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. Schenkelia Lessert, 1927 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03213

type Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Schenkelia aurantia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018 -- see Orientattus

In synonymy:

Schenkelia fibulata (Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016, T from Plexippus) = Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 126)

Schenkelia gertschi Berland & Millot, 1941 = Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 759)

Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036095

Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975: 286, f. 20-22 (Df) Original description

Schenkelia benoiti Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 888, f. 75A-D (f)

Schenkelia ibadanensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044531

Schenkelia ibadanensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 592, f. 146-150, 235 (Dm) Original description

Schenkelia lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036097

Schenkelia lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941: 393, f. 87-88 (Df) Original description

Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep., DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036098 TYPE SPECIES

Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927: 466, f. 36-37 (Dmf) Original description

Schenkelia gertschi Berland & Millot, 1941: 395, f. 87c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036096]

Schenkelia modesta Prószyński, 1968a: 217, f. 1-9 (mf)

Schenkelia modesta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 94, f. 256-260 (m)

Schenkelia modesta Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 80, f. 170-175 (mf)

Schenkelia modesta Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 759 (S of Schenkelia gertschi)

Plexippus fibulatus Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 454, f. 69-70, 107 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048734]

Schenkelia modesta Prószyński, 2017b: 26, f. 11S (mf)

Plexippus fibulatus Prószyński, 2017c: 57, f. 2O, 4P (m)

Schenkelia modesta Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 126 (S of Plexippus fibulatus)

Schenkelia nocturna Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026 | | Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066648

Schenkelia nocturna Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 40, f. 31A-G (Dm) Original description