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:

Anoka G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Hentzia Marx, 1883 (Simon, 1901a: 1055, sub Wala)

Maeviobeata Caporiacco, 1947 = Hentzia Marx, 1883 (Richman, 1989: 295)

Parahentzia Bryant, 1943 = Hentzia Marx, 1883 (Richman, 1989: 295)

Wala Keyserling, 1885 = Hentzia Marx, 1883 (Kaston, 1938f: 258)

Gen. Hentzia Marx, 1883 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02986

type Epiblemum palmarum Hentz, 1832; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Wala Keyserling, 1885: 516 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05226] (type W. albovittata Keyserling, 1885) by Kaston, 1938f: 258; Wala was considered a senior synonym of Anoka G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894b: 701 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05227] (type A. vernalis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) by Simon, 1901a: 1055; considered a senior synonym of Parahentzia Bryant, 1943b: 499 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05224] (type P. mandibularis Bryant, 1943) and Maeviobeata Caporiacco, 1947a: 34 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05225] (type M. charitonovi Caporiacco, 1947 = Hentzia parallela (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894)) by Richman, 1989: 295.

Transferred to other genera:

Hentzia noda (Chamberlin, 1916) -- see Corythalia

In synonymy:

Hentzia albovittata (Keyserling, 1885) = Hentzia vittata (Keyserling, 1885) (Richman, 1989: 330)

Hentzia ambigua (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Wala) = Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832) (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 201, sub Hentzia ambigua)

Hentzia charitonovi (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Maeviobeata) = Hentzia parallela (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Richman, 1989: 333)

Hentzia insignita (Chickering, 1946, T from Parahentzia) = Hentzia parallela (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Richman, 1989: 333)

Hentzia marginata (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Eris) = Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832) (Maddison, 1986: 142)

Hentzia moneagua (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) = Hentzia vittata (Keyserling, 1885) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 717, sub Wala peckhami)

Hentzia morigera (Hentz, 1846, T from Attus) = Hentzia mitrata (Hentz, 1846) (Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 48, sub Icius)

Hentzia pallida (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Maevia) = Hentzia mitrata (Hentz, 1846) (Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 48, sub Icius)

Hentzia peckhami (Bryant, 1940, T from Balmaceda) = Hentzia tibialis Bryant, 1940 (Richman, 1989: 309)

Hentzia peckhami (Cockerell, 1893) = Hentzia vittata (Keyserling, 1885) (Richman, 1989: 330)

Hentzia sulphurea (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Maevia) = Hentzia mitrata (Hentz, 1846) (Banks, 1910: 72, sub Wala)

Hentzia alamosa Richman, 2010 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043195

Hentzia alamosa Richman, 2010: 73, f. 2-10, 17 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia antillana Bryant, 1940 | | Caribbean. Introduced to Ascension urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033883

Hentzia antillana Bryant, 1940: 494, pl. 22, f. 285, 289, 294 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia antillana Richman, 1989: 326, f. 3-4, 102-108 (mf)

Hentzia antillana Sherwood & Sharp, 2023b: 3, f. 1A-F, 2A-D (mf)

Hentzia antillana Sherwood et al., 2026c: 19, f. 11A-E (mf)

Hentzia audax Bryant, 1940 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033884

Hentzia audax Bryant, 1940: 496, pl. 22, f. 286, 290, 292 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia audax Richman, 1989: 310, f. 52-58 (mf)

Hentzia calypso Richman, 1989 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033885

Hentzia calypso Richman, 1989: 335, f. 130-136 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia chekika Richman, 1989 | | USA, Bahamas, Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033886

Hentzia tibialis Bryant, 1940: 498, pl. 22, f. 295 (f; misidentified per Richman, 1989: 309)

Hentzia chekika Richman, 1989: 319, f. 80-86 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia cubana Richman, 1989 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033887

Hentzia cubana Richman, 1989: 312, f. 59-63 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia elegans (Keyserling, 1885) | | North America (no details) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033888

Icius elegans Keyserling, 1885: 499, pl. 13, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Wala elegans Banks, 1910: 72

