5 (mf)
Metaphidippus floridana Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (Tmf from Dendryphantes)
Eris floridanus Kaston, 1972b: 105 (Tmf from Metaphidippus)
Eris floridana Kaston, 1973: 120, f. 63-65 (mf)
Dendryphantes floridanus Prószyński, 1976: 149, f. 41 (f)
Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033228
Eris illustris C. L. Koch, 1846: 192, f. 1139 (Df) Original description
Prostheclina illustris Petrunkevitch, 1911: 696
Eris illustris Prószyński, 1990: 305 (Tmf from Saitis per Roewer)
Eris militaris (Hentz, 1845) | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033233
Attus militaris Hentz, 1845: 201, pl. 17, f. 10-11 (Dmf) Original description
Plexippus albovittatus C. L. Koch, 1846: 118, f. 1178 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058172]
Eris aurigera C. L. Koch, 1846: 189, f. 1237 (Dm)
Euophrys humilis C. L. Koch, 1846: vol. 13: 217, pl. 467, f. 1262 (Df)
Icius albovittatus Keyserling, 1885: 502, pl. 13, f. 10 (Df)
Eris marginatus Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 281 (misidentification)
Philaeus militaris Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 28, pl. 1, f. 19, pl. 2, f. 19 (mf)
Dendryphantes militaris Emerton, 1891: 230, pl. 17, f. 1 (mf)
Icius moestus Banks, 1892a: 77, pl. 5, f. 33 (Dm)
Paraphidippus militaris F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 279, pl. 26, f. 6-7 (mf)
Dendryphantes militaris Emerton, 1902: 53, f. 140-141 (mf)
Dendryphantes militaris Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 160, pl. 37, f. 1 (mf)
Dendryphantes militaris Emerton, 1909: , pl. 11, f. 3e (f)
Dendryphantes marginatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 635
Dendryphantes militaris Comstock, 1912: 685, f. 758-759
Dendryphantes louisianus Chamberlin, 1924a: 34, pl. 7, f. 51 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058174]
Phidippus molinor Chamberlin, 1925c: 133, f. 49 (Df)
Paraphidippus marginatus Crosby & Bishop, 1928b: 1072
Metaphidippus marginatus Muma, 1943: 125, pl. XV, f. 8 (m)
Paraphidippus marginatus Chickering, 1944: 180, f. 78-82 (mf)
Paraphidippus marginatus Kaston, 1948: 479, f. 1762-1765, 1782-1784, 2131-2132 (mf)
Euophrys humilis Roewer, 1955c: 1506 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)
Eris marginatus Kaston, 1972b: 106 (T from Dendryphantes, S of Dendryphantes louisianus)
Eris marginata Kaston, 1973: 118, f. 51-54 (mf)
Eris marginatus Prószyński, 1976: 150, f. 71, 76, 345-346 (mf)
Eris marginata Oehler, 1980: 8, f. 47-53 (mf)
Eris militaris Maddison, 1986: 141, f. 2-7 (mf, considered oldest available name for species previously misidentified as E. marginata, S of Plexippus albovittatus)
Eris militaris Breene et al., 1993: 69, f. 54A-C (mf)
Eris militaris Maddison, 1996: 332, f. 53, 66, 79 (mf)
Eris militaris Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 194, f. 2160-2162 (mf)
Eris militaris Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 42F (mf)
Eris perpasta (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033235
Paraphidippus perpastus Chickering, 1946: 324, f. 281-283 (Dm) Original description
Dendryphantes perpactus Roewer, 1955c: 1198 (lapsus)
Paraphidippus perpactus Prószyński, 1990: 253 (Tm from Dendryphantes per Roewer)
Eris perpolita (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033236
Paraphidippus perpolitus Chickering, 1946: 326, f. 284-287 (Dm) Original description
Paraphidippus perpolitus Prószyński, 1990: 253 (Tm from Dendryphantes per Roewer)
Eris riedeli (Schmidt, 1971) | | Ecuador or Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033238
Paraphidippus riedeli Schmidt, 1971: 396, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Eris riedeli Brignoli, 1983c: 637
Eris rufa (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033237
Plexippus rufus C. L. Koch, 1846: vol. 13: 120, pl. 452, f. 1180 (Df) Original description
Paraphidippus pineus Kaston, 1945a: 11, f. 54-58 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058175]
Paraphidippus pineus Kaston, 1948: 479, f. 1766, 1778, 2128-2130 (mf)
Plexippus rufus Roewer, 1955c: 1635 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)
Dendryphantes pineus Roewer, 1955c: 1214
Eris pinea Kaston, 1973: 120, f. 58-62 (mf, T from Dendryphantes)
Eris pineus Prószyński, 1976: 150, f. 72-73 (mf)
Paraphidippus pineus Barrion, Amalin & Ulilang, 1984: 5, f. 4 (m; presumably misidentified)
Eris rufa Edwards, 2004: 5 (T from Plexippus, S of Eris pinea)
Eris tricolor (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033239
Plexippus tricolor C. L. Koch, 1846: 116, f. 1177 (Df) Original description
Paraphidippus tricolor F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 279
Dendryphantes tricolor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 642
Eris tricolor Prószyński, 1971e: 402 (Tf from Dendryphantes)
Eris trimaculata (Banks, 1898) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033240
Philaeus trimaculatus Banks, 1898b: 282, pl. 17, f. 18 (Dmf) Original description
Paraphidippus trimaculatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 278
Dendryphantes trimaculatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 643
Eris trimaculata Prószyński, 1971e: 402 (Tmf from Dendryphantes)
Eris valida (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033241
Paraphidippus validus Chickering, 1946: 330, f. 288-291 (Dmf) Original description
Paraphidippus validus Prószyński, 1990: 253 (Tmf from Dendryphantes per Roewer)
Paraphidippus validus Maddison, 1996: 332, f. 56 (m)

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