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:

Menemerops Prószyński, 1992 = Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 (Wesołowska, 1996: 34)

Gen. Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03162
type Yllenus starmuehlneri Roewer, 1955; gender masculine
N.B.: generic name originally published by Prószyński, 1976: 17; remained a nomen nudum until a diagnosis was provided by Prószyński, 1984b: 399; possibly a junior synonym of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (Żabka, 1985: 214); considered a senior synonym of Menemerops Prószyński, 1992a: 99 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04818] (type Salticus flavescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) by Wesołowska, 1996: 34.

Transferred to other genera:

Plexippoides bicuspidatus Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 -- see Epeus

Plexippoides dilucidus Próchniewicz, 1990 -- see Epeus

Plexippoides guangxi (Peng & Li, 2002) -- see Epeus

Plexippoides linzhiensis (Hu, 2001) -- see Ptocasius

Plexippoides zhangi Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 -- see Thyene

In synonymy:

Plexippoides afghanus (Roewer, 1962) = Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 225)

Plexippoides arabicus Prószyński, 1989 = Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Wesołowska, 1996: 34)

Plexippoides joopili Kim & Yoo, 1997 = Plexippoides regius Wesołowska, 1981 (Namkung, Kim & Lee, 2000: 336, 338)

Plexippoides sollistimus (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994, T from Menemerops) = Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Wesołowska, 1996: 35)

Plexippoides starmuehlneri (Roewer, 1955) = Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 225)