Hentzia fimbriata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | USA to Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033889

Anoka fimbriata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 256, pl. 22, f. 16 (Dm) Original description

Anoka grenada F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 256, pl. 22, f. 15 (m; misidentified per Richman, 1989: 306)

Wala fimbriata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 716

Hentzia fimbriata Richman, 1989: 306, f. 37-43 (m, Df)

Hentzia fimbriata Richman, 2010: 76, f. 16 (f)

Hentzia fimbriata Almaraz-Llamas, Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez, 2025: 2, f. 1-3 (m)

Hentzia footei (Petrunkevitch, 1914) | | Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033890

Wala footei Petrunkevitch, 1914b: 330, pl. 12, f. 10-14 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia footei Richman, 1989: 324, f. 95-101 (mf)

Hentzia grenada (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033891

Anoka grenada Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 126, pl. 12, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Wala grenada Banks, 1904c: 138

Wala grenada Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 507, pl. 40, f. 12, pl. 41, f. 11 (m)

Hentzia grenada Richman, 1989: 315, f. 67-73 (m, Df)

Hentzia mandibularis (Bryant, 1943) | | Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033892

Parahentzia mandibularis Bryant, 1943b: 500, pl. 6, f. 68-69, pl. 7, f. 71 (Dm) Original description

Hentzia mandibularis Richman, 1989: 337, f. 137-145 (m, Df)

Hentzia mitrata (Hentz, 1846) | | Canada, USA, Bahamas urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033893

Attus mitratus Hentz, 1846: 363, pl. 22, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Attus morigerus Hentz, 1846: 365, pl. 22, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063732]

Maevia sulphurea C. L. Koch, 1846: 71, f. 1327 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063733]

Maevia pallida C. L. Koch, 1846: 79, f. 1334 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063734]

Icius mitratus Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 48, pl. 1, f. 34, pl. 3, f. 34, pl. 4, f. 34 (mf, S of Attus morigerus and Maevia pallida)

Icius mitratus Emerton, 1891: 232, pl. 18, f. 2 (mf)

Anoka mitrata Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 125

Icius mitratus Emerton, 1902: 57, f. 149 (mf)

Wala mitrata Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 507, pl. 41, f. 12, pl. 42, f. 2 (mf)

Wala mitrata Banks, 1910: 72 (S of Maevia sulphurea)

Hentzia mitrata Chickering, 1944: 159, f. 34-37 (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Kaston, 1948: 492, f. 1815, 1848-1849 (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Oehler, 1980: 11, f. 102-104 (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Richman, 1989: 302, f. 29-36 (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Breene et al., 1993: 73, f. 63A-B (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Maddison, 1996: 332, f. 50 (m)

Hentzia mitrata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 196, f. 2193-2195 (mf)

Hentzia mitrata Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 42H (m)

Hentzia palmarum (Hentz, 1832) | | Canada, USA, Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033894 TYPE SPECIES

Epiblemum palmarum Hentz, 1832: 108 (Dm) Original description

Attus marginatus Walckenaer, 1837: 466 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063727]

Attus ambiguus Walckenaer, 1837: 467 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063730]

Epiblemum palmarum Hentz, 1846: 366, pl. 22, f. 16 (m)

Epiblemum palmarum Peckham & Peckham, 1883: 28, pl. 3, f. 22 (m, Df)

Hentzia palmarum Marx, 1883: 26

Icius palmarum Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 46, pl. 1, f. 33, pl. 3, f. 33 (mf)

Icius palmarum Emerton, 1891: 232, pl. 18, f. 1 (mf)

Anoka palmarum Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 126

Anoka palmarum Simon, 1901a: 614, f. 732 (m)

Icius palmarum Emerton, 1902: 56, f. 145-148 (mf)

Wala palmarum Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 508, pl. 42, f. 1 (mf, S of Icius albovittatus and I. vittatus, rejected/revalidated by Richman, 1989: 330, see Hentzia vittata)

Wala palmarum Comstock, 1912: 680, f. 752

Hentzia palmarum Chickering, 1944: 161, f. 38-43 (mf)

