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.

Gen. Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03027

type Salticus formicaeformis Lucas, 1849; gender masculine; syn. of Leptorchestes berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846)

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 (Wesolowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 220, contra Prószyński, 1984a: 75: synonymy by transfer of the type species).

Transferred to other genera:

Leptorchestes ludibundus Simon, 1875 -- see Synageles

Leptorchestes reimoseri Lessert, 1927 -- see Kima

Leptorchestes todillus (Simon, 1868) -- see Synageles

In synonymy:

Leptorchestes chrysopogon Simon, 1876 = Leptorchestes mutilloides (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1937: 1246)

Leptorchestes formicaeformis (Lucas, 1849) = Leptorchestes berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Simon, 1876a: 12)

Leptorchestes halogena Metzner, 1999 = Leptorchestes mutilloides (Lucas, 1846) (Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 233)

Leptorchestes myrmecinus (Rossi, 1846, T from Salticus) = Leptorchestes berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Reimoser, 1919: 97)

Nomina dubia:

Leptorchestes cinctus (Dugès, 1836a: 163, France, originally in Salticus) -- Bonnet, 1957: 2399

Leptorchestes semirufus Simon, 1901g: 74 (j, Ecuador) -- Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 238

Leptorchestes algerinus Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038255

Leptorchestes algerinus Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 229, f. 45-47 (Dm) Original description

Leptorchestes algerinus Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 185, f. 6D (m)

Leptorchestes berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Europe to Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034231 TYPE SPECIES

Salticus berolinensis C. L. Koch, 1846: 34, f. 1103-1104 (Dmf) Original description

Attus myrmecinus Rossi, 1846: 15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064363]

Salticus formicaeformis Lucas, 1849a: 52 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057498]

Salticus formicaeformis Lucas, 1850b: 495, pl. 9, f. 1, 3 (f)

Salticus formicaeformis Simon, 1868b: 708, pl. 7, f. 14 (f, Dm)

Leptorchestes formicaeformis Thorell, 1870b: 210

Leptorchestes berolinensis Simon, 1876a: 12 (T from Salticus, S of Leptorchestes formicaeformis)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Becker, 1882b: 9, pl. 4, f. 12 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Simon, 1901a: 526, f. 627-631

Leptorchestes berolinensis Reimoser, 1919: 97 (S of Salticus myrmecinus)

Leptorchestes cinctus Dahl & Dahl, 1926: 33 (misidentified per Bonnet, 1957: 2398)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Simon, 1937: 1152, 1246, f. 1786, 1788 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Wiehle, 1967a: 21, f. 91-98 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Miller, 1971: 131, pl. XVIII, f. 26-27 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Flanczewska, 1981: 211, f. 65 (m)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 508, f. 1357 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Roberts, 1995: 205, f. (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Fuhn & Gherasim, 1995: 255, f. 118A-H (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Wesołowska, 1996: 32, f. 19A-D (f)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Żabka, 1997: 61, f. 182-188 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Roberts, 1998: 220, f. (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Metzner, 1999: 36, f. 2d-e (f; m f. 2a-c see Leptorchestes sikorskii)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 230, f. 48-60 (mf)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Stankovic, 2012: 39, f. 3a-b (m)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Bosselaers, 2018b: 28, f. 31, photo 212 (f)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Daws, 2022: 7, f. 1-4 (f)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Seropian et al., 2023: 274, f. 100 (m)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 185, f. 6A, 7A (mf)

Leptorchestes elisae Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025 | | Italy (Sicily) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066333

Leptorchestes elisae Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 179, f. 1A-D, 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-C, 6F, 7E (Dmf) Original description

Leptorchestes mutilloides (Lucas, 1846) | | Southern Europe, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034233

Salticus mutilloides Lucas, 1846: 185, pl. 10, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Leptorchestes mutilloides Simon, 1871a: 354

Leptorchestes chrysopogon Simon, 1876a: 11 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057480]

Leptorchestes chrysopogon Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 48, pl. 4, f. 5 (Df)

Leptorchestes mutilloides Simon, 1937: 1152, 1153, 1246, f. 1787, 1789 (mf, S of Leptorchestes chrysopogon)

Leptorchestes halogena Metzner, 1999: 38, f. 4a-d (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034232]

Leptorchestes mutilloides Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 233, f. 61-66 (m, S of Leptorchestes halogena)

Leptorchestes mutilloides Logunov, 2004b: 272, f. 3-4 (f)

Leptorchestes mutilloides Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 185, f. 6B, 7B (mf)

Leptorchestes peresi (Simon, 1868) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034234

Salticus peresii Simon, 1868b: 709 (Dm) Original description

Leptorchestes peresi Simon, 1871a: 354

Leptorchestes peresi Prószyński, 1987: 61 (m)

Leptorchestes mutilloides Metzner, 1999: 37, f. 3a-h (mf; misidentified per Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 233)

Leptorchestes peresi Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 233, f. 67-78 (m, Df)

Leptorchestes peresi Bosselaers, 2018b: 28, f. 32-34, photo 213 (mf)

Leptorchestes peresi Coşar & Danışman, 2021b: 99, f. 3a-h, 4a-e, 5a-b (mf)

Leptorchestes peresi Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 185, f. 6C, 7C (mf)

Leptorchestes separatus Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038256

Leptorchestes separatus Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 235, f. 79-83 (Dmf) Original description

Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2000 | | Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034237

Leptorchestes berolinensis Prószyński, 1992a: 98, f. 41-43 (m; misidentified per Prószyński, 2000: 246)

Leptorchestes berolinensis Metzner, 1999: 36, f. 2a-c (m; misidentified per Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 237)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2000: 246, f. 57-61 (Dmf) Original description

Leptorchestes sikorskii Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 237, f. 84-89 (mf)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2003: 84, f;. 325-329 (mf)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Coşar, Danişman & Yıldıran, 2014: 87, f. 4A-C, 5A-B (m)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2017b: 114, f. 50J-M (mf)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Naumova, Blagoev & Deltshev, 2021: 246, f. 18A-B (m)

Leptorchestes sikorskii Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 185, f. 6E, 7D (mf)