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. Rudakius Prószyński, 2016 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04362

In synonymy:

Rudakius admirandus (Logunov, 2007, T from Pseudicius) = Rudakius ludhianaensis Tikader, 1974 (Caleb, Prajapati & Ali, 2019: 417)

Rudakius citri (Sadana, 1980, T from Phlegra) = Rudakius ludhianaensis Tikader, 1974 (Nenilin, 1984b: 1178, sub Pseudicius)

Rudakius endenae (B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992, T from Marpissa) = Rudakius ludhianaensis Tikader, 1974 (Caleb, Prajapati & Ali, 2019: 417)

Rudakius incertus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885, T from Menemerus) = Rudakius cinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 542)

Rudakius ludhianaensis (Sadana & Kaur, 1974) = Rudakius ludhianaensis Tikader, 1974 (Brignoli, 1983c: 630, 642, sub Marpissa)

Rudakius rufovittatus (Spassky, 1952) = Rudakius cinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Prószyński & Zochowska, 1981: 26, sub Pseudicius)

Rudakius vittatus (Simon, 1889) = Rudakius cinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Nenilin, 1984b: 1177, sub Pseudicius)

Rudakius afghanicus (Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984) | | United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035771

Icius afghanicus Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984: 352, f. 21, 24, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40 (Dmf) Original description

Pseudicius afghanicus Prószyński, 1990: 295 (T from Icius)

Rudakius afghanicus Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius)

Rudakius afghanicus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2020: 610, f. 12-14, 17-21 (mf)

Rudakius cinctus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) | | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035781

Menemerus cinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 99 (Dm) Original description

Menemerus incertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 100 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061121]

Pseudicius vittatus Simon, 1889l: 374 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061124]

Pseudicius rufovittatus Spassky, 1952: 205, f. 7, 9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061123]

Pseudicius rufovittatus Andreeva, 1976: 90, f. 125-126 (f)

Pseudicius rufovittatus Prószyński, 1979: 316, f. 271-275 (m)

Pseudicius cinctus Prószyński & Zochowska, 1981: 26, f. 19-24 (mf, T from Menemerus, S of Pseudicius rufovittatus)

Icius cinctus Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984: 351, f. 20, 23, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 41 (mf)

Pseudicius vittatus Nenilin, 1984a: 28 (S of Pseudicius rufovittatus confirmed)

Pseudicius cinctus Nenilin, 1984b: 1177 (S of Rudakius vittatus)

Icius cinctus Prószyński, 1987: 49 (m)

Icius cinctus Zhou & Song, 1988: 8, f. 10a-e (mf)

Icius cinctus Hu & Wu, 1989: 374, f. 292.1-3, 293.1-4, 284.1-4 (mf)

Icius cinctus Zhao, 1993: 399, f. 202a-c (mf)

Icius cinctus Zhao, 1995: 1117, f. 543a-c (mf)

Pseudicius cinctus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 542, f. 311Q-R, 313F-G (mf, S of Menemerus incertus)

Pseudicius cinctus Tabrizi, Rad & Hedayati, 2014: 37, f. 2K-L, 4J-K (f)

Rudakius cinctus Prószyński, 2016: 23, f. 8F-I (mf, T from Pseudicius)

Rudakius cinctus Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19J (mf)

Pseudicius cinctus Peng, 2020: 362, f. 260a-d (mf)

Rudakius ludhianaensis (Tikader, 1974) | | Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035802

Marpissa ludhianaensis Tikader, 1974b: 205, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa ludhianaensis Sadana & Kaur, 1974b: 49, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061122]

Phlegra citri Sadana, 1980: 229, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061120]

Marpissa ludhianaensis Brignoli, 1983c: 630, 642 (S of Marpissa ludhianaensis Sadana & Kaur, 1974)

Pseudicius ludhianaensis Nenilin, 1984a: 6 (T from Marpissa)

Pseudicius ludhianaensis Nenilin, 1984b: 1178 (S of Phlegra citri)

Marpissa endenae Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 391, f. 23-25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034463]

Pseudicius admirandus Logunov, 2007: 21, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041311]

Rudakius ludhianaensis Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius; lists Rudakius citri as seperate species but does not discuss or invalidate the S proposed by Nenilin, 1984b : 1178)

Rudakius ludhianaensis Caleb, Prajapati & Ali, 2019: 417, f. 1-29 (mf, S of Marpissa endenae and Pseudicius admirandus)

Rudakius ludhianaensis Abdel-Ghani, 2024: 1, f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-e, 4a-b (mf)

Rudakius maureri (Prószyński, 1992) | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035805

Pseudicius maureri Prószyński, 1992a: 105, f. 73-79 (Dm) Original description

Rudakius maureri Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius)

Rudakius rudakii (Prószyński, 1992) | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035822

Pseudicius rudakii Prószyński, 1992a: 110, f. 80-82 (Dm) Original description

Rudakius rudakii Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius)

Rudakius spasskyi (Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984) | | Azerbaijan, Iran, Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035829

Icius spasskyi Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984: 352, f. 22, 25-26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 42 (Dmf) Original description

Pseudicius spasskyi Prószyński, 1990: 183 (T from Icius)

Pseudicius spasskyi Wesołowska, 1996: 40, f. 29A-E, 30A-D (mf)

Rudakius spasskyi Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius)

Rudakius wenshanensis (He & Hu, 1999) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035839

Pseudicius wenshanensis He & Hu, 1999b: 32, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Rudakius wenshanensis Prószyński, 2016: 25 (T from Pseudicius)

Pseudicius wenshanensis Peng, 2020: 371, f. 267a-b (f)