World Spider Catalog

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. Ghelna Maddison, 1996 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02965

Ghelna barrowsi (Kaston, 1973) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033526

Metaphidippus barrowsi Kaston, 1973: 107, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Ghelna barrowsi Maddison, 1996: 239 (Tmf from Metaphidippus)

Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897) | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033527

Icius canadensis Banks, 1897: 196 (Dmf) Original description

Dendryphantes canadensis Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 467, pl. 36, f. 2 (mf)

Dendryphantes castaneus Emerton, 1911: 407, pl. 6, f. 5 (f, misidentified)

Metaphidippus canadensis Chickering, 1944: 171, f. 57-60 (mf)

Metaphidippus canadensis Kaston, 1948: 477, f. 1748, 1779-1781 (mf)

Metaphidippus canadensis Kaston, 1973: 109, f. 8-11 (Tmf from Dendryphantes per Roewer)

Dendryphantes canadensis Prószyński, 1976: 148, f. 24 (f)

Metaphidippus canadensis Oehler, 1980: 7, f. 153-155 (mf)

Ghelna canadensis Maddison, 1996: 239 (Tmf from Metaphidippus)

Ghelna canadensis Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 194, f. 2169-2171 (mf)

Ghelna castanea (Hentz, 1846) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033528

Attus castaneus Hentz, 1846: 353, pl. 21, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Dendryphantes castaneus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 472, pl. 36, f. 3 (f, Dm)

Dendryphantes castaneus Emerton, 1911: 407, pl. 6, f. 5 (f)

Metaphidippus castaneus Muma, 1944: 11

Metaphidippus castaneus Kaston, 1973: 109, f. 5-7 (Tmf from Dendryphantes per Roewer)

Ghelna castanea Maddison, 1996: 239, f. 48 (Tmf from Metaphidippus)

Ghelna castanea Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 42G (m)

Ghelna sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033529

Icius sexmaculatus Banks, 1895e: 100 (Dm) Original description

Icius sexmaculatus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 503, pl. 40, f. 6, pl. 41, f. 10 (m)

Metaphidippus sexmaculatus Kaston, 1973: 109, f. 12-14 (Tm from Icius, Df)

Ghelna sexmaculata Maddison, 1996: 239 (Tmf from Metaphidippus)