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.

Gen. Pochyta Simon, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03164

type Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Pochyta moschensis Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Natta

Pochyta perezi Berland & Millot, 1941 -- see Pochytoides

Pochyta poissoni Berland & Millot, 1941 -- see Pochytoides

Pochyta remyi Berland & Millot, 1941 -- see Thiratoscirtus

Pochyta simoni Lessert, 1925 -- see Kibo

Pochyta solers G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Phintella

In synonymy:

Pochyta albimana Simon, 1902 = Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901 (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 29)

Pochyta occidentalis Simon, 1902 = Pochyta pulchra (Thorell, 1899) (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 25)

Pochyta pannosa Simon, 1903 = Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901 (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 29)

Pochyta aurantiaca Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053466

Pochyta aurantiaca Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 4, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Pochyta bayanga Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026 | | Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066645

Pochyta bayanga Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 33, f. 27A-E (Df) Original description

Pochyta ceiba Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026 | | Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066646

Pochyta ceiba Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 34, f. 28A-F (Dm) Original description

Pochyta equatorialis Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Gabon, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053467

Pochyta equatorialis Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 6, f. 13-22 (Dmf) Original description

Pochyta equatorialis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 106, f. 69A-B (f)

Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903 | | Cameroon, Central African Rep., Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035688

Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903e: 113 (Dm) Original description

Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903a: 722, f. 867 (m)

Pochyta fastibilis Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 9, f. 23-39 (m, Df)

Pochyta insulana Simon, 1909 | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035689

Pochyta insulana Simon, 1909f: 436 (Dmf) Original description

Pochyta insulana Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 12, f. 40-49 (mf)

Pochyta konilokho Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053468

Pochyta konilokho Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 14, f. 50-56 (Dm) Original description

Pochyta konilokho Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 876, f. 66A-E (f)

Pochyta lucida Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053469

Pochyta lucida Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 16, f. 57-60 (Df) Original description

Pochyta maddisoni Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Central African Rep., Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053470

Pochyta maddisoni Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 17, f. 61-75 (Dmf) Original description

Pochyta major Simon, 1902 | | Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035690

Pochyta major Simon, 1902a: 414 (Dm) Original description

Pochyta major Simon, 1903a: 716, f. 863-864 (m)

Pochyta major Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 20, f. 76-92 (m, Df)

Pochyta major Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 107, f. 70A-E (mf)

Pochyta minuta Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053471

Pochyta minuta Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 24, f. 93-96 (Df) Original description

Pochyta pulchra (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon, Central African Rep., Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035696

Viciria pulchra Thorell, 1899: 97 (Dm) Original description

Pochyta occidentalis Simon, 1902a: 415 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035692]

Pochyta pulchra Simon, 1903f: 725

Pochyta pulchra Prószyński, 1984a: 70 (m)

Pochyta pulchra Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47O, 48S (m)

Pochyta pulchra Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 25, f. 97-113 (m, Df, S of Pochyta occidentalis)

Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901 | | Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Gabon, Mozambique, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035700 TYPE SPECIES

Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901g: 69 (Df) Original description

Pochyta albimana Simon, 1902a: 415 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035687]

Pochyta pannosa Simon, 1903e: 115 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035693]

Pochyta pannosa Maddison, Bodner & Needham, 2008: 52, f. 5 (m)

Pochyta spinosa Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47N (m)

Pochyta spinosa Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 29, f. 114-136 (mf, S of Pochyta albimana and P. pannosa)

Pochyta spinosa Marta et al., 2024a: 8, f. 2B, 3B (mf)

Pochyta tendicula Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | | Central African Rep., Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053472

Pochyta tendicula Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 33, f. 137-143 (Dm) Original description