Plexippoides annulipedis (Saito, 1939) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035637
Plexippus annulipedis Saito, 1939: 40, f. 5(4), pl. 1, f. 17 (Df) Original description
Plexippus annulipedis Kataoka, 1970: 48, unnumbered f. (mf)
Plexippoides annulipedis Prószyński, 1976: 156, f. 292, 432-437 (Tm into generic nomen nudum)
Plexippoides annulipedis Song, Li & Wang, 1983: 23, f. 1-2 (m, following above placement)
Plexippoides annulipedis Prószyński, 1984b: 400 (T from Plexippus)
Plexippoides annulipedis Yaginuma, 1986a: 226, f. 126.1 (mf)
Plexippoides annulipedis Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 120, f. 233-238 (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Zhang, 1987: 252, f. 224.1-2 (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Chikuni, 1989b: 152, f. 28 (mf)
Plexippoides annulipedis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 539, f. 309L-M (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 447, f. 298A-E (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Namkung, 2002: 566, f. 43.10a (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Cho & Kim, 2003: 14, f. 1-3 (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Namkung, 2003: 576, f. 43.10a (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 574, f. 162-164 (mf)
Plexippoides annulipedis Kim & Lee, 2014: 117, f. 83A-C, pl. 23 (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Peng, 2020: 318, f. 227a-b (m)
Plexippoides annulipedis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 357, f. 272A-D (m)
Plexippoides arkit Logunov & Rakov, 1998 | | Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035638
Plexippoides arkit Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 128, f. 5-7 (Df) Original description
Plexippoides biprocessiger (Lessert, 1927) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033708
Hasarius biprocessiger Lessert, 1927: 459, f. 32 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides biprocessiger Wesołowska, 2012a: 211, f. 35-40 (m, T from Hasarius)
Plexippoides cornutus Xie & Peng, 1993 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035639
Plexippoides cornutus Xie & Peng, 1993: 19, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides cornutus Peng et al., 1993: 172, f. 602-605 (m)
Plexippoides cornutus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 309N-O, 328I (m)
Plexippoides cornutus Peng, 2020: 319, f. 228a-d (m)
Plexippoides cornutus Wang, Gan & Mi, 2024b: 120, f. 1A-C, 2A-H (m, Df)
Plexippoides dentatus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061996
Plexippoides dentatus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 104, f. 67A-D, 68A-C (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides digitatus Peng & Li, 2002 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038276
Plexippoides digitatus Peng & Li, 2002e: 717, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides digitatus Peng, Chen & Zhao, 2004: 80, f. A-F (m, Df)
Plexippoides digitatus Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 498, f. 363A-C (mf)
Plexippoides digitatus Peng, 2020: 320, f. 229a-f (mf)
Plexippoides discifer (Schenkel, 1953) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035641
Plexippus discifer Schenkel, 1953b: 88, f. 41 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides discifer Prószyński, 1976: 156, f. 293 (m, generic nomen nudum)
Plexippus discifer Yin & Wang, 1979: 38, f. 23A-D (mf)
Plexippus discifer Yin & Wang, 1981b: 271, f. 3A-G (m, Df)
Plexippus discifer Hu, 1984: 384, f. 400.1-5 (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Prószyński, 1984b: 400 (T from Plexippus)
Plexippoides discifer Zhu & Shi, 1985: 210, f. 192a-b (m)
Plexippoides discifer Zhang, 1987: 253, f. 225.1-3 (m)
Plexippoides discifer Chen & Gao, 1990: 192, f. 245a-b (mf)
Plexippoides discifos Chen & Zhang, 1991: 299, f. 315.1-9 (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Peng et al., 1993: 173, f. 606-611 (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Zhao, 1993: 417, f. 216a-b (m)
Plexippoides discifor Zhao, 1995: 1134, f. 557a-b (m, f. as discifos, lapsus)
Plexippoides discifor Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 309P-Q, 310G-H, 328J (mf, f. as discifos, lapsus)
Plexippoides discifer Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 448, f. 299A-F (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 499, f. 364A-B (m)
Plexippoides discifer Yin et al., 2012: 1433, f. 780a-f (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Fu, 2018: 146, f. 25-17.A-G, pl. 31 (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Peng, 2020: 322, f. 230a-f (mf)
Plexippoides discifer Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 358, f. 273A-G (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi (Karsch, 1879) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035642
Hasarius doenitzi Karsch, 1879g: 86 (Df) Original description
Hasarius doenitzi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 368, pl. 13, f. 355, 362 (f)
Hasarius doenitzi Prószyński, 1973b: 110, f. 33-38 (f)
Hasarius doenitzi Yin & Wang, 1979: 31, f. 9A-E (f)
Hasarius doenitzi Hu, 1984: 364, f. 379.1-4 (f)
Plexippoides doenitzi Prószyński, 1984b: 400, f. 2, 17 (mf, T from Hasarius)
