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. Myrmele Prószyński, 2016 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04356

type Myrmarachne peckhami Wanless, 1978; gender feminine

N.B. = Myrmarachne electrica group of Wanless, 1978a: 115

In synonymy:

Myrmele eugenei (Wanless, 1978) = Myrmele rufescens (Simon, 1900) (Prószyński, 2016: 14, sub M. eugenei)

Myrmele andringitra (Wanless, 1978) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034727

Myrmarachne andringitra Wanless, 1978a: 117, f. 77A-D (Df) Original description

Myrmarachne andringintra Brignoli, 1983c: 645 (lapsus)

Myrmele andringitra Prószyński, 2016: 14 (T from Myrmarachne)

Myrmele electrica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034772

Salticus electricus Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 25, pl. 1, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Myrmarachne electrica Simon, 1901a: 500

Myrmarachne electrica Wanless, 1978a: 118, f. 78A-F (m)

Myrmele electrica Prószyński, 2016: 14 (T from Myrmarachne)

Myrmele peckhami (Roewer, 1951) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034873 TYPE SPECIES

Salticus gracilis Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 26, pl.2, f. 1 (Df; N.B.: preoccupied by Hahn, 1831)

Myrmarachne peckhami Roewer, 1951: 450 (replacement name) Original description

Myrmarachne peckhami Wanless, 1978a: 119, f. 79A-I, 80A-E (f, Dm)

Myrmele peckhami Prószyński, 2016: 14, f. 2J, 3I (mf, T from Myrmarachne)

Myrmele rufescens (Simon, 1900) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049405

Emertonius rufescens Simon, 1900b: 405 (Df; preoccupied in Myrmarachne by Thorell, 1877, see Myrmarachne rufescens)

Emertonius rufescens Roewer, 1965: 78, f. 70a-d (f)

Myrmarachne eugenei Wanless, 1978a: 115, f. 75A-G, 76A-E, pl. 2e-f (Dm, f, T from Emertonius, replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034775] Original description

Myrmele eugenei Prószyński, 2016: 14 (T from Myrmarachne; replacement name now superfluous)