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, 2015Maddison 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. Parnaenus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03137
type Phidippus cyanidens C. L. Koch, 1846; gender masculine
N.B.: usually considered a synonym of Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 (e.g. Roewer, 1955c: 1618), revalidated as subgenus of that genus by Kraus, 1955b: 76, as separate genus by Prószyński, 1971e: 446 and Brignoli, 1983c: 648.

Transferred to other genera:

Parnaenus chrysis (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Paraphidippus

Parnaenus convexus Chickering, 1946 -- see Bryantella

Parnaenus crassidens (Kraus, 1955) -- see Metaphidippus

Parnaenus fimbriatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 -- see Metaphidippus

Parnaenus fraternus (Banks, 1898) -- see Paraphidippus

Parnaenus griseus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 -- see Phidippus

Parnaenus iris (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Paraphidippus

Parnaenus multicolor (Hentz, 1845) -- see Paraphidippus

In synonymy:

Parnaenus poecilopus (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Sassacus) = Parnaenus cyanidens (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Scioscia, 1997: 40)

Parnaenus recurvus Chickering, 1946 = Parnaenus cyanidens (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Scioscia, 1997: 40)

Parnaenus cuspidatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 | | Guatemala, El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035202
Parnaenus cuspidatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 288, pl. 27, f. 14 (Dm) Original description
Dendryphantes cuspidatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 628
Dendryphantes cuspidatus Kraus, 1955b: 76, f. 219, text-f. 4 (m, T from Lurio)
Lurio cuspidatus Roewer, 1955c: 1223
Parnaenus cuspidatus Prószyński, 1971e: 446 (T from Dendryphantes)
Parnaenus cuspidatus Scioscia, 1997: 38, f. 1-5 (m)
Parnaenus cyanidens (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Guatemala, Panama, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035203 TYPE SPECIES
Phidippus cyanidens C. L. Koch, 1846: 156, f. 1211 (Dm) Original description
Parnaenus cyanidens Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 38, pl. 3, f. 2, 9 (m, Df)
Parnaenus cyanidens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 288, pl. 27, f. 12-13 (mf)
Dendryphantes cyanidens Simon, 1901a: 618, f. 746 (m)
Parnaeus cyanidens Crane, 1945: 38, f. 4H-M (mf)
Parnaenus recurvus Chickering, 1946: 340, f. 298-303 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058141]
Sassacus poecilopus Caporiacco, 1947a: 33 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058140]
Sassacus poecilopus Caporiacco, 1948a: 727, f. 159 (f)
Dendryphantes recurvus Roewer, 1955c: 1199
Dendryphantes cyanidens Roewer, 1955c: 1193
Parnaenus cyanidens Prószyński, 1971e: 446 (T from Dendryphantes)
Parnaenus recurvus Prószyński, 1971e: 446 (T from Dendryphantes)
Parnaenus recurvus Maddison, 1996: 332, f. 55 (m)
Parnaenus cyanidens Scioscia, 1997: 39, f. 6-19 (mf, S of Parnaenus recurvus and Sassacus poecilopus)
Parnaenus metallicus (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035204
Phidippus metallicus C. L. Koch, 1846: 151, f. 1207 (Dm) Original description
Dendryphantes metallicus Simon, 1901a: 625
Phidippus metallicus Prószyński, 1971e: 455 (T from Dendryphantes)
Parnaenus metallicus Scioscia, 1997: 44, f. 20-30 (m, Df, T from Phidippus)
Parnaenus metallicus Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 42P (mf)

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