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:

Eulabes Keyserling, 1882 = Simaetha Thorell, 1881 (Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 306)

Pirithous Keyserling, 1883 = Simaetha Thorell, 1881 (Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 306)

Gen. Simaetha Thorell, 1881 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03227

N.B.: considered a senior synononym of Eulabes Keyserling, 1882: 1388 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05613] (type E. paetulus Keyserling, 1882) and of Pirithous Keyserling, 1883b: 1477 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05614] by Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 306; Eulabes, preoccupied in Aves by Cuvier, 1817, was replaced by Pirithous.

Transferred to other genera:

Simaetha angulosa (Karsch, 1879) -- see Bianor

Simaetha castanea Lessert, 1927 -- see Simaethulina

In synonymy:

Simaetha chelicerata Szombathy, 1915 = Simaetha tenuidens Keyserling, 1882 (Prószyński, 1987: 167)

Simaetha fissidens (Keyserling, 1882) = Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881 (Simon, 1903a: 838)

Simaetha laticeps (Strand, 1911, T from Dendryphantes) = Simaetha robustior Keyserling, 1882 (Żabka, 1994: 514)

Simaetha almadenensis Żabka, 1994 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036173

Simaetha almadenensis Żabka, 1994: 529, f. 19A-D (Dm) Original description

Simaetha atypica Żabka, 1994 | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036174

Simaetha atypica Żabka, 1994: 531, f. 20A-D, 21A-C (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha broomei Żabka, 1994 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036175

Simaetha broomei Żabka, 1994: 528, f. 18A-C (Df) Original description

Simaetha cheni Wang & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053497

Simaetha cheni Wang & Li, 2021: 151, f. 18A-C, 19A-H (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha cingulata (Karsch, 1892) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036177

Homalattus cingulatus Karsch, 1892: 299, pl. 12, f. 25 (Df) Original description

Simaetha cingulata Simon, 1903a: 838

Simaetha colemani Żabka, 1994 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036178

Simaetha colemani Żabka, 1994: 510, f. 6A-C (Df) Original description

Simaetha damongpalaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036179

Simaetha damongpalaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 99, f. 52a-f (Dm) Original description

Simaetha deelemanae Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039125

Simaetha deelemanae Zhang, Song & Li, 2003: 194, f. 7A-E (Dm) Original description

Simaetha furiosa (Hogg, 1919) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036180

Phyaces furiosa Hogg, 1919: 101, pl. 11, f. 10 (Dm) Original description

Simaetha furiosa Wanless, 1986: 103 (Tm from Phyaces)

Simaetha gongi Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040883

Simaetha gongi Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000: 14, f. 9-14 (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha gongi Yin et al., 2012: 1470, f. 801a-f (mf)

Simaetha gongi Peng, 2020: 410, f. 299a-f (mf)

Simaetha huigang Wang & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054978

Simaetha huigang Wang & Li, 2022a: 112, f. 16A-D, 17A-G (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha knowlesi Żabka, 1994 | | New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036181

Simaetha knowlesi Żabka, 1994: 518, f. 11A-D, 12A-C (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha laminata (Karsch, 1892) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036182

Homalattus laminatus Karsch, 1892: 298, pl. 12, f. 23 (Dm) Original description

Simaetha laminata Simon, 1903a: 838

Simaetha makinanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036183

Simaetha makinanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 99, f. 53a-g (Df) Original description

Simaetha menglun Wang & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052316

Simaetha menglun Wang & Li, 2020b: 61, f. 11A-E, 12A-I (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha paetula (Keyserling, 1882) | | New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036184

Eulabes paetulus Keyserling, 1882: 1388, pl. 117, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description

Pirithous paetulus Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaetha paetula Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 306, pl. 25, f. 3-3b (T from Pirithous)

Simaetha paetula Simon, 1903a: 832, f. 981-984 (m)

Simaetha paetula Prószyński, 1984a: 132-133 (mf)

Simaetha paetula Żabka, 1994: 520, f. 13A-F, 14A-E (mf)

Simaetha papuana Żabka, 1994 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036185

Simaetha papuana Żabka, 1994: 508, f. 5A-E (Dm) Original description

Simaetha pengi Wang & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052317

Simaetha pengi Wang & Li, 2020b: 65, f. 13A-D, 14A-H (Dmf) Original description

Simaetha reducta (Karsch, 1892) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036186

Homalattus reductus Karsch, 1892: 299, pl. 12, f. 24 (Df) Original description

Simaetha reducta Simon, 1903a: 838

Simaetha robustior (Keyserling, 1882) | | Indonesia (New Guinea, Kei Is., Aru Is.), Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036187

Eulabes robustior Keyserling, 1882: 1396, pl. 118, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Pirithous robustior Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaetha robustior Simon, 1903a: 838

Dendryphantes laticeps Strand, 1911d: 183, pl. 4, f. 25, pl. 6, f. 91 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055116]

Dendryphantes laticeps Chrysanthus, 1968: 67, f. 86-88 (m, Df)

Simaetha robustior Żabka, 1994: 514, f. 9A-F, 10A-F (mf, S of Dendryphantes laticeps)

Simaetha tenuidens (Keyserling, 1882) | | Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036188

Eulabes tenuideus Keyserling, 1882: 1393, pl. 118. f. 3-4 (Dmf, lapsus in heading, correct on p. 1482) Original description

Pirithous tenuidens Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaetha tenuidens Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 306

Simaetha chelicerata Szombathy, 1915a: 482, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055115]

Simaetha chelicerata Prószyński, 1983b: 296, f. 22, 25, 29 (f)

Simaetha tenuidens Prószyński, 1984a: 132-133 (mf)

Simaetha tenuidens Prószyński, 1987: 167 (S of Simaetha tenuidens)

Simaetha tenuidens Żabka, 1994: 511, f. 7A-E, 8A-F (mf)

Simaetha tenuior (Keyserling, 1882) | | New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036189

Eulabes tenuior Keyserling, 1882: 1399, pl. 118, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description

Pirithous tenuior Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaethula tenuior Simon, 1903a: 832, f. 985 (m)

Simaetha tenuior Żabka, 1991c: 53 (Tmf from Simaethula)

Simaetha tenuior Żabka, 1994: 524, f. 15A-E, 16A-E, 17A-F (mf)

Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881 | | Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036190

Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881: 521 (Df) Original description

Eulabes fissideus Keyserling, 1882: 1391, pl. 118, f. 1-2 (Dmf, lapsus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055244]

Pirithous fissidens Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaetha thoracica Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 300

Simaetha thoracica Simon, 1903a: 838, 842 (S of Simaetha fissidens)

Simaetha thoracica Davies & Żabka, 1989: 220, pl. 25 (mf)

Simaetha thoracica Żabka, 1994: 504, f. 2A-E, 3A-D, 4A-E (mf)

Simaetha thoracica Prószyński, 2017b: 18, f. 6G (mf)