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:

Allohyllus Strand, 1911 = Omoedus Thorell, 1881 (Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 26, by transfer of the type species)

Gen. Omoedus Thorell, 1881 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03103

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Allohyllus Strand, 1911d: 185 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05618] (type A. sexualis Strand, 1911) by Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 26 (by transfer of the type species), rejecting Heciak & Prószyński, 1984b: 411 (junior synonym of Margaromma Keyserling, 1882); considered a senior synonym of Zenodorus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Pystira Simon, 1901 by Zhang & Maddison, 2012b: 21, both rejected by Prószyński, 2017b: 76; newly recorded from Australia by Davies & Żabka, 1989: 230, pl. 34.

Transferred to other genera:

Omoedus albertisi (Thorell, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus arcipluvii (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus asper (Karsch, 1878) -- see Cytaea

Omoedus brevis Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus cyanothorax (Thorell, 1881) -- see Pystira

Omoedus danae (Hogg, 1915) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus darleyorum Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus durvillei (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus ephippiger (Simon, 1885) -- see Pystira

Omoedus formosus (Rainbow, 1899) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus jucundus (Rainbow, 1912) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus juliae (Thorell, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus karschi (Thorell, 1881) -- see Pystira

Omoedus lepidus (Guérin, 1834) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus marginatus (Simon, 1902) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus metallescens (L. Koch, 1879) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus meyeri Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus microphthalmus (L. Koch, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus niger (Karsch, 1878) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus nigripalpis (Thorell, 1877) -- see Pystira

Omoedus obscurofemoratus (Keyserling, 1883) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus omundseni Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus orbiculatus (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus papuanus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus ponapensis (Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus pupulus (Thorell, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus pusillus (Strand, 1913) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus rhodopae (Hogg, 1915) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus semirasus (Keyserling, 1882) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus senex (Simon, 1885) -- see Cytaea

Omoedus swiftorum Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus syrinx (Hogg, 1915) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus tortuosus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus variatus (Pocock, 1899) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus varicans (Thorell, 1881) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus versicolor (Dyal, 1935) -- see Pystira

Omoedus wangillus (Strand, 1911) -- see Zenodorus

Omoedus baloghi Szűts, Zhang, Gallé-Szpisjak & De Bakker, 2020 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052571

Omoedus baloghi Szűts et al., 2020: 544, f. 87-95 (Dm) Original description

Omoedus bunbi Szűts, Zhang, Gallé-Szpisjak & De Bakker, 2020 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052570

Omoedus bunbi Szűts et al., 2020: 542, f. 75-86 (Dmf) Original description

Omoedus cordatus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035042

Omoedus cordatus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996: 242, f. 103-105 (Df) Original description

Omoedus danyii Szűts, Zhang, Gallé-Szpisjak & De Bakker, 2020 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052568

Omoedus danyii Szűts et al., 2020: 541, f. 61-62, 66, 68-70 (Dm) Original description

Omoedus insultans (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034441

Maevia insultans Thorell, 1881: 484 (Dm) Original description

Cosmophasis insultans Prószyński, 1984a: 20 (f)

Margaromma insultans Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984b: 411, f. 2, 5, 10 (Tmf from Cosmophasis)

Omoedus insultans Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 26 (Tmf from Margaromma)

Omoedus koehalmii Szűts, Zhang, Gallé-Szpisjak & De Bakker, 2020 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052569

Omoedus koehalmii Szűts et al., 2020: 542, f. 63-65, 67, 71-74 (Dm) Original description

Omoedus kulczynskii Prószyński, 1971 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035043

Omoedus kulczynskii Prószyński, 1971a: 177, f. 43-44 (Df) Original description

Omoedus kulczynskii Prószyński, 2017b: 8, f. 1B.F12 (f)

Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035044

Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881: 669 (Df) Original description

Omoedus niger Prószyński, 1971a: 172, f. 28-33 (f)

Omoedus niger Prószyński, 2017b: 76, f. 1B.A, 1B.F9, 38G (mf)

Omoedus piceus Simon, 1902 | | Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035045

Omoedus piceus Simon, 1901a: 644, f. 762-764 (m, nomen nudum)

Omoedus piceus Simon, 1902d: 35 (Dmf) Original description

Omoedus piceus Prószyński, 1971a: 173, f. 34-42 (mf)

Omoedus cf. piceus Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 66, f. 339-342, 800 (m)

Omoedus piceus Prószyński, 2017b: 8, f. 1B.F11, 1B.F13, 39M (f)

Omoedus sexualis (Strand, 1911) | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034446

Allohyllus sexualis Strand, 1911d: 185, pl. 6, f. 83 (Dm) Original description

Margaromma sexualis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984b: 411, f. 1, 4, 7-9 (m)

Omoedus sexualis Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 26 (Tm from Margaromma)

Omoedus torquatus (Simon, 1902) | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034449

Margaromma torquata Simon, 1902d: 36 (Dm) Original description

Margaromma torquata Prószyński, 1984a: 81 (m)

Omoedus torquatus Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 26 (Tm from Margaromma)