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.

Gen. Platycryptus Hill, 1979 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03160

In synonymy:

Platycryptus aureocomosus (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Naubolus) = Platycryptus magnus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Galiano, 1981a: 11, sub Marpissa broadwayi)

Platycryptus broadwayi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) = Platycryptus magnus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Edwards, 2006: 210)

Platycryptus delus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936, T from Menemerus) = Platycryptus magnus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Chickering, 1946: 44, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus arizonensis (Barnes, 1958) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034608

Metacyrba arizonensis Barnes, 1958: 42, f. 59-60, 63 (Dmf) Original description

Platycryptus arizonensis Edwards, 2006: 209, f. 103-104 (m, T from Metacyrba)

Platycryptus californicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035633

Marptusa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 81, pl. 1, f. 61, pl. 5, f. 61, pl. 6, f. 61 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 482, pl. 39, f. 2, pl. 40, f. 2 (mf, S of Marpissa melanura and M. minor; M. melanura revalidated by Edwards, 2006: 210 and M. minor by Kraus, 1955b: 77)

Metacyrba californica Barnes, 1958: 39, f. 57-58, 61, 64, 68 (mf, T from Marpissa)

Platycryptus californica Hill, 1979: 215 (T from Metacyrba)

Platycryptus californicus Edwards, 2006: 209, f. 105-106 (m)

Platycryptus magnus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Mexico to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034473

Marptusa magna Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 87, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Marptusa broadwayi Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 89, pl. 8, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034458]

Marpissa magna F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 3-4 (f)

Marpissa broadwayi Simon, 1901a: 603

Menemerus delus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 30, pl. 8, f. 63 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060519]

Naubolus aureocomosus Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 264 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060518]

Marpissa magna Chickering, 1946: 44, f. 23-26 (Dm, f, S of Menemerus delus)

Marpissa broadwayi Galiano, 1981a: 11 (S of Naubolus aureocomosus)

Platycryptus broadwayi Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 23, f. 19-20, 51 (mf, T from Marpissa)

Platycryptus magnus Edwards, 2006: 210, f. 109-114 (mf, T from Marpissa, S of Platycryptus broadwayi)

Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) | | North America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035634

Aranea undata De Geer, 1778: 320, pl. 39, f. 8 (D) Original description

Aranea lurida Olivier, 1789: 22 (D)

Attus cunctator Walckenaer, 1837: 433 (Df)

Attus milberti Walckenaer, 1837: 433 (Df)

Attus undatus Walckenaer, 1837: 463 (Df)

Attus lentus Walckenaer, 1837: 466 (Df)

Attus familiaris Hentz, 1846: 354, pl. 21, f. 7 (Df)

Attus rupicola Hentz, 1846: 357, pl. 21, f. 14 (Df; N.B.: considered a nomen dubium by Edwards, 2004: 4)

Marpissa undata C. L. Koch, 1846: 60, f. 1127 (f)

Marpissa conspersa C. L. Koch, 1846: 61, f. 1128 (Dm)

Marpissa varia C. L. Koch, 1846: 69, f. 1134 (Df)

Salticus sundevalli Blackwall, 1846a: 37 (Dmf)

Dendryphantes undatus Simon, 1864: 314

Dendryphantes conspersa Simon, 1864: 314

Dendryphantes varia Simon, 1864: 315

Marptusa familiaris Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 80, pl. 1, f. 60, pl. 4, f. 60, pl. 5, f. 60 (mf)

Marptusa familiaris Emerton, 1891: 237, pl. 19, f. 3 (mf)

Marptusa rupicola Banks, 1892a: 79, pl. 4, f. 49 (f)

Marpissa familiaris F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 1-2 (mf)

Marpissa undata Simon, 1901a: 595, 603, f. 722

Marptusa familiaris Emerton, 1902: 61, f. 157 (f)

Marpissa undata Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 481, pl. 39, f. 1, pl. 40, f. 1 (mf)

Marpissa undata Comstock, 1912: 678, f. 749

Marpissa undata Chickering, 1944: 167, f. 53-56 (mf)

Marpissa rupicola Bryant, 1945b: 189, pl. 15, f. 2 (f)

Marpissa undata Kaston, 1948: 454, f. 1636-1639, 1655-1656 (mf)

Metacyrba undata Barnes, 1958: 36, f. 55-56, 62, 65, 67, 69 (mf, T from Marpissa)

Metacyrba undata Shear, 1967: 14, f. 43-44 (m)

Platycryptus undata Hill, 1979: 215 (T from Metacyrba)

Metacyrba undata Oehler, 1980: 8, f. 54-59 (mf)

Platycryptus undatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 200, f. 2239-2241 (mf)

Platycryptus undatus Edwards, 2006: 210, f. 107-108 (m)

Platycryptus undatus Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 7P, 10K (m)