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.

In synonymy:

Parkella Chickering, 1946 = Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Edwards, 2006: 195)

Gen. Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03070

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Fuentes G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 by Barnes, 1958: 29; considered a senior synonym of Parkella Chickering, 1946 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03136] (type P. venusta Chickering, 1946) by Edwards, 2006: 195.

Transferred to other genera:

Metacyrba arizonensis Barnes, 1958 -- see Platycryptus

Metacyrba californica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) -- see Platycryptus

Metacyrba nigrosecta (Mello-Leitão, 1945) -- see Balmaceda

Metacyrba undata (De Geer, 1778) -- see Platycryptus

In synonymy:

Metacyrba franganilloi (Caporiacco, 1955) = Metacyrba venusta Chickering, 1946 (Edwards, 2006: 207)

Metacyrba fusca (Chickering, 1946) = Metacyrba venusta Chickering, 1946 (Edwards, 2006: 207)

Metacyrba alberti Cala-Riquelme, 2017 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049475

Metacyrba alberti Cala-Riquelme, 2017: 248, f. 1-20 (Dmf) Original description

Metacyrba floridana Gertsch, 1934 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034609

Metacyrba floridana Gertsch, 1934d: 19 (Df) Original description

Metacyrba floridana Barnes, 1958: 33, f. 52-53 (Tf from Fuentes per Roewer, Dm)

Metacyrba floridana Edwards, 2006: 197, f. 1-12, 34, 98 (mf)

Metacyrba insularis (Banks, 1902) | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034610

Cyrba insularis Banks, 1902c: 66 (Df) Original description

Metacyrba insularis Banks, 1930b: 278, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Metacyrba insularis Edwards, 2006: 198, f. 13-24, 100 (mf)

Metacyrba pictipes Banks, 1903 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034612

Metacyrba pictipes Banks, 1903: 343, pl. 15, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Metacyrba pictipes Bryant, 1943b: 489, pl. 5, f. 49 (m)

Metacyrba pictipes Edwards, 2006: 199, f. 25-33, 101 (m, Df)

Metacyrba punctata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | USA to Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034613

Balmaceda punctata Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 102, pl. 8, f. 8 (Dmf) Original description

Balmaceda punctata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 297, pl. 29, f. 2-3 (mf)

Fuentes punctatus Banks, 1929: 63

Breda punctata Chickering, 1946: 44

Metacyrba punctata Barnes, 1958: 35, f. 54 (Tmf from Breda)

Metacyrba punctata Edwards, 2006: 199, f. 35-46, 97 (mf)

Metacyrba punctata Bedoya-Róqueme & Nadal, 2019: 80, f. 1a-b, 2a-b (f)

Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034614

Attus taeniola Hentz, 1846: 353, pl. 21, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Attus taeniola van Hasselt, 1887b: 242 (Dm)

Cyrba taeniola Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 75, pl. 5, f. 56, pl. 6, f. 56 (mf)

Metacyrba taeniola F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 252, pl. 22, f. 9-10 (mf)

Cyrba taeniola Emerton, 1902: 63, f. 159-160 (f)

Fuentes taeniola Simon, 1903a: 846, f. 1000 (m)

Metacyrba taeniola Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 486, pl. 39, f. 5, pl. 40, f. 4 (mf)

Metacyrba taeniola Levi & Field, 1954: 462, f. 96, 98 (mf)

Metacyrba taeniola Barnes, 1958: 30, f. 47-51 (Tmf from Fuentes)

Metacyrba taeniola Edwards, 2006: 203, f. 68-78, 99 (mf)

Metacyrba taeniola Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 7O, 10H-I (mf)

Metacyrba taeniola similis Banks, 1904 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039431

Metacyrba similis Banks, 1904b: 360, pl. 38, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Metacyrba taeniola similis Edwards, 2006: 201, f. 47-67 (removed m from S, placed as subspecies, Df)

Metacyrba venusta (Chickering, 1946) | | Mexico to Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035201

Parkella venusta Chickering, 1946: 49, f. 27-30 (Dm) Original description

Parkella fusca Chickering, 1946: 51, f. 31-32 (Df)

Dendryphantes franganilloi Caporiacco, 1955: 441, f. 79 (Df)

Metacyrba franganilloi Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005b: 754, f. 5-6 (Tf from Dendryphantes)

Metacyrba venusta Edwards, 2006: 207, f. 79-96, 102 (m, Sf)

Metacyrba venusta Bedoya-Róqueme & Nadal, 2019: 81, f. 1c-d, 2c-d (f)