World Spider Catalog

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.

Gen. Simaethula Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03228

Transferred to other genera:

Simaethula tenuior (Keyserling, 1882) -- see Simaetha

Simaethula aurata (L. Koch, 1879) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036191

Homalattus auratus L. Koch, 1879a: 1087, pl. 95, f. 4-5 (Dmf) Original description

Rhene aurata Simon, 1901a: 641

Simaethula aurata Żabka, 1991c: 54 (Tmf from Rhene)

Simaethula auronitens (L. Koch, 1879) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036192

Homalattus auronitens L. Koch, 1879a: 1085, pl. 95, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description

Simaethula auronitens Simon, 1903a: 839

Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036193

Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909d: 207 (Dm) Original description

Simaethula janthina Simon, 1902 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036194

Simaethula janthina Simon, 1902d: 399 (Df) Original description

Simaethula janthina Simon, 1903a: 843, f. 991

Simaethula mutica Szombathy, 1915 | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036195

Simaethula mutica Szombathy, 1915a: 484, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Simaethula mutica Prószyński, 1983b: 296, f. 23, 26, 30 (f)

Simaethula opulenta (L. Koch, 1879) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036196

Homalattus opulentus L. Koch, 1879a: 1083, pl. 95, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Rhene opulenta Simon, 1901a: 641

Simaethula opulenta Żabka, 1991c: 54 (Tm from Rhene)

Simaethula violacea (L. Koch, 1879) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036197

Homalattus violaceus L. Koch, 1879a: 1090, pl. 95, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Simaethula violacea Simon, 1903a: 839