Plexippoides doenitzi Yaginuma, 1986a: 226, f. 126.2 (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 122, f. 239-245 (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Chikuni, 1989b: 152, f. 27 (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Chen & Gao, 1990: 193, f. 246a-b (f)
Plexippoides doenitzi Chen & Zhang, 1991: 298, f. 314 (m)
Plexippoides doenitzi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 310I-J, 311A-B (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Namkung, 2002: 565, f. 43.9a-b (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Cho & Kim, 2002: 122, f. 167-169, 276-277 (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Kim & Cho, 2002: 124, f. 199-204 (f)
Plexippoides doenitzi Namkung, 2003: 569, f. 43.9a-b (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 576, f. 165-167 (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Yin et al., 2012: 1435, f. 781a-d (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Kim & Lee, 2014: 118, f. 84A-D (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 106, 4 f. (mf)
Plexippoides doenitzi Peng, 2020: 323, f. 231a-d (mf)
Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Egypt, Sudan, Middle East, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan. Introduced to Ukraine, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035643 TYPE SPECIES
Salticus flavescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 343 (Df) Original description
Menemerus flavescens Simon, 1876a: 34
Yllenus starmühlneri Roewer, 1955a: 780, f. 28-29 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035648]
Evarcha afghana Roewer, 1962a: 26, f. 109 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035636]
Plexippoides starmuehlneri Prószyński, 1976: 156, f. 294, 427-431 (mf, generic nomen nudum)
Yllenus starmuehlneri Brignoli, 1983c: 658
Evarcha afghana Prószyński, 1984a: 47 (f)
Menemerus flavescens Prószyński, 1984a: 86 (f)
Plexippoides starmuehlneri Prószyński, 1984b: 400, f. 5-8 (mf, T from Yllenus)
Plexippoides arabicus Prószyński, 1989a: 47, f. 44-45 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062079]
Menemerops flavescens Prószyński, 1992a: 99, f. 44-45 (f, T from Menemerus)
Menemerops afghanus Prószyński, 1992a: 99 (T from Evarcha)
Menemerops sollistimus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 45, f. 97-98 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062081]
Plexippoides flavescens Wesołowska, 1996: 34, f. 24A-D (mf, S of Menemerops sollistimus and Plexippoides arabicus [rejected by Prószyński, 2003: 138 and confirmed by Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 225])
Plexippoides flavescens Prószyński, 2003: 139, f. 567-568 (f)
Plexippoides arabicus Prószyński, 2003: 138, f. 564-565, 569-572 (m, Df, removed from S of Plexippoides flavescens [incl. P. sollistimus], rejecting Wesołowska, 1996: 34; S confirmed by Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 225)
Plexippoides afghanus Prószyński, 2003: 141, f. 576 (f)
Plexippoides flavescens Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005: 225, f. 26-31 (mf, S of Plexippoides afghanus and P. starmuehlneri, S of P. arabicus and P. sollistimus confirmed)
Plexippoides flavescens Siyam, Dunlop & El-Hennawy, 2015: 271, f. 31-33 (m)
Plexippoides flavescens Logunov, 2021a: 766, f. 1-8, 17-22, 33-36 (mf)
Plexippoides flavescens Camilleri, 2025: 2, f. 1-6 (mf)
Plexippoides gestroi (Dalmas, 1920) | | Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Iraq, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035644
Habrocestum gestroi Dalmas, 1920a: 68 (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides gestroi Prószyński, 1987: 60 (m, T from Habrocestum)
Plexipoides gestroi Deltshev & Paraschi, 1990: 6, f. 6-7 (m, lapsus)
Plexippoides gestroi Metzner, 1999: 135, f. 99a-i (mf)
Plexippoides gestroi Prószyński, 2003: 141, f. 566, 575, 575a (mf)
Plexippoides gestroi Wunderlich, 2008f: 716, f. 42-44 (mf)
Plexippoides flavescens Coşar & Varol, 2016: 161, f. 4, 10, 22-23 (f; misidentified per Logunov, 2021: 771)
Plexippoides gestroi Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 15C-D, 17Q (mf)
Plexippoides gestroi Logunov, 2021a: 770, f. 9-16, 23-27, 37-40 (mf)
Plexippoides gestroi Seropian et al., 2023: 277, f. 108 (f)
Plexippoides insperatus Logunov, 2021 | | Iran, Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052896
Plexippoides flavescens Bauer, Freudenschuss & Grabolle, 2015: 87, f. 1-2 (m; misidentified per Logunov, 2021: 773)
Plexippoides insperatus Logunov, 2021a: 773, f. 28-32, 41-52 (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides jinlini Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040874
Plexippoides jinlini Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006d: 14, f. 2A-G (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides jinlini Peng, 2020: 324, f. 232a-d (mf)
Plexippoides longapophysis Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052582
Plexippoides longapophysis Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020: 361, f. 1A-C, 2A-C (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides longus Zhu, J. X. Zhang, Z. S. Zhang & Chen, 2005 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042265
Plexippoides longus Zhu et al., 2005: 538, f. 11A-E (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides meniscatus Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040875
