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. Mexigonus Edwards, 2003 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03541

In synonymy:

Mexigonus albidus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Sidusa) = Mexigonus minutus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101, sub Tylogonus)

Mexigonus belli (Gertsch, 1935, T from Habrocestum) = Mexigonus arizonensis Banks, 1904 (Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101, sub Tylogonus)

Mexigonus claremonti (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909, T from Sitticus) = Mexigonus morosus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 (Edwards, 1980: 12, sub Tylogonus)

Mexigonus inscriptum (Schenkel, 1951, T from Habrocestum) = Mexigonus morosus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888 (Richman, 1981: 197, sub Tylogonus)

Mexigonus arizonensis (Banks, 1904) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036701

Sidusa arizonensis Banks, 1904a: 116, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Habrocestum belli Gertsch, 1935a: 30, f. 38-39 (Dm)

Tylogonus arizonensis Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101 (Tf from Sidusa, Sm)

Tylogonus arizonensis Richman, 1981: 197, f. 1 (m)

Mexigonus arizonensis Edwards, 2003a: 70 (Tmf from Tylogonus)

Mexigonus arizonensis Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 59, f. 250-256 (mf)

Mexigonus dentichelis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036705

Sidusa dentichelis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 212, pl. 15, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Tylogonus dentichelis Simon, 1903a: 790, 801

Mexigonus dentichelis Edwards, 2003a: 70 (Tm from Tylogonus)

Mexigonus minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036707

Sidusa minuta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 212, pl. 15, f. 14 (Dm) Original description

Sidusa albida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 213, pl. 16, f. 9 (Df)

Tylogonus minutus Simon, 1903a: 790

Tylogonus minutus Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101 (Sf)

Mexigonus minutus Edwards, 2003a: 70, f. 9-12 (Tmf from Tylogonus)

Mexigonus minutus Gómez-Rodríguez & Salazar, 2012: 3, f. II.5 (m)

Mexigonus morosus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036708

Astia morosa Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 71, pl. 1, f. 53, pl. 5, f. 53 (Dmf) Original description

Sidusa morosa Banks, 1904a: 116

Sittacus claremonti Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 518, pl. 43, f. 4, pl. 44, f. 3 (Df)

Habrocestum morosum Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 523, pl. 43, f. 2, pl. 44, f. 2 (mf)

Sitticus claremonti Petrunkevitch, 1911: 709

Habrocestum inscriptum Schenkel, 1951: 40, f. 43 (Dmf)

Habrocestum morosum Prószyński, 1976: 150, f. 106 (m)

Sitticus claremonticus Prószyński, 1976: 152, f. 152 (f)

Tylogonus morosus Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101 (Tmf from Habrocestum)

Tylogonus morosus Edwards, 1980: 12 (S)

Tylogonus morosus Richman, 1981: 197 (S)

Mexigonus morosus Edwards, 2003a: 70 (Tmf from Tylogonus)

Mexigonus morosus Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36O (mf)

Mexigonus peninsulanus (Banks, 1898) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036258

Attus peninsulanus Banks, 1898b: 285, pl. 17, f. 16 (Dm) Original description

Sitticus peninsulanus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 709

Mexigonus peninsulanus W. Maddison in Maddison et al., 2020a: 38 (T from Sitticus)