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:

Tariona Simon, 1902 = Mopiopia Simon, 1902 (Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20)

Gen. Mopiopia Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03082

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Tariona Simon, 1902d: 383 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03257] (type T. gounellei Simon, 1902) by Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20.

Mopiopia albibarbis (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036119

Semora albibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 31, pl. 1, f. 5-6 (Dm) Original description

Tariona albibarbis Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 27, f. 37-39 (m, T from Semora)

Mopiopia albibarbis Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20 (T from Tariona)

Mopiopia bruneti (Simon, 1903) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036466

Tariona bruneti Simon, 1903a: 789 (Dm) Original description

Tariona bruneti Galiano, 1963a: 452, pl. XXXIX, f. 4-6 (m)

Tariona bruneti Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 179 (m)

Mopiopia bruneti Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20, f. 169-172 (m, T from Tariona)

Mopiopia comatula Simon, 1902 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034712

Mopiopia comatula Simon, 1902d: 375 (Dmf, spelled comatala in heading, this way in generic description and later references by Simon) Original description

Mopiopia comatula Galiano, 1963a: 397, pl. XXVIII, f. 3-6 (mf)

Mopiopia comatula Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 178, 206 (mf)

Mopiopia comatula Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36R (mf)

Mopiopia gounellei (Simon, 1902) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036467

Tariona gounellei Simon, 1902d: 383 (Dm) Original description

Tariona gounellei Galiano, 1963a: 454, pl. XXXIX, f. 7-10 (m)

Tariona gounellei Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 177 (m)

Mopiopia gounellei Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20 (T from Tariona)

Mopiopia labyrinthea (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035966

Saitis labyrintheus Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 301, pl. 42, f. 49, 51 (Dmf) Original description

Mopiopia labyrinthea Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 25, f. 31-34, 56-57 (Tmf from Saitis)

Mopiopia maculata (Franganillo, 1930) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036468

Tariona maculata Franganillo, 1930: 39 (Df) Original description

Mopiopia maculata Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20 (T from Tariona)

Mopiopia mutica (Simon, 1903) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036469

Tariona mutica Simon, 1903a: 789 (Dm) Original description

Tariona mutica Galiano, 1963a: 455, pl. XXXIX, f. 1-3 (m)

Tariona mutica Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 193 (m)

Mopiopia mutica Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 20 (T from Tariona)

Mopiopia tristis (Mello-Leitão, 1947) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035985

Saitis tristis Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 302, pl. 42, f. 52 (Dm) Original description

Mopiopia tristis Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 26, f. 35-36, 58 (m, T from Saitis)