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:

Palpelius Simon, 1903 = Pristobaeus Simon, 1902 (Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 27)

Gen. Pristobaeus Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03171

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Palpelius Simon, 1903a: 735 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03117] (type Plexippus beccarii Thorell, 1881) by Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 27.

In synonymy:

Pristobaeus igneus (Hogg, 1915, T from Jotus) = Pristobaeus dearmatus Thorell, 1881 (Żabka, 1991c: 48, sub Palpelius)

Pristobaeus albofasciatus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035119

Palpelius albofasciatus Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 634 (Df) Original description

Pristobaeus arboreus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035120

Palpelius arboreus Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 634 (Dm) Original description

Pristobaeus beccarii (Thorell, 1881) | | Indonesia (Moluccas) to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035121

Plexippus beccarii Thorell, 1881: 582 (Dmf) Original description

Palpelius beccarii Simon, 1903a: 735, f. 842 (m)

Palpelius beccarii Chrysanthus, 1968: 61, f. 56-60 (mf, S of Palpelius dearmatus; rejected by Żabka, 1991c: 48).

Palpelius beccari Prószyński, 1984a: 96-97 (mf)

Palpelius dearmatus Prószyński, 1984a: 97 (f)

Palpelius beccarii Davies & Żabka, 1989: 230, pl. 39 (mf)

Pristobaeus beccarii Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 28, f. 431-437, 848-851 (mf)

Pristobaeus beccarii Prószyński, 2017b: 80, f. 35B (mf)

Pristobaeus clarus (Roewer, 1938) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035122

Palpelius clarus Roewer, 1938: 86, f. 65-66 (Dm) Original description

Pristobaeus dearmatus (Thorell, 1881) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035123

Plexippus dearmatus Thorell, 1881: 588 (Df) Original description

Palpelius dearmatus Simon, 1903a: 735

Jotus igneus Hogg, 1915b: 510, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058250]

Palpelius beccarii Chrysanthus, 1968: 61 (S of Palpelius dearmatus; rejected by Żabka, 1991c: 48)

Palpelius dearmatus Żabka, 1991c: 48 (removed from S of Palpelius beccarii, S of Jotus igneus)

Pristobaeus discedens (Kulczyński, 1910) | | Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035124

Palpelius discedens Kulczyński, 1910: 405, pl. 17, f. 15-16 (Df) Original description

Palpelius discendens Prószyński, 1984a: 98 (f)

Pristobaeus fuscoannulatus (Strand, 1911) | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035125

Plexippus fuscoannulatus Strand, 1911d: 187, pl. 4, f. 17, pl. 6, f. 83 (Df) Original description

Palpelius fuscoannulatus Roewer, 1955c: 1084

Pristobaeus jocosus Simon, 1902 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035724

Pristobaeus jocosus Simon, 1902d: 391 (Dm) Original description

Pristobaeus jocosus Prószyński, 1987: 81, 4 f. (m)

Pristobaeus cf. jocosus Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 27, f. 424-430 (m, Df)

Pristobaeus kuekenthali (Pocock, 1897) | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035126

Plexippus kuekenthali Pocock, 1897c: 623, pl. 26, f. 26 (Dm) Original description

Palpelius kuekenthali Simon, 1903a: 714 (Tm from Plexippus, T omitted by Roewer)

Pristobaeus namosi (Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996) | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035127

Palpelius namosi Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996: 243, f. 106-110 (Dmf) Original description

Pristobaeus nemoralis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035128

Palpelius nemoralis Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 636 (Dm) Original description

Pristobaeus taveuniensis (Patoleta, 2008) | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042180

Palpelius taveuniensis Patoleta, 2008b: 722, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description

Pristobaeus trigyrus (Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996) | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035129

Palpelius trigyrus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996: 245, f. 111-113 (Df) Original description

Pristobaeus vanuaensis (Patoleta, 2008) | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042181

Palpelius vanuaensis Patoleta, 2008b: 726, f. 6-8, 13, 15 (Df) Original description

Pristobaeus vitiensis (Patoleta, 2008) | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042182

Palpelius vitiensis Patoleta, 2008b: 726, f. 9-12, 14 (Df) Original description