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.

Gen. Colonus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04286

N.B.: removed from synonymy of Thiodina Simon, 1900 by Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 186, contra Simon, 1903a: 1050.

In synonymy:

Colonus agrestis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1883, T from Attus) = Colonus puerperus Hentz, 1846 (Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449, sub Thiodina)

Colonus retiarius (Hentz, 1850, T from Metaphidippus) = Colonus sylvanus Hentz, 1846 (Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449, sub Thiodina)

Colonus schiapelliae (Galiano, 1957, T from Thiodina) = Colonus germaini Simon, 1900 (Galiano, 1963a: 458)

Colonus stellifer (Holmberg, 1876, T from Maevia) = Colonus pallidus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321, sub Thiodina)

Colonus viridis (Holmberg, 1876, T from Maevia) = Colonus pallidus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321, sub Thiodina)

Colonus alineae Rubio, Stolar, Baigorria & Baptista, 2023 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059153

Colonus alineae Rubio et al., 2023a: 4, f. 15-26 (Dmf) Original description

Colonus branicki (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036550

Attus branickii Taczanowski, 1871: 94 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa branickii Taczanowski, 1878a: 327

Attus branickii van Hasselt, 1888: 196

Thiodina branickii Caporiacco, 1948a: 705, f. 133 (f, removed from S of Thiodina pallida, rejecting Simon, 1901a: 457)

Thiodina branickii Caporiacco, 1954: 147, f. 46 (m)

Colonus branicki Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus candidus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036551

Thiodina candida Mello-Leitão, 1922a: 218 (Df) Original description

Colonus candidus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus germaini (Simon, 1900) | | French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036554

Thiodina germaini Simon, 1900b: 392 (Dm) Original description

Thiodina schiapelliae Galiano, 1957: 57, f. A-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059154]

Thiodina germaini Galiano, 1963a: 458, pl. XL, f. 3-4 (mf, S of Thiodina schiapelliae)

Colonus germaini Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus germaini Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 271, f. 3a-c, 5a-b (mf)

Colonus germaini Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 926, f. 6A-C (m)

Colonus gracilis Rubio, Stolar, Baigorria & Baptista, 2023 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059152

Colonus gracilis Rubio et al., 2023a: 2, f. 1-7, 10, 12, 14, 27-28 (Dmf) Original description

Colonus hesperus (Richman & Vetter, 2004) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039434

Dendryphantes retarius Banks, 1898b: 284 (misidentified per Richman & Vetter, 2004: 426)

Thiodina retarius Banks, 1904b: 358 (misidentified per Richman & Vetter, 2004: 426)

Thiodina hespera Richman & Vetter, 2004: 426, f. 2, 4, 8, 11, 14 (Dmf) Original description

Thiodina hespera Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2012a: 654, f. 2c (f)

Colonus hesperus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus hesperus Guerrero-Fuentes & Desales-Lara, 2020: 147, f. 2, 7 (m)

Colonus melanogaster (Mello-Leitão, 1917) | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036556

Thiodina melanogaster Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 132, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Colonus melanogaster Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus melanogaster Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 926, f. 6D-G (m)

Colonus melanogaster Rubio et al., 2023a: 8, f. 8-9, 11, 13 (Df)

Colonus pallidus (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036558

Alcmena pallida C. L. Koch, 1846: 179, f. 1229 (Dm) Original description

Dendryphantes pallida Simon, 1864: 315

Maevia stellifera Holmberg, 1876: 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059155]

Maevia viridis Holmberg, 1876: 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059156]

Thiodina pallida Simon, 1901a: 455, 457, f. 522-525 (m, Df, S of Thiodina branicki; rejected by Caporiacco, 1948a: 705)

Thiodina pallida Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321 (S of Maevia stellifera and M. viridis)

Thiodina pallida Crane, 1945: 35, f. 2 (f)

Thiodina pallida Caporiacco, 1954: 149, f. 47 (f)

Colonus pallidus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus pallidus Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 271, f. 3d-g, 5c (f)

Colonus pallidus Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 10C (f)

Colonus pallidus Bedoya-Róqueme & Lopez-Villada, 2020a: 5, f. 12-14 (f)

Colonus pseustes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) | | Panama, Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036560

Thiodina pseustes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 29, pl. 8, f. 61-62 (Dm) Original description

