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.

In synonymy:

Cyrene G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Nycerella Galiano, 1982 (Galiano, 1982b: 54, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03099

type Cyrene decorata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Cyrene G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894b: 698 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05218], preoccupied in Bivalvia by Lamarck, 1818, in Pisces by Heckel, 1843 and in Hemiptera by Westwood, 1843; Cyrene was removed from the synonymy of Phiale C. L. Koch, 1846 by Galiano, 1982b: 54 (contra Simon, 1903a: 707).

In synonymy:

Nycerella albomaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1939, T from Ilargus) = Nycerella aprica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella bristowei (Caporiacco, 1948, T from Phiale) = Nycerella aprica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella curvispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Freya) = Nycerella sanguinea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Galiano, 1982b: 60)

Nycerella emarginata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Freya) = Nycerella sanguinea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Edwards, 2015: 47)

Nycerella interrupta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Phiale) = Nycerella delecta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Galiano, 1982b: 58)

Nycerella panamae (Chamberlin, 1916, T from Phiale) = Nycerella decorata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella pseudaprica (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Phiale) = Nycerella aprica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella sanguinea paradoxa (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) = Nycerella sanguinea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) (Edwards, 2015: 47)

Nycerella aprica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035016

Cyrene aprica Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 66, pl. 6, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrene aprica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 239, pl. 20, f. 12-13 (mf)

Ilargus albomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 86, f. 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063711]

Phiale pseudaprica Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063716]

Phiale bristowei Caporiacco, 1948a: 709, f. 135 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063712]

Nycerella aprica Galiano, 1982b: 56, f. 1-3, 27-28, 43-44 (mf, T from Phiale, S of Ilargus albomaculatus, Phiale bristowei and P. pseudaprica)

Nycerella aprica Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025: 3, f. 1-8 (mf)

Nycerella decorata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Panama, Colombia, St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035017 TYPE SPECIES

Cyrene decorata Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 698, pl. 62, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Phiale decorata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 690

Phiale panamae Chamberlin, 1916: 298, pl. 25, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063715]

Phiale panamense Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 82 (lapsus)

Phiale panamae Chickering, 1946: 239, f. 199-200 (m)

Nycerella decorata Galiano, 1982b: 56, f. 9-12, 25-26, 33-35 (mf, T from Phiale, S of Phiale panamae)

Nycerella decorata Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 19A-B, 37K-P (mf)

Nycerella decorata Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4K (m)

Nycerella delecta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035018

Cyrene delecta Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 68, pl. 6, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrene delecta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 238, pl. 20, f. 10-11 (mf)

Cyrene interrupta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 239, pl. 20, f. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063714]

Phiale delecta Simon, 1903a: 702

Phiale interrupta Simon, 1903a: 702

Phiale delecta Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 236, f. 149 (f)

Phiale delecta Chickering, 1946: 212, f. 178 (mf)

Phiale interrupta Chickering, 1946: 219, f. 184-186 (f, Dm)

Nycerella delecta Galiano, 1982b: 58, f. 18-19, 29-30, 38-41 (mf, T from Phiale, S of Phiale interrupta)

Nycerella donaldi (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035019

Phiale donaldi Chickering, 1946: 212, f. 179-180 (Dm) Original description

Nycerella donaldi Galiano, 1982b: 58, f. 7-8, 42 (m, T from Phiale)

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035020

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982b: 60, f. 4-6, 46 (Dm) Original description

Nycerella melanopygia Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025: 6, f. 9-17 (m, Df)

Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982 | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035021

Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982b: 62, f. 15-17, 23-24, 36-37 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella neglecta Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 19C-M (mf; N.B.: Panamanian females may belong to N. donaldi)

Nycerella sanguinea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Guatemala, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035022

Heraclea sanguinea Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 78 (Dm) Original description

Heraclea sanguinea paradoxa Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 79 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035023]

Cyrene emarginata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 235, pl. 19, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033474]

Cyrene sanguinea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 230

Cyrene curvispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 231, pl. 19, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063713]

Freya emarginata Simon, 1903a: 730

Freya sanguinea Simon, 1903a: 730

Freya curvispina Simon, 1903a: 730

Nycerella sanguinea Galiano, 1982b: 60, f. 13-14 (m, T from Freya, S of Freya curvispina)

Nycerella sanguinea Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 20A-N, 28F (mf, S of Freya emarginata and Nycerella sanguinea paradoxa)

Nycerella vestita (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru, Galapagos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033353

Euophrys vestitus Taczanowski, 1878a: 293 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella vestita Edwards & Baert, 2018: 23, f. 14A-J, 15A-B (mf, T from Euophrys)

Nycerella vestita Baert et al., 2023: 25, f. 86A-B (m)

Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035024

Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982b: 62, f. 20-22, 31-32, 45 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella volucripes Prószyński, 2018a: 26, f. 5D (m)

Nycerella volucripes Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025: 11, f. 18-24 (mf)