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. Habrocestum Simon, 1876 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02974

Transferred to other genera:

Habrocestum acerbum G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909 -- see Naphrys

Habrocestum annae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Evarcha

Habrocestum belli Gertsch, 1935 -- see Mexigonus

Habrocestum bitaeniatum Keyserling, 1882 -- see Pellenes

Habrocestum bufoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 -- see Naphrys

Habrocestum chrysomelas Simon, 1909 -- see Maratus

Habrocestum coronatum (Hentz, 1846) -- see Habronattus

Habrocestum cristatum (Hentz, 1846) -- see Habronattus

Habrocestum diversipes Berland & Millot, 1941 -- see Langelurillus

Habrocestum dotatum G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Hyllus

Habrocestum dyali Roewer, 1955 -- see Plexippus

Habrocestum emanasakgrense Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 -- see Chinattus

Habrocestum flavipes Keyserling, 1882 -- see Evarcha

Habrocestum gestroi Dalmas, 1920 -- see Plexippoides

Habrocestum inscriptum Schenkel, 1951 -- see Mexigonus

Habrocestum insignipalpe Simon, 1882 -- see Rafalus

Habrocestum kweilinensis Prószyński, 1992 -- see Hasarius

Habrocestum latens Banks, 1892 -- see Evarcha

Habrocestum morosum (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) -- see Mexigonus

Habrocestum nigricans Dalmas, 1920 -- see Evarcha

Habrocestum nigriceps Keyserling, 1882 -- see Maratus

Habrocestum nigritum Berland & Millot, 1941 -- see Langelurillus

Habrocestum orientale Żabka, 1985 -- see Hasarius

Habrocestum parvulum (Banks, 1895) -- see Chinattus

Habrocestum pilosum Keyserling, 1882 -- see Maratus

Habrocestum pulex (Hentz, 1846) -- see Naphrys

Habrocestum rubroclypeatum Lessert, 1927 -- see Plexippus

Habrocestum speculiferum Simon, 1909 -- see Maratus

Habrocestum xerophilum Richman, 1981 -- see Naphrys

In synonymy:

Habrocestum panjabium Roewer, 1951 = Habrocestum algericum Dalmas, 1920 (Dyal, 1935: 228, superfluous and invalid replacement name by Roewer)

Habrocestum africanum Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042461

Habrocestum africanum Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 38, f. 62-67 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum albimanum Simon, 1901 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033551

Habrocestum albimanum Simon, 1901g: 71 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum albimanum Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 199, f. 68-70 (m)

Habrocestum albopunctatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038240

Habrocestum albopunctatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 370, f. 5-10 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum algericum Dalmas, 1920 | | Algeria, Pakistan? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033552

Habrocestum algericum Dalmas, 1920a: 66 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum algericum Dyal, 1935: 228 (Df)

Habrocestum panjabius Roewer, 1951: 451 (N.B.: superfluous and invalid replacement name for Dyal's record; Dyal refers to Dalmas' species; nevertheless it is verly unlikely, that m and f belong to the same species) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033574]

Habrocestum algericum Prószyński, 1987: 29 (m)

Habrocestum arabicum Prószyński, 1989 | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033554

Habrocestum arabicum Prószyński, 1989a: 33, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum auricomum Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046842

Habrocestum auricomum Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 473, f. 31-33 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum benjamin Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060628

Habrocestum benjamin Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024: 213, f. 1G-H, 2A-H, 3A-D, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum bovaei (Lucas, 1846) | | Morocco, Algeria, Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033556

Salticus bovaei Lucas, 1846: 179, pl. 9, f. 7 (Df; correct original spelling, latinized patronym for Bové = Bovaeus) Original description

Habrocestum bovoei Simon, 1909b: 40

Habrocestum bovoei Dalmas, 1920a: 66 (Dm)

Habrocestum bovoei Denis, 1937b: 1057, pl. 5, f. 13 (mf)

Habrocestum bovei Kolosváry, 1938e: 17, f. (f)

Habrocestum bovaei Prószyński, 1987: 29-30 (m)

Habrocestum bovei Lecigne, 2012: 163, f. 2, 8-9 (m)

Habrocestum dubium Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038241

Habrocestum dubium Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 373, f. 11-14 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum egaeum Metzner, 1999 | | Greece (Islands, Crete), Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033560

Habrocestum egaeum Metzner, 1999: 63, f. 28a-m (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum egaeum Prószyński, 2003: 68, f. 250-251 (f)

Habrocestum egaeum Murphy in Logunov, 2022a: 82, f. 7 (mf)

Habrocestum ferrugineum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038242

