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. Langona Simon, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03020

Transferred to other genera:

Langona rufa Lessert, 1925 -- see Langelurillus

In synonymy:

Langona mendax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) = Langona redii Audouin, 1826 (Prószyński, 2003: 82)

Langona albolinea Caleb & Mathai, 2015 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047619

Langona albolinea Caleb & Mathai in Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015: 3, f. 6-15 (Dm) Original description

Langona alfensis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983 | | Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034179

Langona alfensis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 226, f. 3, 6-7, 22-23, 28-29 (Dmf) Original description

Langona alfensis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 22, f. 87-91 (mf)

Langona alfensis Siyam, Dunlop & Jäger, 2017: 321, f. 13-15 (m)

Langona aperta (Denis, 1958) | | Iran, Afghanistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034180

Aelurillus apertus Denis, 1958b: 110, f. 41 (Df) Original description

Langona aperta Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 229 (Tf from Aelurillus)

Langona aperta Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 220, f. 1-7 (f, Dm)

Langona aperta Mirshamsi et al., 2013: 118, f. 1 (f)

Langona aperta Logunov, 2021b: 824, f. 15-22 (m)

Langona atrata Peng & Li, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041634

Langona atrata Peng & Li in Peng, Tang & Li, 2008: 248, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Langona atrata Peng, 2020: 197, f. 132a-d (f)

Langona avara G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034181

Langona avara Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 241, pl. 28, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Langona bethae Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 | | Botswana, Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044144

Langona bethae Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011: 81, f. 23-31, 92-93 (Dmf) Original description

Langona bethae Wesołowska, 2011b: 322, f. 36-40 (f)

Langona bhutanica Prószyński, 1978 | | Bhutan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034182

Langona bhutanica Prószyński, 1978a: 10, f. 4-6 (Dm) Original description

Langona bhutanica Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 230, f. 10-11, 19-21, 36 (m, Df)

Langona bhutanica Peng, 1989: 159, f. 10A-C (m)

Langona bhutanica Peng et al., 1993: 108, f. 363-366 (m)

Langona bhutanica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 532, f. 301Q, 327B (m)

Langona bhutanica Peng, 2020: 199, f. 133a-d (m)

Langona biangula Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040834

Langona biangula Peng, Li & Yang, 2004: 414, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description

Langona biangula Peng, 2020: 200, f. 134a-e (mf)

Langona bisecta Lawrence, 1927 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034183

Langona bisecta Lawrence, 1927: 60, pl. 2, f. 46 (Df) Original description

Langona bitumorata Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034184

Langona bitumorata Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994: 35, f. 2a-k (Dm) Original description

Langona bristowei Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Guinea, Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034185

Langona bristowei Berland & Millot, 1941: 304, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Langona bristowei Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 211, f. 16, 26 (f)

Langona bristowei Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 579, f. 90-92 (f)

Langona davidi (Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047620

Mashonarus davidi Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015: 5, f. 16-25 (Dm) Original description

Phlegra davidi Logunov & Azarkina, 2018: 112, f. 504-506 (m, T from Mashonarus)

Langona davidi Caleb, 2020b: 15735, f. 17H-J, 29C (m, T from Phlegra)

Langona fusca Wesołowska, 2011 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044507

Langona fusca Wesołowska, 2011b: 324, f. 41-42 (Df) Original description

Langona goaensis Prószyński, 1992 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034186

Langona goaensis Prószyński, 1992b: 183, f. 72-75 (Dm) Original description

Langona hirsuta Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044048

Langona hirsuta Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 79, f. 64-65, 76-84 (Dmf) Original description

Langona hongkong Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997 | | China (Hong Kong) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034187

Langona hongkong Song et al., 1997: 150, f. 3A-D (Dm) Original description

Langona hongkong Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 532, f. 302I-J (m)

Langona hongkong Peng, 2020: 201, f. 135a-b (m)

Langona improcera Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034188

Langona improcera Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 60, f. 148-150 (Dm) Original description

Langona kurracheensis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034189

Langona kurracheensis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 228, f. 13-14, 33, 41 (Df) Original description

Langona lotzi Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044049

Langona lotzi Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 82, f. 66-67, 85-92 (Dmf) Original description

Langona maculata Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040835

Langona maculata Peng, Li & Yang, 2004: 415, f. 2A-E (Df) Original description

Langona maculata Peng, 2020: 202, f. 136a-e (f)

Langona magna Caporiacco, 1947 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034190

Langona magna Caporiacco, 1947c: 238, pl. 2, f. 71 (Df) Original description

Langona maindroni (Simon, 1886) | j | Senegal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034191

Aelurillus maindroni Simon, 1886g: 350 (Dj) Original description

Langona maindroni Simon, 1901a: 665

Langona mallezi (Denis, 1947) | | Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032193

Aelurillus mallezi Denis, 1947a: 75, pl. 6, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Aelurillus mallezi Prószyński, 1976: 184, f. 312 (f)

Langona mallezi Prószyński, 2003: 84, f. 318 (f, T from Aelurillus)

Langona manicata Simon, 1901 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034192

