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. Meleon Wanless, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03066

In synonymy:

Meleon cazomboensis (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon kenti Lessert, 1925 (Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 39, sub Portia)

Meleon falcifera (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon solitaria Lessert, 1927 (Wijesinghe, 1994: 60)

Meleon oreophila (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon madagascarensis Wanless, 1978 (Wijesinghe, 1994: 59)

Meleon guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1941) | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034517

Linus guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 399, f. 92 (Df) Original description

Portia guineensis Roewer, 1965: 14, f. 12 (f, T from Linus)

Meleon solitaria Wanless, 1984a: 187, f. 26A-G (m; misidentified per Wijesinghe, 1994: 59)

Meleon guineensis Wijesinghe, 1994: 59, f. 1-3, 7 (f, removed from S of M. solitaria, contra Wanless, 1978f: 91, sub Portia)

Meleon guineensis Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 171, f. 28-36, 38, 39 (mf)

Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041772

Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 100, f. 11-13, 17-28 (Dmf; N.B.: specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Meleon kenti (Lessert, 1925) | | Angola, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034518

Portia kenti Lessert, 1925b: 339, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Portia kenti Roewer, 1965: 11, f. 10 (m)

Portia cazomboensis Wanless, 1978f: 90, f. 2A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058146]

Portia kenti Wanless, 1978f: 111, f. 14A, C-D, 15A (m)

Portia kenti Wanless in Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 39 (S of Portia cazomboensis)

Meleon kenti Wanless, 1984a: 187, f. 34C-E, 36E (mf, T from Portia)

Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034519

Portia madagascarensis Wanless, 1978f: 114, f. 16A-D (Dm) Original description

Portia oreophila Wanless, 1978f: 116, f. 17A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058148]

Meleon madagascarensis Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia)

Meleon oreophila Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia)

Meleon madagascarensis Wijesinghe, 1994: 59 (S of Meleon madagascarensis)

Meleon madagascarensis Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 100, f. 14-16 (m)

Meleon madagascarensis Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 173, f. 40-47, 53-56 (m)

Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041773

Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 102, f. 29-35 (Dm) Original description

Meleon raharizonina Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 177, f. 37, 48-51 (Df)

Meleon russata (Simon, 1900) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034520

Portia russata Simon, 1900b: 381 (Df) Original description

Portia russata Wanless, 1978f: 97, f. 6A-D (f)

Meleon russata Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia)

Meleon russata Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 177, f. 26-27, 57-69 (f, Dm)

Meleon solitaria (Lessert, 1927) | | West, Central, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034521

Portia solitaria Lessert, 1927: 425, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Portia solitaria Roewer, 1965: 13, f. 13 (f)

Portia solitaria Wanless, 1978f: 91, f. 3A-F (f, S of Portia guineensis; rejected by Wijesinghe, 1994: 59)

Portia falcifera Wanless, 1978f: 111, f. 14B, E-F, 15B-D (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058147]

Meleon solitaria Wanless, 1984a: 187 (T from Portia; m f. 26A-G see Meleon guineensis)

Meleon falcifera Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia)

Meleon solitaria Wijesinghe, 1994: 60, f. 4-6, 8 (f, S of Meleon falcifera)

Meleon solitaria Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 751, f. 63-65 (m)

Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041774

Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 103, f. 36-40 (Df) Original description