Habrocestum ferrugineum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 374, f. 15-17 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum flavimanum Simon, 1901 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033561

Habrocestum flavimanus Simon, 1901g: 72 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum formosum Wesołowska, 2000 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033562

Habrocestum formosum Wesołowska, 2000a: 149, f. 11-15 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum gibbosum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041226

Habrocestum gibbose Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 209, f. 56-59 (Dm; N.B.: neuter form must be gibbosum) Original description

Habrocestum graecum Dalmas, 1920 | | Italy, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033563

Habrocestum graecum Dalmas, 1920a: 67 (Dmf; f = Aelurillus sp. per Prószyński, 1987: 8, 31) Original description

Habrocestum graecum Prószyński, 1987: 30-31 (m)

Habrocestum graecum Metzner, 1999: 60, f. 25a-i (m, Df)

Habrocestum graecum Castellucci et al., 2022: 3, f. 1A-B, 2A-C (mf)

Habrocestum hantaneensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048663

Habrocestum hantaneensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016: 10, f. 5A-E, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum hongkongiense Prószyński, 1992 | | China (Hong Kong) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033564

Habrocestum hongkongiensis Prószyński, 1992a: 96, f. 28-32 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum hongkongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 513, f. 299I-J (m)

Habrocestum hongkongensis Peng, 2020: 152, f. 98a-b (m)

Habrocestum ibericum Dalmas, 1920 | | Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033565

Habrocestum ibericum Dalmas, 1920a: 65 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum ibericum Prószyński, 1987: 29-30, 34 (mf)

Habrocestum cf. ibericum Breitling, 2020: 354, f. 8C, 29C (m)

Habrocestum ignorabile Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041227

Habrocestum ignorabile Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 211, f. 60-61 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum imilchang Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057542

Habrocestum imilchang Kadam & Tripathi in Kadam, Tripathi & Sudhikumar, 2023: 4, f. 2A-G (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum inquinatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 | | Yemen (mainland, Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038243

Habrocestum inquinatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 375, f. 18-22 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum inquinatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 211, f. 62-64 (f)

Habrocestum kerala Asima, Caleb, Babu & Prasad, 2022 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055757

Habrocestum kerala Asima et al., 2022: 306, f. 4, 25-33 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum kerala Asima, Caleb & Prasad, 2024: 255, f. 15-23 (Df)

Habrocestum kodigalaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048664

Habrocestum kodigalaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016: 13, f. 2C-D, 7A-F, 8A-D (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum latifasciatum (Simon, 1868) | | Eastern Mediterranean to Middle East urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033566

Attus latifasciatus Simon, 1868b: 536 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum latifasciatum Simon, 1876a: 133

Habrocestum latifasciatum Kulczyński, 1903a: 54, pl. 1, f. 17 (Df)

Habrocestum latefasciatum Prószyński, 1987: 30, 32-34 (mf)

Habrocestum latifasciatum Metzner, 1999: 61, f. 26a-i (mf)

Habrocestum latifasciatum Prószyński, 2003: 65, f. 244-249 (mf)

Habrocestum latifasciatum Logunov, 2015a: 34, f. 1-3, 7-9 (mf)

Habrocestum latifasciatum Lecigne, 2021a: 33, f. 34a-d (mf)

Habrocestum laurae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033567

Habrocestum laurae Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 238, pl. 27, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum laurae Prószyński, 1987: 36 (f)

Habrocestum lepidum Dalmas, 1920 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033568

Habrocestum lepidum Dalmas, 1920a: 66 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum lepidum Prószyński, 1987: 29-30 (m)

Habrocestum liptoni Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051624

Habrocestum liptoni Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a: 6, f. 1A-E, 2A-E, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum longispinum Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2019 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050956

Habrocestum longispinum Sankaran et al., 2019: 2, f. 1a-d, 2a-j, 3a-h (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum luculentum G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033569

Habrocestum luculentum Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 241, pl. 27, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum luculentum Wesołowska, 2012b: 327, f. 9-14 (m)

Habrocestum luculentum Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 889, f. 60, 67-68 (m)

Habrocestum mookambikaense Sudhin, Sen, Caleb & Hegde, 2022 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056966

Habrocestum mookambikaensis Sudhin et al., 2022b: 489, f. 4-7, 11-12, 15-16 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum naivasha Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048728

Habrocestum naivasha Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 443, f. 23-27, 95-96 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum namibicum Wesołowska, 2006 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040821

Habrocestum namibicum Wesołowska, 2006b: 231, f. 26-37 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum nigristernum Dalmas, 1920 | | Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033571

Habrocestum nigristernum Dalmas, 1920a: 68 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum ohiyaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048665

