World Spider Catalog

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. Rafalus Prószyński, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03192

Transferred to other genera:

Rafalus desertus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 -- see Aelurillus

Rafalus lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) -- see Manzuma

Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941) -- see Manzuma

Rafalus arabicus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 | | United Arab Emirates urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043302

Rafalus arabicus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 51, pl. 20-21, f. 67-73 (Dmf) Original description

Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999 | | Egypt, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035872

Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999: 91, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 2003: 158, f. 638-649 (mf)

Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 2017b: 97, f. 43P (mf)

Rafalus christophori Azarkina, 2020: 3, f. 4-7, 23-26 (m)

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999 | | Egypt, United Arab Emirates urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035873

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999: 94, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 2003: 160, f. 650-651 (f)

Rafalus feliksi Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 55, f. 76-82 (f, Dm)

Rafalus insignipalpis (Simon, 1882) | | Yemen (mainland, Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035874

Habrocestum insignipalpe Simon, 1882b: 214 (Dmf; m is a mismatched Aelurillus per Prószyński, 1999: 95) Original description

Habrocestum insignipalpe Prószyński, 1987: 37 (f)

Rafalus insignipalpe Prószyński, 1999: 95, f. 15-16 (f, T from Habrocestum)

Rafalus insignipalpis Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002: 384, f. 52-60 (f, Dm)

Rafalus insignipalpis Prószyński, 2003: 165, f. 652-653 (f)

Rafalus insignipalpis Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 255, f. 187-192 (mf)

Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035875

Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999: 95, f. 17-21 (Df) Original description

Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 2003: 160, f. 654-658 (f)

Rafalus minimus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 | | United Arab Emirates urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043304

Rafalus minimus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 56, pl. 23, f. 83-86 (Dm) Original description

Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035878

Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999: 96, f. 22-26 (Dm) Original description

Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 2003: 161, f. 659-666 (m)

Aelurillus stanislawi Azarkina, 2006: 70 (T from Rafalus, S of Aelurillus minutus, rejected by Prószyński, 2017b: 95)

Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 2017b: 95, f. 43Q (m, T from Aelurillus)

Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875) | | Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035879

Aelurops variegatus Kroneberg, 1875: 51, pl. 5, f. 39 (Dmf) Original description

Aelurillus variegatus Simon, 1903a: 665

Rafalus variegatus Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 134, f. 55-64 (mf; N.B.: cited in generic nomen nudum)

Rafalus variegatus Prószyński, 1999: 100, f. 36-37 (Tmf from Aelurillus)

Rafalus variegatus Prószyński, 2003: 166, f. 673-674 (f)

Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978) | | Bhutan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035880

Aelurillus wittmeri Prószyński, 1978a: 9, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Rafalus wittmeri Prószyński, 1999: 100, f. 38-40 (Tm from Aelurillus)

Rafalus wittmeri Prószyński, 2003: 166, f. 675-676 (m)