Plexippoides meniscatus Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006d: 13, f. 1A-G (Dmf; as P. springiformes in abstract and introduction) Original description
Plexippoides meniscatus Peng, 2020: 326, f. 234a-d (mf)
Plexippoides meniscatus Wang, Gan & Mi, 2024b: 123, f. 3A-B, 4A-I (mf)
Plexippoides nishitakensis (Strand, 1907) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035645
Anarrhotus nishitakensis Strand, 1907b: 570 (Df) Original description
Plexippoides nishitakensis Prószyński, 1984b: 400, f. 1 (f, T from Anarrhotus)
Plexippoides nishitakensis Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 576, f. 168 (f)
Plexippoides potanini Prószyński, 1984 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035646
Plexippoides potanini Prószyński, 1976: 187, f. 424-426 (m, nomen nudum)
Plexippoides potanini Prószyński, 1984b: 401, f. 10-12 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides qiui Wang, Gan & Mi, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062852
Plexippoides qiui Wang, Gan & Mi, 2024b: 126, f. 5A-C, 6A-I (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides regius Wesołowska, 1981 | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035647
Plexippoides regius Wesołowska, 1981a: 73, f. 85-93 (Dmf, generic nomen nudum) Original description
Plexippoides regius Dunin, 1984b: 137, f. 51-52 (m)
Plexippoides rigius Zhu & Shi, 1985: 211, f. 193a-d (f, lapsus)
Plexippoides regius Paik, 1985g: 49, f. 28-37 (mf)
Plexippoides regius Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991: 49, f. 33-36 (mf)
Plexippoides regius Peng et al., 1993: 176, f. 618-624 (mf)
Plexippoides regius Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1739, f. 52a-e (mf)
Plexippoides joopili Kim & Yoo, 1997b: 71, f. 1-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062080]
Plexippoides regius Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 310L-M, 311D (mf)
Plexippoides regius Namkung, Kim & Lee, 2000: 336, 338 (S of Plexippoides joopili)
Plexippoides regius Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 449, f. 300A-E (mf)
Plexippoides regius Namkung, 2002: 567, f. 43.11a-b (mf)
Plexippoides regius Cho & Kim, 2002: 123, f. 63-64, 170-171, 278-279 (mf)
Plexippoides regius Kim & Cho, 2002: 125, f. 205-210 (f)
Plexippoides regius Namkung, 2003: 571, f. 43.11a-b (mf)
Plexippoides regius Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 500, f. 365A-E (mf)
Plexippoides regius Yin et al., 2012: 1437, f. 783a-g (mf)
Plexippoides regius Kim & Lee, 2014: 119, f. 85A-D (mf)
Plexippoides regius Peng, 2020: 329, f. 236a-g (mf)
Plexippoides regius Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 358, f. 275A-G (mf)
Plexippoides regiusoides Peng & Li, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041636
Plexippoides regiusoides Peng & Li in Peng, Tang & Li, 2008: 250, f. 9-11 (Df) Original description
Plexippoides regiusoides Peng, 2020: 330, f. 237a-c (f)
Plexippoides subtristis Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052583
Plexippoides subtristis Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020: 362, f. 1D-F, 3A-E (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides subvalidus Zhou, Li, Wang & Liu, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059722
Plexippoides subvalidus Zhou et al., 2023b: 540, f. 1A-D, 2A-F (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides szechuanensis Logunov, 1993 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035649
Plexippoides szechuanensis Logunov, 1993a: 57, f. 7A-F (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides szechuanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 310N, 311E-G (mf)
Plexippoides szechuanensis Peng, 2020: 331, f. 238a-d (mf)
Plexippoides tangi Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052584
Plexippoides tangi Wang, Mi & Peng, 2020: 364, f. 1G-I, 4A-E (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides tristis Próchniewicz, 1990 | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035650
Plexippoides tristis Próchniewicz, 1990: 159, f. 29-36 (Dmf) Original description
Plexippoides validus Xie & Yin, 1991 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035651
Plexippoides validus Xie & Yin, 1991: 30, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description
Plexippoides validus Peng et al., 1993: 178, f. 625-628 (m)
Plexippoides validus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 310O (m)
Plexippoides validus Yin et al., 2012: 1439, f. 784a-d (m)
Plexippoides validus Peng, 2020: 332, f. 239a-d (m)
Plexippoides yintiaoling Lu & Wang, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065440
Plexippoides potanini Peng et al., 1993: 175, f. 612-617 (mf; misidentified per Lu & Wang, 2025: 202)
Plexippoides potanini Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 540, f. 310K, 311C, 328K (mf; misidentified per Lu & Wang, 2025: 202)
Plexippoides potanini Yin et al., 2012: 1436, f. 782a-f (mf; misidentified per Lu & Wang, 2025: 202)
Plexippoides potanini Peng, 2020: 328, f. 235a-f (mf; misidentified per Lu & Wang, 2025: 202)
Plexippoides potanini Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 358, f. 274A-G (mf; misidentified sensu Lu & Wang, 2025: 202)
Plexippoides yintiaoling Lu & Wang, 2025: 202, f. 1A-G (Dmf) Original description

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