Hentzia ambigua Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 201 (S of Wala palmarum, erronously thought ambiguus to be the older name)

Hentzia palmarum Kaston, 1948: 491, f. 1814, 1841-1847 (mf)

Eris marginata Prószyński, 1971e: 402 (T from Dendryphantes)

Hentzia palmarum Oehler, 1980: 11, f. 94-101 (f)

Hentzia palmarum Maddison, 1986: 142, f. 1 (S of Eris marginata)

Hentzia palmarum Richman, 1989: 296, f. 16-27 (mf)

Hentzia palmarum Breene et al., 1993: 73, f. 62A-C (mf)

Hentzia palmarum Maddison, 1996: 330, f. 24, 37 (m)

Hentzia palmarum Richman, 2010: 76, f. 11-15 (f)

Hentzia parallela (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033895

Anoka parallela Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 129, pl. 13, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Anoka parallela Peckham & Peckham, 1895b: 215 (m)

Wala parallela Petrunkevitch, 1911: 717

Parahentzia insignita Chickering, 1946: 316, f. 276-280 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063726]

Maeviobeata charitonovi Caporiacco, 1947a: 34 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063725]

Maeviobeata charitonovi Caporiacco, 1948a: 734, f. 169 (mf)

Hentzia parallela Richman, 1989: 333, f. 123-129 (mf, S of Maeviobeata charitonovi and Parahentzia insignita)

Hentzia pima Richman, 1989 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033896

Hentzia pima Richman, 1989: 314, f. 64-66 (Df) Original description

Hentzia poenitens (Chamberlin, 1924) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033897

Wala poenitens Chamberlin, 1924b: 680, f. 120-121 (Dm) Original description

Hentzia poenitens Richman, 1989: 317, f. 74-79 (m, Df)

Hentzia squamata (Petrunkevitch, 1930) | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033898

Wala squamata Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 146, f. 130-134 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia squamata Bryant, 1947b: 93

Hentzia squamata Richman, 1989: 339, f. 146-153 (mf)

Hentzia tibialis Bryant, 1940 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033899

Hentzia tibialis Bryant, 1940: 498, pl. 22, f. 291 (Dm; f f. 295 see Hentzia chekika) Original description

Balmaceda peckhami Bryant, 1940: 464, pl. 18, f. 247, pl. 19, f. 251 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063724]

Hentzia tibialis Richman, 1989: 309, f. 44-51 (mf, S of Balmaceda peckhami)

Hentzia vernalis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033900

Anoka vernalis Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 125, pl. 13, f. 3 (f)

Anoka vernalis Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 701, pl. 62, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Wala vernalis Banks, 1901d: 224

Wala vernalis Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 139, f. 120-129 (mf)

Hentzia vernalis Bryant, 1940: 495, f. 287-288 (m)

Hentzia vernalis Richman, 1989: 322, f. 87-94 (mf)

Hentzia vittata (Keyserling, 1885) | | Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033901

Icius vittatus Keyserling, 1885: 504, pl. 13, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Wala albovittata Keyserling, 1885: 517, pl. 13, f. 20 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063724]

Icius albovittatus Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 50, pl. 1, f. 35a, pl. 4, f. 35d (m)

Anoka peckhamii Cockerell, 1893: 221 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063729]

Anoka moneagua Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 127, pl. 12, f. 9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063731]

Wala peckhami Petrunkevitch, 1911: 717 (S of Anoka = Wala moneagua)

Hentzia peckhami Bryant, 1943b: 488 (mf)

Hentzia vittata Richman, 1989: 330, f. 114-122 (mf, removed from S of Hentzia palmarum and S of Hentzia albovittata, both rejecting Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 508, S of Hentzia peckhami)

Hentzia whitcombi Richman, 1989 | | Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Virgin Is., Monserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033902

Hentzia whitcombi Richman, 1989: 328, f. 109-113 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia zombia Richman, 1989 | | Haiti urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033903

Hentzia zombia Richman, 1989: 341, f. 154-155 (Df) Original description