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.

In synonymy:

Astaenorchestes Simon, 1900 = Hispo Simon, 1886 (Wanless, 1981a: 179)

Pseudomarengo Caporiacco, 1947 = Hispo Simon, 1886 (Wanless, 1981a: 179)

Quekettia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 = Hispo Simon, 1886 (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 186)

Gen. Hispo Simon, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02989

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Astaenorchestes Simon, 1900b: 397 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05854] (type A. frenatus Simon, 1900) and Pseudomarengo Caporiacco, 1947c: 228 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04749] (type P. inermis Caporiacco, 1947 = Hispo georgius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham)) by Wanless, 1981a: 179, and of Quekettia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902: 333 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03191] (type Leptorchestes georgius G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) by Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008: 186.

Transferred to other genera:

Hispo alboguttata Simon, 1903 -- see Jerzego

Hispo bipartita Simon, 1903 -- see Jerzego

In synonymy:

Hispo inermis (Caporiacco, 1947) = Hispo georgius G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 186, with inverted priority)

Hispo rufescens (Caporiacco, 1947) = Hispo georgius G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Prószyński, 1987: 83, 165, sub Pseudomarengo)

Nomen dubium:

Hispo continentalis (Caporiacco, 1949a: 462, j, Kenya, originally in Astaenorchestes) -- Wanless, 1981a: 197

Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981 | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033907

Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981a: 185, f. 4A-E (Dmf) Original description

Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1984c: 46, f. 15a-g (mf)

Hispo alboclypea Saaristo, 2010: 189, f. 27.68-73 (mf)

Hispo cingulata Simon, 1886 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033910

Hispo cingulata Simon, 1886g: 394 (Df) Original description

Hispo cingulata Simon, 1901a: 452, f. 511-513

Hispo cingulata Wanless, 1981a: 193, f. 10A-F, 11A-D (mf)

Hispo cingulata Prószyński, 2017b: 38, f. 17G1, 49B, 49J1 (mf)

Hispo frenata (Simon, 1900) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033911

Astaenorchestes frenatus Simon, 1900b: 397 (Dm) Original description

Astaenorchestes frenatus Simon, 1901a: 452, f. 515-516 (m)

Hispo frenata Wanless, 1981a: 188, f. 6A-G (m)

Hispo frenata Maddison & Needham, 2006: 39, f. 11 (f)

Hispo georgius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) | | Central, East, Southern Africa, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035871

Leptorchestes georgius Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 52, pl. 4, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Quekettia georgii Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 333 (T from Leptorchestes)

Pseudomarengo inermis Caporiacco, 1947c: 228, pl. 2, f. 63 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033912]

Pseudomarengo rufescens Caporiacco, 1947c: 229, pl. 2, f. 64 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056442]

Pseudomarengo inermis Roewer, 1965: 33, f. 27a-e (mf)

Hispo inermis Wanless, 1981a: 186, f. 5A-J (mf)

Quekettia georgius Prószyński, 1984a: 124 (f)

Pseudomarengo inermis Prószyński, 1987: 82-83, 165 (mf, S of Pseudomarengo rufescens)

Hispo inermis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 186, f. 55-66 (mf, S of Hispo inermis with Hispo georgii, erroneously used younger name)

Hispo georgii Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 446, f. 99-100 (m habitus)

Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033913

Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981a: 191, f. 9A-M (Dmf) Original description

Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033914

Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981a: 183, f. 2A-E (Dm) Original description

Hispo striolata Simon, 1898 | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033915

Hispo striolata Simon, 1898d: 387 (Dm) Original description

Hispo striolata Simon, 1901a: 450, f. 514 (m)

Hispo striolata Wanless, 1981a: 184, f. 1A-B, 3A-F (mf)

Hispo striolata Wanless, 1984c: 43, f. 14a-i (mf)

Hispo striolata Saaristo, 2010: 190, f. 27.74-79 (mf)

Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033916

Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981a: 190, f. 8A-I (Dm) Original description

Hispo sulcata Maddison et al., 2016: 8, f. 12 (m)

Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033917

Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981a: 189, f. 7A-G (Dm) Original description