Habrocestum ohiyaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016: 17, f. 9A-F (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum ornaticeps (Simon, 1868) | | Morocco, Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033573

Attus ornaticeps Simon, 1868b: 537 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum ornaticeps Simon, 1876a: 133

Habrocestum ornaticeps Dalmas, 1920a: 66 (Df)

Habrocestum ornaticeps Prószyński, 1987: 32, 34 (mf)

Habrocestum papilionaceum (L. Koch, 1867) | | Greece, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033575

Attus papilionaceus L. Koch, 1867c: 878 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum papilionaceum Simon, 1876a: 133

Habrocestum papilionaceum Simon, 1901a: 659, f. 790

Habrocestum papilionaceum Prószyński, 1984a: 54 (mf)

Habrocestum papilionaceum Prószyński, 1987: 34, 39 (mf)

Habrocestum papilionaceum Metzner, 1999: 62, f. 27a-k (mf)

Habrocestum papilionaceum Lecigne, 2011: 42, f. P30-33 (m)

Habrocestum papilionaceum Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 68, f. 32A-D (mf)

Habrocestum peckhami Rainbow, 1899 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033577

Habrocestum peckhami Rainbow, 1899b: 320, pl. 25, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum penicillatum Caporiacco, 1940 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033578

Habrocestum penicillatum Caporiacco, 1940c: 861, f. 53 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum personatum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044524

Habrocestum personatum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 571, f. 62-64 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1876 | | France urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033580

Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1876a: 132, pl. 11, f. 8 (f) Original description

Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1937: 1225, 1267, f. 1972-1973 (f)

Habrocestum pullatum Richman, 1981: 200, f. 7 (f)

Habrocestum pullatum Prószyński, 1987: 35 (f)

Habrocestum pullatum Prószyński, 2009a: 320, f. 63 (f)

Habrocestum pullatum Prószyński et al., 2018: 90, f. 2R (f)

Habrocestum punctiventre Keyserling, 1882 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033581

Habrocestum punctiventris Keyserling, 1882: 1412, pl. 119, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum sahyadri Asima, Caleb & Prasad, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060636

Habrocestum sahyadri Asima, Caleb & Prasad, 2024: 257, f. 24-35 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum sapiens (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | | Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033583

Saitis sapiens Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 196, pl. 21. f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum sapiens Roewer, 1955c: 1119

Habrocestum schinzi Simon, 1887 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033584

Habrocestum schinzi Simon, 1887b: 369 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum shendurneyense Asima, Caleb, Babu & Prasad, 2022 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055756

Habrocestum shendurneyensis Asima et al., 2022: 306, f. 1-3, 5-24 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2000 | | Turkey, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033585

Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2000: 245, f. 48-51 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2003: 66, f. 252-255 (f)

Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2009a: 320, f. 64 (f)

Habrocestum shulovi Logunov, 2015a: 37, f. 4-6, 10-12 (f, Dm)

Habrocestum simoni Dalmas, 1920 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033586

Habrocestum simoni Dalmas, 1920a: 66 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum simoni Prószyński, 1987: 35-36 (mf)

Habrocestum simoni Prószyński, 2017b: 22, f. 8D (mf)

Habrocestum simoni Prószyński, 2018a: 24, f. 4G, 6I-J (mf)

Habrocestum socotrense Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038244

Habrocestum socotrense Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 376, f. 23-25 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum speciosum Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033587

Habrocestum speciosum Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 28, f. 59-63 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum subdotatum Caporiacco, 1940 | | Ethiopia, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033588

Habrocestum subdotatum Caporiacco, 1940c: 860, f. 52 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum subpenicillatum Caporiacco, 1941 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033589

Habrocestum subpenicillatum Caporiacco, 1941b: 140, f. 61 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum subpenicillatum Prószyński, 1987: 38 (m, "misclassified")

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska, 2000 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033590

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska, 2000a: 151, f. 16-22 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011: 78, f. 8-10, 94 (mf)

Habrocestum swaminathan Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060629

Habrocestum swaminathan Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024: 217, f. 1A-F, 4A-H, 5A-D, 7A-D (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum tanzanicum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033591

Habrocestum tanzanicum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 31, f. 52-58 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum togansangmai Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057543

Habrocestum togansangmai Kadam & Tripathi in Kadam, Tripathi & Sudhikumar, 2023: 6, f. 3A-F, 4A-D (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum verattii Caporiacco, 1936 | | Libya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033592

Habrocestum verattii Caporiacco, 1936a: 107, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum virginale Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041228

Habrocestum virginale Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 213, f. 65-67 (Df) Original description