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.

Gen. Trapezocephalus Berland & Millot, 1941 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04947

type Trapezocephalus aelurilliformis Berland & Millot, 1941; gender masculine; syn. of Trapezocephalus cassinicola (Simon, 1909)

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 by Wesolowska, 1986: 5 and revalidated by Wesołowska, 2024: 88.

In synonymy:

Trapezocephalus aelurilliformis Berland & Millot, 1941 = Trapezocephalus cassinicola (Simon, 1909) (Wesołowska, 1986: 28, sub Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus ambiguus (Lessert, 1925) = Trapezocephalus orchesta (Simon, 1886) (Wesołowska, 1986: 30, sub Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus decoloratus (Lawrence, 1928) = Trapezocephalus orchesta (Simon, 1886) (Wesołowska, 1986: 30, sub Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus milloti (Denis, 1955) = Trapezocephalus cassinicola (Simon, 1909) (Wesołowska, 1986: 28, sub Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus montanus (Wesołowska, 2006, T from Heliophanus) = Trapezocephalus capicola (Simon, 1901) (Wesołowska, 2024: 90)

Trapezocephalus orchestioides (Lessert, 1925) = Trapezocephalus infaustus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) (Wesołowska, 2012b: 328, sub Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus aviculus (Berland & Millot, 1941) | | Central, West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033755

Heliophanus aviculus Berland & Millot, 1941: 321, f. 23 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus aviculus Wesołowska, 1986: 29, f. 279-288 (mf)

Trapezocephalus aviculus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus capicola (Simon, 1901) | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033764

Heliophanus capicola Simon, 1901e: 52, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus capicola Wesołowska, 1986: 225, f. 807-813 (mf)

Heliophanus montanus Wesołowska, 2006b: 233, f. 38-39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040823]

Heliophanus capicola Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 237, f. 24-25 (f)

Trapezocephalus capicola Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus, S of Heliophanus montanus)

Trapezocephalus cassinicola (Simon, 1909) | | West, Central, East Africa, Mozambique, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033765 TYPE SPECIES

Heliophanus cassinicola Simon, 1909f: 424, f. 20 (Dm) Original description

Trapezocephalus aelurilliformis Berland & Millot, 1941: 358, f. 57 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059807]

Heliophanus milloti Denis, 1955b: 118, f. 18-19 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059808]

Heliophanus cassinicola Wesołowska, 1986: 28, f. 261-278 (mf, S of Heliophanus milloti and Trapezocephalus aelurilliformis)

Heliophanus cassinicola Wesołowska, 2003a: 257, f. 25-29 (m)

Heliophanus cassinicola Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 218, f. 83-88 (mf)

Trapezocephalus cassinicola Wesołowska, 2024: 88, f. 5A-G (mf, T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus deamatus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | | Central, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033779

Heliophanus deamatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 190, pl. 20, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus deamatus Wesołowska, 1986: 31, f. 310-319 (m)

Trapezocephalus deamatus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus harpago (Simon, 1909) | | Central, West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033805

Heliophanus harpago Simon, 1909f: 425, f. 21 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus harpago Wesołowska, 1986: 33, f. 341-345 (m, Df)

Trapezocephalus harpago Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus infaustus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | | East Africa, Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033279

Euophrys infausta Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 204, pl. 22, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus orchestioides Lessert, 1925a: 461, f. 43-45 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033840]

Heliophanus orchestioides Wesołowska, 1986: 32, f. 327-340 (mf)

Heliophanus orchestioides Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 182, f. 44-49 (mf)

Heliophanus infaustus Wesołowska, 2012b: 328 (T from Euophrys, S of Heliophanus orchestioides)

Trapezocephalus infaustus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus kittenbergeri (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033284

Euophrys kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947c: 236, pl. 2, f. 68 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus kittenbergeri Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014: 5 (T from Euophrys)

Trapezocephalus kittenbergeri Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus lesserti (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Central, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033822

Heliophanus lesserti Wesołowska, 1986: 31, f. 320-326 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus lesserti Wesołowska, 2011b: 315, f. 20-24, 88 (m)

Trapezocephalus lesserti Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus ndumoensis (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045909

Heliophanus ndumoensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 205, f. 12, 82-85 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus ndumoensis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 481, f. 48-49, 54 (Df)

Trapezocephalus ndumoensis Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus orchesta (Simon, 1886) | | Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033839

Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1886g: 389, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1901a: 541, 550, f. 666 (m)

Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1901e: 54, f. 4 (m)

Heliophanus ambiguus Lessert, 1925a: 458, f. 40-42 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059809]

Heliophanus decoloratus Lawrence, 1927: 58, pl. 4, f. 83 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059810]

Heliophanus orchesta Wesołowska, 1986: 30, f. 295-309 (mf, S of Heliophanus ambiguus and H. decoloratus)

Trapezocephalus orchesta Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus robustus (Berland & Millot, 1941) | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033854

Heliophanus robustus Berland & Millot, 1941: 323, f. 26 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus robustus Wesołowska, 1986: 29, f. 289-294 (m)

Heliophanus robustus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 573, f. 69-74, 225 (m, Df)

Trapezocephalus robustus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus semirasus (Lawrence, 1928) | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033857

Heliophanus semirasus Lawrence, 1928: 258, pl. 22, f. 38-39 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus semirasus Wesołowska, 1986: 34, f. 354-358 (m)

Trapezocephalus semirasus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus transvaalicus (Simon, 1901) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033860

Heliophanus transvaalicus Simon, 1901a: 541, 550, f. 668 (m)

Heliophanus transvaalicus Simon, 1901e: 55, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus transvaalicus Wesołowska, 1986: 33, f. 346-353 (mf)

Trapezocephalus transvaalicus Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)

Trapezocephalus tristis (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039093

Heliophanus tristis Wesołowska, 2003a: 289, f. 133-134 (Df) Original description

Trapezocephalus tristis Wesołowska, 2024: 90 (T from Heliophanus)