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.

In synonymy:

Blaisea Simon, 1903 = Tusitala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719)

Monclova G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 = Tusitala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 331)

Gen. Tusitala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03283

type Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Monclova G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902: 331 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06397] (type M. brauni G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 = Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902) by G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903: 245 and of Blaisea Simon, 1903f: 722 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02856] (type B. lyrata Simon, 1903) by Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719.

Transferred to other genera:

Tusitala dubia (Wesołowska, 1989) -- see Wesolowskana

In synonymy:

Tusitala barbata longipalpis Lessert, 1925 = Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Lessert, 1927: 461)

Tusitala bicalcarata (Simon, 1909, T from Blaisea) = Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719)

Tusitala brauni (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902) = Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Lessert, 1927: 461)

Tusitala emertoni Lessert, 1925 = Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Lessert, 1927: 461)

Tusitala sansibarica Strand, 1907 = Tusitala hirsuta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Próchniewicz, 1989: 225)

Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015 | | Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047949

Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 289, f. 9-10, 14-30 (Dmf) Original description

Tusitala bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056045

Tusitala bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 122, f. 72A-E (Df) Original description

Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036683 TYPE SPECIES

Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 330 (Dm) Original description

Monclova braunii Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 331 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066064]

Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 243, pl. 28, f. 2 (m)

Tusitala braunsii Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 245, pl. 28, f. 1 (f, lapsus)

Tusitala barbata Simon, 1903a: 802, f. 940-943

Tusitala emertoni Lessert, 1925a: 514, f. 98-100 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066065]

Tusitala barbata longipalpis Lessert, 1925a: 517, f. 101-103 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036684]

Tusitala barbata Lessert, 1927: 461 (S of Tusitala barbata longipalpis, T. brauni, T. emertoni, T. hirsuta [revalidated by Próchniewicz, 1989: 225] and T. sansibarica [rejected by Próchniewicz, 1989: 225, see T. hirsuta])

Tusitala barbata longipalpis Caporiacco, 1940c: 867, f. 57 (Df; f may belong to Heliophanus per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299)

Tusitala barbata Berland & Millot, 1941: 395

Tusitala barbata Prószyński, 1984a: 149 (mf)

Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 222, f. 192-195 (mf)

Tusitala barbata Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 293, f. 6, 8, 11, 31-58 (mf, S of Tusitala barbata longipalpis confirmed)

Tusitala barbata Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 15L (mf)

Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 901, f. 88A-B (f)

Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056046

Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 125, f. 73A-E, 74A-C (Dm) Original description

Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036685

Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941b: 174, f. 71 (Dm) Original description

Tusitala discibulba Prószyński, 1987: 115 (m)

Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036686

Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 395, f. 89 (Df) Original description

Tusitala guineensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 126, f. 75A-D (f)

Tusitala hirsuta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 | | Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036687

Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 330 (Dm) Original description

Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 244, pl. 28, f. 3 (m)

Tusitala sansibarica Strand, 1907d: 748 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066066]

Tusitala hirsuta Próchniewicz, 1989: 225, f. 59-66 (mf, removed from S of Tusitala barbata [rejecting Lessert, 1927: 461], S of T. sansibarica [removed from S of T. barbata, rejecting Lessert, 1927: 461])

Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 110, f. 307-309 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299)

Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 92, f. 203-204 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299)

Tusitala hirsuta Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299, f. 7, 12, 59-92 (mf)

Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 | | Ivory Coast, DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036688

Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927: 462, f. 33-35 (Dm) Original description

Tusitala lutzi Wesołowska, 2012a: 218, f. 55-64 (m, Df)

Tusitala lutzi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 128, f. 76A-E (m)

Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) | | Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032553

Blaisea lyrata Simon, 1903a: 679, f. 804 (m)

Blaisea lyrata Simon, 1903f: 723 (Dm) Original description

Blaisea bicalcarata Simon, 1909f: 429 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032552]

Blaisea bicalcarata Berland & Millot, 1941: 358, f. 58 (m)

Tusitala lyrata Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719, f. 1-19 (m, Df, T from Blaisea, S of Blaisea bicalcarata)

Tusitala lyrata Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 79, f. 56A-C (mf)

Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036689

Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 112, f. 310-312 (Df; may be S of Tusitala hirsuta per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 306) Original description

Tusitala ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062009

Tusitala ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 155, f. 101A-F (Df) Original description

Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036690

Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 113, f. 313-316 (Df) Original description

Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036691

Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 78, f. 154-156 (Df) Original description

Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 260, f. 201-206 (f, Dm)