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.

In synonymy:

Deloripa Simon, 1901 = Helvetia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140)

Selabis Simon, 1897 = Helvetia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Bonnet, 1957: 2151)

Gen. Helvetia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02985

type Helvetia santarema G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym Selabis Simon, 1897e: 2 (nomen nudum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06410] by Bonnet, 1957: 2151 and of Deloripa Simon, 1901c: 157 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02919] (type D. semialba Simon, 1901) by Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140.

Transferred to other genera:

Helvetia canescens (Mello-Leitão, 1944) -- see Menemerus

In synonymy:

Helvetia insularis (Banks, 1902) = Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901 (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142)

Helvetia otiosa Galiano, 1976 = Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901 (Galiano, 1989a: 49, sub H. insularis)

Helvetia quadrifasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Deloripa) = Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) (Galiano, 1963b: 3, sub H. zonata)

Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901 = Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140)

Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901 = Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140)

Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901 | | Colombia, Curaçao, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. Introduced to Galapagos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033876

Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901c: 157 (Df) Original description

Admestina insularis Banks, 1902c: 66, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033878]

Helvetia albovittata Galiano, 1963a: 361, pl. XIX, f. 17 (f)

Helvetia otiosa Galiano, 1976c: 54, f. 8-12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057987]

Helvetia insularis Galiano, 1989a: 49 (T from Admestina, S of Helvetia otiosa)

Helvetia albovittata Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142, f. 13-14 (f, S of Helvetia insularis)

Helvetia albovittata Bedoya-Róqueme, Nadal & Rubio, 2018: 3, f. 4-20 (mf)

Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) | | French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033877

Attus cancrimanus Taczanowski, 1872: 68 (Dm) Original description

Selabis zonatus Simon, 1897e: 2 (nomen nudum)

Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901c: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033881]

Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901c: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033882]

Deloripa quadrifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 280, f. 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057988]

Attus cancrimanus Roewer, 1955c: 1421 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Helvetia zebrina Galiano, 1963a: 362, pl. 19, f. 15 (f)

Helvetia zonata Galiano, 1963a: 363, pl. 19, f. 14 (f)

Helvetia zonata Galiano, 1963b: 3, pl. 1, f. 1-6 (Dm, f, S of Deloripa quadrifasciata)

Helvetia cancrimana Galiano, 1976c: 51, f. 1-7 (m, T from Salticus, removed from nomen dubium)

Helvetia cancrimana Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Helvetia zebrina and H. zonata)

Helvetia galianoae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041725

Helvetia albovittata Galiano, 1965d: 47, f. 7-8 (m; misidentified per Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142)

Helvetia galianoae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142, f. 15-16 (Dm) Original description

Helvetia humillima (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041726

Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 223, f. 49 (Dm) Original description

Helvetia humillima Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 144, f. 17-18 (m, removed from S of Helvetia santarema, rejecting Galiano, 1963b: 2)

Helvetia labiata Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041724

Helvetia labiata Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 141, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Helvetia rinaldiae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041728

Helvetia rinaldiae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 146, f. 21-22 (Df) Original description

Helvetia riojanensis Galiano, 1965 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033879

Helvetia riojanensis Galiano, 1965d: 47, f. 1-4 (Dm; f f. 5-6 see Helvetia santarema) Original description

Helvetia roeweri (Soares & Camargo, 1948) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034939

Naubolus roeweri Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 393, f. 60 (Df) Original description

Helvetia roeweri Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 147, f. 23-24 (f, T from Naubolus)

Helvetia santarema G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033880 TYPE SPECIES

Helvetia santarema Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 119, pl. 12, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Helvetia santarema Galiano, 1963b: 2, pl. 1, f. 7-10 (mf, S of Cotinusa humillima [revalidated by Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 144, see Helvetia humillima])

Helvetia santarema Galiano, 1965d: 47, f. 9 (m)

Helvetia riojanensis Galiano, 1965d: 47, f. 5-6 (f; misidentified per Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142)

Helvetia santarema Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142, f. 11-12 (f)

Helvetia semialba (Simon, 1901) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033074

Deloripa semialba Simon, 1901c: 157 (Df) Original description

Deloripa semialba Galiano, 1963a: 342, pl. 18, f. 8 (f)

Helvetia semialba Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 142, f. 8-10 (f, T from Deloripa)

Helvetia stridulans Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041727

Helvetia stridulans Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 145, f. 19-20 (Dm) Original description