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. Ptocasius Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03189

type Ptocasius weyersi Simon, 1885; gender masculine

N.B.: see Prószyński, 2002: 239, f. 79-80 for discussion of a male from Hawaii.

Transferred to other genera:

Ptocasius angulatus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius badongensis (Song & Chai, 1992) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius bhutanicus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius bilagunculus (Xie & Peng, 1995) -- see Thyene

Ptocasius bulbosus (Peng, Tang & Li, 2008) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius cambridgei (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius circulus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius danzhu Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius davidi Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius falcatus (Zhu, J. X. Zhang, Z. S. Zhang & Chen, 2005) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius filiformus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius foliolatus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius geminus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius gogonaicus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius helvetorum (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius hubeiensis (Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius hybridus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius incognitus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Thyene

Ptocasius intermedius (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius jietouensis Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius linzhiensis Hu, 2001 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius longapophysis Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius longlingensis Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius lushiensis (Zhang & Zhu, 2007) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius montanus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius nepalicus (Żabka, 1980) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius nobilis (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius novus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius orientalis (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius originalis (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius pilosus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius plumbeiventris (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Cytaea

Ptocasius pseudoflexus (Liu, Yang & Peng, 2016) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius pulchellus (Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius rectangulus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius robustus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius senchalensis (Prószyński, 1992) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius silvaticus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius simoni (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius songi Logunov, 1995 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius stemmleri (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius strandi (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius subhubeiensis C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius supinus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius tenellus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius tengchongensis Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius tenzingi (Żabka, 1980) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius thakkholaicus (Żabka, 1980) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius thimphuicus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius umbellulatus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius urbanii (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius variegatus Logunov, 1995 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius versicolor (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius wangdicus (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius wuermli (Żabka, 1981) -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius yunnanensis Song, 1991 -- see Carrhotus

Ptocasius zabkai Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

Ptocasius zonatus Yang & Peng, 2023 -- see Yaginumaella

In synonymy:

Ptocasius digitatus (Peng & Li, 2002, T from Evarcha) = Ptocasius montiformis Song, 1991 (Lin & Li, 2020c: 123)

Ptocasius dian C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059379

Ptocasius dian C. Wang, Mi & Peng in Wang et al., 2023e: 54, f. 34A-C, 35A-H (Dmf) Original description

Ptocasius fulvonitens Simon, 1902 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035855

Ptocasius fulvonitens Simon, 1902d: 386 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius gratiosus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035856

Ptocasius gratiosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 612 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius kinhi Żabka, 1985 | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035857

Ptocasius kinhi Żabka, 1985: 440, f. 513-516 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius kinhi Peng & Kim, 1998: 414, f. 3A-D (m)

Ptocasius kinhi Wang & Mi, 2017: 79, f. 1-9 (m, Df)

Ptocasius kinhi Peng, 2020: 376, f. 271a-c (m)

Ptocasius linzhiensis (Hu, 2001) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038267

Mogrus linzhiensis Hu, 2001: 397, f. 251.1-3 (Dm; preoccuppied in Ptocasius by Hu, 2001, see Yaginumaella linzhiensis; needs a replacement name) Original description

Plexippoides linzhiensis Peng, 2020: 325, f. 233a-b (m, T from Mogrus)

Ptocasius linzhiensis Logunov, 2021a: 776 (T from Plexippoides)

Ptocasius metzneri Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052018

Ptocasius metzneri Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 18, f. 7A-I, 8A-H (Dmf) Original description

Ptocasius montiformis Song, 1991 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035858

Ptocasius montiformis Song, 1991a: 163, f. 1A-D (Df) Original description

Ptocasius montiformis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 543, f. 313T-U (f)

Evarcha digitata Peng & Li, 2002d: 469, f. 1A-D (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038237]

Evarcha [?] digitata Prószyński, 2018b: 155, f. 15I (m)

Evarcha digitata Peng, 2020: 127, f. 77a-d (m)

Ptocasius montiformis Peng, 2020: 377, f. 273a-b (f)

Ptocasius montiformis Lin & Li, 2020c: 123 (S of Evarcha digitata)

Ptocasius paraweyersi Cao & Li, 2016 | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048894

Ptocasius paraweyersi Cao & Li in Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016: 96, f. 38A-D, 39A-E (Dmf) Original description

Ptocasius paraweyersi Logunov, 2024c: 1091, f. 120-132 (mf)

Ptocasius plumipalpis (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035859

Hasarius plumipalpis Thorell, 1895b: 395 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius plumipalpis Simon, 1903a: 789

Ptocasius sakaerat Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052019

Ptocasius sakaerat Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 19, f. 9A-H (Df) Original description

Ptocasius strupifer Simon, 1901 | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035861

Ptocasius strupifer Simon, 1901f: 65 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius strupifer Simon, 1903a: 780, f. 939 (m)

Ptocasius strupifer Żabka, 1985: 441, f. 517-529 (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Chen & Zhang, 1991: 317, f. 337.1-5 (f)

Ptocasius strupifer Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 887, f. 64A-C (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Peng et al., 1993: 196, f. 688-694 (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1740, f. 54a-c (m)

Ptocasius strupifer Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 543, f. 312Q, 313V, 329A (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Peng, Tso & Li, 2002: 9, f. 36-42 (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 509, f. 373A-D (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Yin et al., 2012: 1456, f. 793a-g (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Fu, 2018: 149, f. 25-20.A-G, pl. 32 (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Peng, 2020: 379, f. 275a-g (mf)

Ptocasius strupifer Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 364, f. 279A-G (mf)

Ptocasius vittatus Song, 1991 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035863

Ptocasius vittatus Song, 1991a: 164, f. 2A-C (Df) Original description

Ptocasius vittatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 543, f. 313W-X (f)

Ptocasius vittatus Peng, 2020: 381, f. 276a-c (f)

Ptocasius weyersi Simon, 1885 | | Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035864 TYPE SPECIES

Ptocasius weyersi Simon, 1885a: 35 (Dm) Original description

Ptocasius weyersi Simon, 1903a: 802, f. 936-938

Ptocasius weyersi Żabka, 1985: 386, f. 530-534 (m)

Ptocasius weyersi Logunov & Jäger, 2015: 360, f. 52-56 (m, Df)

Ptocasius weyersi Prószyński, 2017b: 57, f. 25G1 (mf)