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:

Deza G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Psecas C. L. Koch, 1850 (Simon, 1903a: 1050)

Epinga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Psecas C. L. Koch, 1850 (Simon, 1903a: 1050)

Gen. Psecas C. L. Koch, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03175

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Epinga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894a: 94 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05968] (type E. chapoda G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) and of Deza G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894a: 97 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05969] (type Salticus sumptuosus Perty, 1833) by Simon, 1903a: 1050.

In synonymy:

Psecas pulcher Badcock, 1932 = Psecas chapoda G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Sherwood, Nadal & Pett, 2023: 6)

Psecas splendidus Badcock, 1932 = Psecas sumptuosus Perty, 1833 (Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 49)

Psecas bacelarae Caporiacco, 1947 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035733

Psecas bacelarae Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Df) Original description

Psecas bacelarae Caporiacco, 1948a: 706, f. 134 (f)

Psecas barbaricus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035734

Epinga barbarica Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 96, pl. 9, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Psecas barbaricus Simon, 1903a: 1050

Psecas bubo (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035735

Attus bubo Taczanowski, 1871: 75 (Dm) Original description

Psecas bubo Mello-Leitão, 1948: 191, 192 (T from Attus)

Psecas chapoda (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035736

Epinga chapoda Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 95, pl. 9, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Psecas chapoda Simon, 1903a: 1050

Psecas pulchra Badcock, 1932: 39, f. 30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035741]

Psecas chapoda Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 927, f. 8F-G (mf)

Psecas chapoda Sherwood, Nadal & Pett, 2023: 6, f. 13-17 (m, S of Psecas pulcher)

Psecas chrysogrammus (Simon, 1901) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035737

Epinga chrysogramma Simon, 1901a: 460, f. 528-536 (Dm) Original description

Psecas chrysogrammus Simon, 1903a: 1050

Psecas chrysogrammus Galiano, 1963a: 424, pl. XXXII, f. 14-18 (m)

Psecas cyaneus (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035738

Cocalus cyaneus C. L. Koch, 1846: 181, f. 1231 (Dm) Original description

Psecas cyaneus C. L. Koch, 1850: 50

Attus croesus van Hasselt, 1888: 196, pl. 6, f. 3-4 (Df)

Psecas cyaneus Simon, 1903a: 1050

Psecas cyaneus Prószyński, 1984a: 163

Psecas euoplus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035739

Psecas euoplus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 28, pl. 8, f. 67 (Df) Original description

Psecas enoplus Chickering, 1946: 99, f. 89-95 (f, Dm)

Psecas jaguatirica Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035740

Psecas jaguatirica Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 299, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Psecas rubrostriatus Schmidt, 1956 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035742

Psecas rubrostriatus Schmidt, 1956d: 85 (Df) Original description

Psecas rubrostriatus Dupérré, 2023a: 199, f. 53A-B, 54A-B (f)

Psecas sumptuosus (Perty, 1833) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035743

Salticus sumptuosus Perty, 1833: 199, pl. 39, f.8 (Dm) Original description

Attus sumptuosus Walckenaer, 1837: 475

Thiania sumptuosa C. L. Koch, 1846: 172, f. 1224 (m)

Deza sumptuosa Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 98 (Df)

Epinga sumptuosa Simon, 1901a: 468

Psecas sumptuosus Simon, 1903a: 1050

Psecas splendida Badcock, 1932: 38, f. 29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058001]

Psecas sumptuosa Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 49 (S of Psecas splendidus)

Psecas vellutinus Mello-Leitão, 1948 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035744

Psecas vellutinus Mello-Leitão, 1948: 192, f. 32 (Dm) Original description

Psecas viridipurpureus (Simon, 1901) | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035745

Epinga viridipurpurea Simon, 1901a: 463, 468 (Df) Original description

Psecas viridipurpureus Galiano, 1963a: 424, pl. XXXII, f. 19 (f)

Psecas viridipurpureus Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 927, f. 8H-K (m, N.B.: unknown male not described)

Psecas zonatus Galiano, 1963 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035746

Epinga zonata Simon, 1901a: 468 (nomen nudum)

Psecas zonatus Galiano, 1963a: 425, pl. XXXIII, f. 1-2 (Dm, attributed to Simon, 1901, a nomen nudum) Original description