Colonus pseustes Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus pseustes Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB41, f. 141-142 (f)

Colonus pseustes Bedoya-Róqueme & Lopez-Villada, 2020a: 3, f. 1-11 (m)

Colonus puerperus (Hentz, 1846) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036561

Attus puerperus Hentz, 1846: 360, pl. 21, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Attus agrestis Peckham & Peckham, 1883: 12, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059172]

Plexippus puerperus Emerton, 1902: 51, f. 137-139 (f, Dm)

Thiodina puerpera Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449, pl. 35, f. 8-8d (mf, S of Attus agrestis)

Thiodina irrorata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 215, f. 11 (misidentified per Richman & Vetter, 2004: 424)

Thiodina puerpera Oehler, 1980: 12, f. 122-127 (mf)

Thiodina puerpera Breene et al., 1993: 64, f. 40A-C (mf)

Thiodina puerpera Richman & Vetter, 2004: 424, f. 2-3, 7, 10, 13 (mf)

Thiodina puerpera Hill, 2012: 1, f. 10 (f)

Colonus puerperus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus puerperus Hill, 2018a: 6, f. 5, 7, 9.1-2, 10.1, 11-13, 18-24, 29-30, 37, 39-41, 45-46, 48-52, 54, 56-60, 68.5, 69, 71-77, 79.1-3, 81-82, 84-87 (f, m habitus)

Colonus punctulatus (Mello-Leitão, 1917) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036562

Thiodina punctulata Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 133, f. 9, 12 (Df) Original description

Colonus punctulatus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus rishwani (Makhan, 2006) | | Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040894

Thiodina rishwani Makhan, 2006a: 10, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Colonus rishwani Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus robustus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036563

Thiodina robusta Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 299, f. 92-93 (Dm) Original description

Colonus robustus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus robustus Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 271, f. 3h-j, 5d-e (m)

Colonus sylvanus (Hentz, 1846) | | USA to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036565

Attus sylvanus Hentz, 1846: 364, pl. 22, f. 10 (Dmf; sylvanus is a Latin noun in apposition) Original description

Attus retiarius Hentz, 1850: 288, pl. 10, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059173]

Plexippus puerperus Peckham & Peckham, 1885b: 68, pl. 2, f. 5 (mf; misidentified per Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449)

Plexippus puerperus Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 33, pl. 1, f. 23, pl. 2, f. 23, pl. 3, f. 23 (f; misidentified per Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449)

Colonus puerperus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 246, pl. 21, f. 11-12 (mf; misidentified per Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449)

Metaphidippus retiarius F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 272

Thiodina puerpera Simon, 1901a: 457

Thiodina sylvana Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 449, pl. 35, f. 9-9e (mf, S of Metaphidippus retiarius)

Thiodina inquies Kraus, 1955b: 59, f. 169 (f; misidentified per Richman & Vetter, 2004: 421)

Thiodina sylvana Oehler, 1980: 12, f. 128-132 (mf)

Thiodina sylvana Breene et al., 1993: 64, f. 41A-C (mf)

Thiodina sylvana Richman & Vetter, 2004: 421, f. 2-3, 5-6, 9, 12 (mf)

Thiodina sylvana Hill, 2012: 1, f. 10 (f)

Colonus sylvanus Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus sylvanus Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 7L, 10A-B (mf)

Colonus sylvanus Hill, 2018a: 6, f. 6, 8, 9.3-4, 10.2, 14-17, 25-27, 31-36, 38, 42-44, 47, 53, 55, 61-67, 68.1-4, 70, 78, 79.4, 80, 83, 89 (m [habitus], f)

Colonus vaccula (Simon, 1900) | | Peru, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036566

Thiodina vaccula Simon, 1900b: 392 (Dm; vaccula is a Latin noun in apposition) Original description

Thiodina vaccula Simon, 1901a: 455, f. 526-527 (m)

Thiodina vaccula Galiano, 1963a: 459, pl. XL, f. 1-2 (m)

Colonus vaccula Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)

Colonus vaccula Rubio & Baigorria, 2016: 272, f. 3k-m, 5f-h (m ,Df)

Colonus vellardi (Soares & Camargo, 1948) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036567

Thiodina vellardi Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 400, f. 76 (Df) Original description

Colonus vellardi Bustamante, Maddison & Ruiz, 2015: 187 (T from Thiodina)