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. Naphrys Edwards, 2003 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03540

type Habrocestum acerbum Peckham & Peckham, 1909; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Naphrys offuscata (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Aphirape) = Naphrys pulex (Hentz, 1846) (Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 67, sub Saitis)

Naphrys x-notata (Keyserling, 1885) = Naphrys pulex (Hentz, 1846) (Emerton, 1891: 246, sub Saitis)

Naphrys acerba (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033550 TYPE SPECIES

Habrocestum acerbum Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 522, pl. 44, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum acerbum Prószyński, 1976: 151, f. 114, 150 (mf)

Habrocestum acerbum Richman, 1981: 202, f. 3, 12-15 (mf)

Naphrys acerba Edwards, 2003a: 69, f. 5-8 (mf, T from Habrocestum)

Naphrys acerba Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36N (mf)

Naphrys acerba Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025: 18, f. 4A-H, 5A-F, 21A, E, I, M (mf)

Naphrys bufoides (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033557

Habrocestum bufoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 196, f. 214-215 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum bufoides Prószyński, 1976: 150, f. 104 (m)

Habrocestum bufoides Richman, 1981: 204, f. 5, 20-23 (mf)

Naphrys bufoides Edwards, 2003a: 69 (T from Habrocestum)

Naphrys echeri Maldonado-Carrizales, Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez-Jiménez & Ponce-Saavedra, 2025 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063779

Naphrys echeri Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025: 18, f. 7A-H, 8A-F, 9A-D, 10A-E, 21B, F, J, N (Dmf) Original description

Naphrys pulex (Hentz, 1846) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033579

Attus pulex Hentz, 1846: 361, pl. 22, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Euophrys offuscata C. L. Koch, 1846: 218, f. 1263 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063782]

Aphirape obfuscata C. L. Koch, 1850: 67 (lapsus, probably intended a correction, but there is no note)

Amphirape obfuscata Simon, 1864: 314 (lapsus)

Cyrba pulex Keyserling, 1885: 509, pl. 13, f. 15 (Dm)

Saitis x-notata Keyserling, 1885: 510, pl. 13, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063783]

Saitis pulex Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 67, pl. 1, f. 50, pl. 5, f. 50 (mf, S of Aphirape offuscata)

Saitis pulex Emerton, 1891: 246, pl. 20, f. 7 (mf, S of Saitis x-notata)

Saitis pulex Emerton, 1902: 43, f. 120-121 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 525, pl. 42, f. 11, pl. 43, f. 1 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Muma, 1943: 126, pl XV, f. 9 (f)

Habrocestum pulex Chickering, 1944: 149, f. 12-16 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Kaston, 1948: 461, f. 1675-1682 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Prószyński, 1976: 151, f. 115, 151 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Oehler, 1980: 10, f. 79-86 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Richman, 1981: 200, f. 2, 8-11 (mf)

Habrocestum pulex Prószyński, 1987: 13 (m, 'apparently Euophrys')

Habrocestum pulex Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 195, f. 2175-2177 (mf)

Naphrys pulex Edwards, 2003a: 69 (T from Habrocestum)

Naphrys pulex Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 52, f. 138-142, 730-731 (mf)

Naphrys tecoxquin Maldonado-Carrizales, Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez-Jiménez & Ponce-Saavedra, 2025 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063780

Naphrys tecoxquin Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025: 24, f. 12A-H, 13A-F, 14A-D, 15A-C, 21C, G, K, O (Dmf) Original description

Naphrys tuuca Maldonado-Carrizales, Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez-Jiménez & Ponce-Saavedra, 2025 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063781

Naphrys tuuca Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025: 31, f. 16C-E, 17A-H, 18A-F, 19A-D, 20A-C, 21D, H, L, P (Dmf) Original description

Naphrys xerophila (Richman, 1981) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033593

Habrocestum xerophilum Richman, 1981: 203, f. 4, 16-19 (Dmf) Original description

Naphrys xerophila Edwards, 2003a: 69 (Tmf from Habrocestum)