World Spider Catalog

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. Tacuna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03249

type Tacuna delecta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901; gender feminine

N.B.: not a synonym of Partona Simon, 1901 (Galiano, 1963a: 415, contra Simon, 1903a: 1055).

Transferred to other genera:

Tacuna duboscqi (Berland & Millot, 1941) -- see Harmochirus

Tacuna euchira Simon, 1901 -- see Chirothecia

In synonymy:

Tacuna modesta (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Partona) = Tacuna delecta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 (Galiano, 1981a: 12)

Tacuna delecta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036440 TYPE SPECIES

Tacuna delecta Peckham & Peckham, 1901c: 228, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Partona delecta Simon, 1903a: 1055

Partona modesta Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 228, f. 55 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064071]

Tacuna delecta Galiano, 1981a: 12 (S of Partona modesta)

Tacuna delecta Galiano, 1995a: 114, f. 1-4, 9-13, 24-26, 28 (m, Df)

Tacuna minensis Galiano, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036441

Tacuna minensis Galiano, 1995a: 119, f. 7, 21-22 (Dm) Original description

Tacuna saltensis Galiano, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036442

Tacuna saltensis Galiano, 1995a: 119, f. 8, 14-17, 29-30 (Dm) Original description

Tacuna vaga (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036443

Rhene vaga Peckham & Peckham, 1895a: 163, pl. 15, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Tacuna vaga Galiano, 1995a: 118, f. 5-6, 18-20, 23, 27 (Tmf from Rhene)