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:

Paranaia Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1981a: 12)

Suaruna Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1958: 25)

Gen. Scopocira Simon, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03214

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Suaruna Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 298 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05506] (type S. delicata Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900) by Galiano, 1958: 25 and of Paranaia Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 255 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05505] (type P. fuscimana Mello-Leitão, 1941) by Galiano, 1981a: 12.

Transferred to other genera:

Scopocira obscura Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Titanattus

Scopocira sexspinosa Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Sassacus

In synonymy:

Scopocira delicata (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1963a: 439)

Scopocira lineatipes (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Beccaria=Noegus) = Scopocira carinata Crane, 1945 (Galiano, 1982a: 424)

Scopocira panamena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 = Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900 (Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 167)

Scopocira pikelinae Galiano, 1958 = Scopocira tenella Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1963a: 440)

Scopocira vivida (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) = Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900 (Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 175)

Nomen dubium:

Scopocira atypica Mello-Leitão, 1922a: 217 (m, Brazil) -- Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 194

Scopocira abaporu Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Trinidad, French Guiana, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047287

Scopocira abaporu Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 156, f. 30, 39, 80-81, 117-122 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira albertoi Galvis, 2015 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047922

Scopocira albertoi Galvis, 2015c: 281, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira bicornia Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047288

Scopocira bicornia Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 157, f. 82-83, 123-128 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira carinata Crane, 1945 | | Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036100

Scopocira carinata Crane, 1945: 34, f. 1A-E (Dm) Original description

Beccaria lineatipes Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Df)

Beccaria lineatipes Caporiacco, 1948a: 703, f. 130-132 (f)

Scopocira carinata Galiano, 1982a: 424, f. 4 (Sf)

Scopocira carinata Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 161, f. 31, 40-41, 61-64, 78, 84-85, 129-134 (mf)

Scopocira cepa Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047289

Scopocira cepa Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 162, f. 32, 42, 86-87, 135-140 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047290

Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 164, f. 33, 43-44, 88-89, 141-143 (Dm) Original description

Scopocira crotalica Galvis, 2015c: 283, f. 9-12 (f)

Scopocira cyrili Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Guyana, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047291

Scopocira cyrili Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 166, f. 90-91, 144-149 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900 | | Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036101

Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900b: 385 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1901a: 444, f. 496-498 (m)

Scopocira panamena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 28, pl. 8, f. 58-60 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036105]

Scopocira panamena Chickering, 1946: 103, f. 96-97 (Df)

Scopocira dentichelis Galiano, 1963a: 437, pl. XXXVI, f. 1-6 (mf)

Scopocira dentichelis Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 167, f. 19-21, 92-93, 108-116 (mf, S)

Scopocira dentichelis Bedoya-Róqueme & Lopez-Villada, 2020b: 4, f. 5-7 (f)

Scopocira fuscimana (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036102

Paranaia fuscimana Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 255 (Df) Original description

Scopocira fuscimana Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 172, f. 34, 47, 76-77, 94-95, 150-155 (f, Dm)

Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900 | | Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036103

Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900b: 386 (Dm) Original description

Scopocira histrio Simon, 1901a: 444, f. 499 (m)

Grauhara vivida Peckham & Peckham, 1901c: 226, pl. 2, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036108]

Scopocira vivida Simon, 1903a: 1049

Suaruna delicata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 298, f. 91 (Df)

Scopocira delicata Galiano, 1958: 25, f. 2A-K (f, Dm)

Scopocira histrio Galiano, 1963a: 439, pl. XXXVI, f. 7-9 (m, Sf)

Scopocira histrio Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 175, f. 3-4, 35, 45-46, 96-97, 156-161 (mf, S)

Scopocira kunai Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Trinidad, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047292

Scopocira kunai Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 178, f. 36, 49, 98-99, 162-167 (Dmf) Original description

Scopocira melanops (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036104

Salticus melanops Taczanowski, 1871: 117 (Df) Original description

Myrmarachne melanops Simon, 1901a: 503

Scopocira melanops Galiano, 1969b: 145 (Tf from Myrmarachne)

Scopocira melanops Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 182, f. 37, 48, 100-101, 168-173 (f, Dm)

Scopocira pterodactyla Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047293

Scopocira pterodactyla Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 185, f. 38, 50, 102-103, 174-176 (Dm) Original description

Scopocira sciosciae Costa & Ruiz, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047294

Scopocira sciosciae Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 186, f. 104-105, 177-179 (Dm) Original description

Scopocira tenella Simon, 1900 | | Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036107

Scopocira tenella Simon, 1900b: 386 (Df) Original description

Scopocira pikelinae Galiano, 1958: 21, f. 1A-I (Dmf)

Scopocira tenella Galiano, 1963a: 440, pl. XXXVI, f. 10-11 (f, S)

Scopocira tenella Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 188, f. 2, 5-18, 22-29, 51-60, 65-70, 106-107, 180-185 (mf)

Scopocira tenella Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 37R (m)

Scopocira tenella Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB40, f. 185-186 (m)