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:

Scaea L. Koch, 1879 = Servaea Simon, 1888 (Simon, 1888a: 283, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Scaea L. Koch, 1879 -- see Servaea Simon, 1888 - in Simon, 1888a

Gen. Servaea Simon, 1888 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03222

N.B.: replacement name for Scaea L. Koch, 1879a: 1142 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05216], preoccupied in Gastropoda by Philippi, 1844.

Transferred to other genera:

Servaea barbatissima (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Cytaea

In synonymy:

Servaea morrisoni (Dunn, 1951, T from Cytaea) = Servaea incana Karsch, 1878 (Richardson, 2022a: 266)

Servaea valida (Urquhart, 1893, T from Plexippus) = Servaea incana Karsch, 1878 (Żabka, 1991c: 52, sub Servaea vestita)

Servaea vestita (L. Koch, 1879) = Servaea incana Karsch, 1878 (Richardson, 2022a: 266)

Nomen dubium:

Servaea obscura Rainbow, 1915: 791, pl. 68, f. 22 (j, Australia/South Australia) -- Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 31

Servaea incana (Karsch, 1878) | | Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036129

Plexippus incanus Karsch, 1878d: 25 (Df) Original description

Scaea vestita L. Koch, 1879a: 1142, pl. 99, f. 4-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036133]

Servaea vestita Simon, 1888a: 283 (generic replacement name)

Plexippus validus Urquhart, 1893b: 127 (Dmf; N.B.: primary homonym of Pseudamycus validus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054231]

Scaea vestita Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 302, pl. 25, f. 2

Servaea vestita Simon, 1903a: 820, f. 963-964

Cytaea morrisoni Dunn, 1951: 16, f. 8-9 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033053]

Plexippus validus Hickman, 1967: 84 (f)

Servaea vestita Prószyński, 1984a: 131 (f)

Servaea vestita Prószyński, 1987: 105 (mf)

Servaea vestita Davies & Żabka, 1989: 220, pl. 31 (mf)

Servaea incana Żabka, 1991c: 52 (T from Plexippus)

Servaea vestita Żabka, 1991c: 52 (S of Plexippus validus)

Servaea incana Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 12, f. 1E-F, 6-13, 15-22 (mf, S of Servaea vestita; rejected by Prószyński, 2017b: 76)

Servaea incana Prószyński, 2017b: 76, f. 34F2 (f, S of Servaea vestita rejected)

Servaea vestita Prószyński, 2017b: 76, f. 34F-F1 (mf, ex S of S. incana contra Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 12)

Servaea incana Richardson, 2022a: 266, f. 68-71 (mf, S of Cytaea morrisoni, S of Servaea vestita confirmed)

Servaea melaina Richardson & Gunter, 2012 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045014

Servaea melaina Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 18, f. 23-29 (Dmf) Original description

Servaea murina Simon, 1902 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036130

Servaea murina Simon, 1902d: 394 (Df) Original description

Servaea narraweena Richardson & Gunter, 2012 | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045015

Servaea narraweena Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 21, f. 31-37 (Dmf) Original description

Servaea spinibarbis Simon, 1909 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036132

Servaea spinibarbis Simon, 1909d: 204 (Dj) Original description

Servaea spinibarbis Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 23, f. 23, f. 39-45 (Dmf)

Servaea villosa (Keyserling, 1881) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036134

Hasarius villosus Keyserling, 1881a: 1281, pl. 109, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Servaea villosa Żabka, 1991c: 52 (T from Hasarius)

Servaea villosa Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 26, f. 1A-D, 47-53 (m, Df)

Servaea zabkai Richardson & Gunter, 2012 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045016

Servaea zabkai Richardson & Gunter, 2012: 30, f. 55-58 (Df) Original description