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:

Arindas Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Zuniga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1964a: 69)

Simprulloides Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Zuniga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1981a: 15)

Gen. Zuniga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03313

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Arindas Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 88 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05762] (type A. ornatus Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) by Galiano, 1964a: 69 and of Simprulloides Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 84 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05763] (type S. xanthurus Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) by Galiano, 1981a: 15.

Transferred to other genera:

Zuniga exilis (Mello-Leitão, 1943) -- see Sarinda

Zuniga furva Chickering, 1946 -- see Martella

Zuniga longula (Taczanowski, 1871) -- see Sarinda

Zuniga pottsi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) -- see Martella

Zuniga wankowiczi (Taczanowski, 1871) -- see Sarinda

In synonymy:

Zuniga elongata (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Sarinda) = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1965b: 310)

Zuniga formosa (Banks, 1929) = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1964a: 75)

Zuniga melzeri Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1964a: 75)

Zuniga ornata (Mello-Leitão, 1933, T from Arindas) = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1964a: 75)

Zuniga severa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 = Zuniga laeta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1964a: 70)

Zuniga xanthura (Mello-Leitão, 1933, T from Simprulloides) = Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Galiano, 1981a: 15)

Zuniga laeta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) | | Colombia, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036906

Sarinda laeta Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 41, pl. 3, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Zuniga severa Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 44, pl. 3, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056005]

Sarinda laeta Simon, 1901a: 506, f. 600-603 (m)

Zuniga laeta Galiano, 1964a: 70, f. 1-7, 16, 18-19, 24-25 (mf, T from Sarinda, S of Zuniga severa)

Sarinda lateata Jackowska & Prószyński, 1975: 42, f. 4a (f, lapsus)

Zuniga laeta Galvis, 2016a: 2, f. 1-9 (mf)

Zuniga magna G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 | | Mexico, Costa Rica to Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036907

Zuniga magna Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 43, pl. 4, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Zuniga magna Simon, 1901a: 519, f. 620-622

Sarinda formosa Banks, 1929: 73, pl. 1, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056002]

Zuniga magna Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 70 (Df)

Zuniga melzeri Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 71, pl. 3, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056003]

Simprulloides xanthurus Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 85, pl. 2, f. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056006]

Arindas ornatus Mello-Leitão, 1933a: 88, pl. 3, f. 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056004]

Sarinda elongata Mello-Leitão, 1940c: 189, f. 30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056001]

Zuniga formosa Chickering, 1946: 447, f. 413-415 (m, Df)

Zuniga magna Galiano, 1964a: 75, f. 8-15, 17, 20-23 (mf, S of Arindas ornatus, Zuniga formosa and Z. melzeri)

Zuniga magna Galiano, 1965b: 310 (S of Sarinda elongata)

Sarinda formosa Jackowska & Prószyński, 1975: 42, f. 4b (f)

Zuniga magna Galiano, 1981a: 15 (S of Simprulloides xanthurus)

Zuniga magna Galvis, 2016a: 4, f. 10-16 (mf)

Zuniga magna Prószyński, 2017b: 61, f. 27X (mf)