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.

Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02952

type Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901; gender feminine

Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 | | DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047494

Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927: 59, pl. 2, f. 44 (Df) Original description

Festucula australis Lessert, 1933: 149, f. 67-69, 71 (f, Dm)

Festucula festuculaeformis Wesołowska, 1992: 46, f. 2-21, 23-25 (mf; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 355)

Festucula australis Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 355, f. 14, 22, 27-44 (mf, removed from S of Festucula festuculaeformis, rejecting Wesolowska, 1992: 46)

Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 | | Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059519

Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 297, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description

Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033441

Pseudicius festuculaeformis Lessert, 1925a: 465, f. 50-54 (Dm) Original description

Festucula festuculaeformis Lessert, 1933: 149

Festucula festuculaeformis Wesołowska, 1992: 46, f. 22 (m, S of Festucula australis; rejected by Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 355; other figs. see Festucula australis)

Festucula lawrencei Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 28, f. 49-51 (m, Df; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 359)

Festucula festuculaeformis Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 359, f. 16, 25, 45-60 (mf)

Festucula festuculaeformis Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19C (m)

Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047495

Festucula lawrencei Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 35, f. 50-52 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 362)

Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 362, f. 17, 24, 61-76 (Dmf) Original description

Festucula haddadi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 40, f. 1-9 (mf)

Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 | | Ghana, Angola, Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033442

Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933: 152, f. 72 (Dm) Original description

Festucula lawrencei Wesołowska, 1992: 50, f. 26-27 (m)

Festucula lawrencei Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 365, f. 15, 77-87 (m)

Festucula lawrencei Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 298, f. 8-21 (m, Df)

Festucula lawrencei Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 607, f. 9A-D (m)

Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 | | Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047496

Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 366, f. 8-9, 19, 88-103 (Dmf) Original description

Festucula leroyae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 41, f. 1-7 (mf)

Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 | | Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047498

Festucula lineata Simon, 1901c: 155 (Df) Original description

Festucula lineata Fage, 1923b: 299, f. 1 (m; misidentified as monticola per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301; re-assigned to lineata by Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 607)

Festucula lineata Lessert, 1933: 152, f. 73 (f)

Festucula lineata Wesołowska, 1992: 52 (nomen dubium)

Festucula lineata Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 369 (removed from nomen dubium, figs. see Festucula monticola)

Festucula lineata Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 369, f. 104-112 (m; f. 109-112 mislabelled as lawrencei; misidentified as monticola per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301; re-assigned to lineata by Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 607)

Festucula lineata Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 608, f. 10A-G (m)

Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056022

Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941: 345, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Festucula monticola Wesołowska, 1992: 54 (description is insufficient to identify the species = nomen dubium)

Festucula festuculaeformis Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 746, f. 44-45 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301)

Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 374 (nomen dubium confirmed, probably a junior S of Festucula lineata)

Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301, f. 22-28 (f, removed from nomen dubium)

Festucula monticola Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 610, f. 11A-F, 12A-E (Dm, f)

Festucula robusta Azarkina & Foord, 2014 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047497

Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 371, f. 113-128 (Dmf) Original description

Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 | | Egypt, Sudan, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033443 TYPE SPECIES

Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901a: 607, f. 718

Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901c: 155 (Df) Original description

Festucula vermiformis Lessert, 1933: 149, f. 70 (f)

Festucula vermiformis Prószyński, 1987: 27 (f)

Festucula vermiformis Wesołowska, 1992: 52, f. 28-31 (f)

Festucula vermiformis Prószyński, 2003: 64, f. 241-243 (f)

Festucula vermiformis Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19B (f)