Langona manicata Simon, 1901g: 70 (Dm) Original description

Langona mediocris Wesołowska, 2000 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034193

Langona mediocris Wesołowska, 2000a: 156, f. 30-38 (Dm) Original description

Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034195

Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949a: 473, f. 88 (Df) Original description

Langona oreni Prószyński, 2000 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034196

Langona oreni Prószyński, 2000: 245, f. 52-56 (Df) Original description

Langona oreni Prószyński, 2003: 82, f. 315-317, 319-321 (f)

Langona pallida Prószyński, 1993 | | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034197

Langona pallida Prószyński, 1993: 33, f. 9-11 (Dm) Original description

Langona pallida Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 221, f. 8-14 (m, Df)

Langona pallida Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 37, pl. 9-11, f. 25-30 (mf)

Langona pallidula Logunov & Rakov, 1998 | | Iran, Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034198

Langona pallidula Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 122, f. 18-24 (Dm) Original description

Langona pattayensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052717

Langona pattayensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2020: 375, f. 1-20 (Dmf) Original description

Langona pecten Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994 | | Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034199

Langona pecten Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994: 36, f. 3a-f (Dm) Original description

Langona pecten Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 61, f. 151-155 (m)

Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2006 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040836

Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2006b: 237, f. 53-57 (Dm) Original description

Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2011b: 325, f. 43-48 (m, Df)

Langona recta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056029

Langona recta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 50, f. 32A-D (Dm) Original description

Langona redii (Audouin, 1826) | | Egypt, Israel, Syria, Yemen, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034200

Attus redii Audouin, 1826: 408, pl. 7, f. 21 (Dm) Original description

Attus mendax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 615 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034194]

Salticus interceptor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 616 (Dm)

Aelurillus redii Simon, 1886g: 350

Langona mendax Simon, 1901a: 665

Langona redii Simon, 1903a: 669, f. 782

Langona redii Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 209, f. 1-2, 4-5, 12, 25, 37-38 (mf)

Langona redii Prószyński, 2003: 82, f. 309-314, 322-324 (mf, S of Langona mendax)

Langona redii Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 223, f. 95-98 (f)

Langona redii Prószyński, 2017b: 97, f. 43S (mf)

Langona redii Logunov, 2023a: 749, f. 70-82 (mf)

Langona sabulosa Wesołowska, 2011 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044508

Langona sabulosa Wesołowska, 2011b: 327, f. 49-55, 90-91 (Dmf) Original description

Langona senegalensis Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Senegal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034202

Langona senegalensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 305, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Langona simoni Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034203

Langona simoni Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 227, f. 24, 30-31 (Df) Original description

Langona tartarica (Charitonov, 1946) | | Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Yemen? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034204

Phlegra tartarica Charitonov, 1946: 30, f. 57-58 (Dmf; see also Charitonov, 1969: 128) Original description

Aelurillus tartaricus Andreeva, 1975: 339 (Tmf from Phlegra)

Aelurillus tartaricus Andreeva, 1976: 83, f. 94-95 (mf)

Aelurillus tartaricus Prószyński, 1979: 303, f. 11-14 (mf)

Langona tartarica Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 229, f. 8-9, 18, 34-35, 42-43 (Tmf from Aelurillus)

Aelurillus tartaricus Hu & Li, 1987b: 328, f. 47.1-5 (mf)

Langona tartarica Wesołowska, 1996: 30, f. 17A-C, 18A-C (mf)

Langona tartarica Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 122, f. 25-36 (mf)

Aelurillus tartaricus Hu, 2001: 373, f. 231.1-3 (mf)

Langona tartarica Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 224, f. 99-102 (f)

Langona tartarica Peng, 2020: 203, f. 137a-d (mf)

Langona tigrina (Simon, 1886) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034205

Aelurillus tigrinus Simon, 1886c: 456, pl. 10, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Langona tigrina Simon, 1901a: 665

Langona tigrina Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 228, f. 17, 32, 39 (f)

Langona tigrina Caleb, 2020b: 15736, f. 18A-I, 28J (Dm, f)

Aelurillus tigrinus Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)

Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011 | | Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044509

Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011b: 330, f. 56-60 (Dmf) Original description

Langona trifoveolata (Lessert, 1927) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034206

Phlegra trifoveolata Lessert, 1927: 439, f. 21 (Df) Original description

Langona trifoveolata Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983: 211, f. 15, 27, 40 (Tf from Phlegra)

Phlegra trifoveolata Logunov & Azarkina, 2006: 743, f. 76-78 (f)

Langona ukualuthensis Lawrence, 1927 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034207

Langona ukualuthensis Lawrence, 1927: 61, pl. 2, f. 47 (Df) Original description

Langona vitiosa Wesołowska, 2006 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040837

Langona vitiosa Wesołowska, 2006b: 239, f. 58-62 (Dm) Original description

Langona warchalowskii Wesołowska, 2007 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041308

Langona warchalowskii Wesołowska, 2007b: 784, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Langona warchalowskii Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 85, f. 68-69, 94-97 (mf)

Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044145

Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011: 84, f. 35-39, 101 (Dm) Original description

Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska, 2011b: 332, f. 61-64 (m)