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. Leptofreya Edwards, 2015 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04294

In synonymy:

Leptofreya albovittata (Schenkel, 1953, T from Phiale) = Leptofreya ambigua C. L. Koch, 1846 (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007a: 648, sub Freya perelegans)

Leptofreya fannae (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896, T from Plexippus) = Leptofreya ambigua C. L. Koch, 1846 (Edwards & Ruiz, 2013: 13, sub Freya)

Leptofreya perelegans (Simon, 1902, T from Freya) = Leptofreya ambigua C. L. Koch, 1846 (Edwards & Ruiz, 2013: 13)

Leptofreya simplicicava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Phiale) = Leptofreya bifurcata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Edwards, 2015: 43)

Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil. Introduced to USA (Florida, Texas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033247

Euophrys ambigua C. L. Koch, 1846: 206, f. 1253 (Dm) Original description

Freya ambigua C. L. Koch, 1850: 66

Menemerus fannae Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 74, pl. 6, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035662]

Thotmes fannae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 241, pl. 20, f. 22 (m)

Freya perelegans Simon, 1902a: 414 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033484]

Plexippus fannae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 695

Phiale albovittata Schenkel, 1953a: 51, f. 45a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035386]

Euophrys ambigua Roewer, 1955c: 1179

Freya perelegans Galiano, 1963a: 359, pl. XX, f. 8-9 (m)

Freya perelegans Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007a: 648 (S of Phiale albovittata)

Freya ambigua Edwards & Ruiz, 2013: 13, f. 1-12 (m, Df, S of Freya perelegans and Plexippus fannae)

Leptofreya ambigua Edwards, 2015: 43, f. 16A-G (mf, T from Freya)

Leptofreya bifurcata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Mexico, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033466

Heraclea rustica Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 79, pl. 4, f. 2 (f only, misidentified per Edwards, 2015)

Cyrene bifurcata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 234, pl. 19, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Cyrene simplicicava F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 237, pl. 20, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035420]

Freya bifurcata Simon, 1903a: 730

Phiale simplicicava Simon, 1903a: 702

Freya bifurcata Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 231, f. 141-142 (m)

Phiale simplicicava Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 238, f. 150 (f)

Freya uncinella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 25, pl. 7, f. 53-55 (Dm)

Freya bifurcata Chickering, 1946: 174

Leptofreya bifurcata Edwards, 2015: 43, f. 16H, 17A-K (Tm from Freya, Sf)

Leptofreya laticava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035405

Cyrene laticava F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 237, pl. 20, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Phiale laticava Petrunkevitch, 1911: 691

Leptofreya laticava Edwards, 2015: 43 (Tf from Phiale)

Leptofreya longispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Guatemala, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033480

Cyrene longispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 230, pl. 17, f. 14 (Dm) Original description

Freya longispina Petrunkevitch, 1911: 653

Freya longispina Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 235, f. 146-148 (m)

Leptofreya longispina Edwards, 2015: 43 (Tm from Freya)