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.

In synonymy:

Nepalicius Prószyński, 2016 = Okinawicius Prószyński, 2016 (Wang et al., 2024n: 229)

Gen. Okinawicius Prószyński, 2016 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04359

type Pseudicius okinawaensis Prószynski, 1992; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synoynm of Nepalicius Prószyński, 2016: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04358] (type Icius nepalicus Andreeva, Heciak & Prószyński, 1984) by Wang et al., 2024n: 229 (first reviser).

Transferred to other genera:

Okinawicius vankeeri (Metzner, 1999) -- see Pseudicius

Okinawicius daitaricus (Prószyński, 1992) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035784

Pseudicius daitaricus Prószyński, 1992b: 202, f. 154 (Df) Original description

Okinawicius daitaricus Prószyński, 2016: 22 (T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius daoxianensis (Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040866

Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000: 14, f. 5-8 (Dm) Original description

Philaeus daoxianensis Yin et al., 2012: 1422, f. 774a-d (m)

Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, 2020: 290, f. 207a-d (m)

Okinawicius daoxianensis Wang et al., 2024n: 229 (T from Philaeus)

Okinawicius delesserti (Caporiacco, 1941) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035786

Pseudicius de lessertii Caporiacco, 1941b: 166, f. 65 (Dm) Original description

Pseudicius delesserti Prószyński, 1987: 50 (m)

Okinawicius delesserti Prószyński, 2016: 22 (T from Pseudicius; on p. 25 also T to Rudakius [!])

Okinawicius modestus (Simon, 1885) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035808

Pseudicius modestus Simon, 1885h: 28, pl. 10, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Pseudicius modestus Prószyński, 1984a: 118 (f)

Pseudicius modestus Prószyński, 1987: 56 (f)

Pseudicius modestus Prószyński, 1992b: 203, f. 155-157 (f)

Okinawicius modestus Prószyński, 2016: 22 (T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius nepalicus (Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984) | | India, Nepal, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035810

Icius nepalicus Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984: 372, f. 49-51 (Dm) Original description

Icius nepalicus Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 71 (T to Pseudicius by Prószyński in "notice" distributed with Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987)

Pseudicius nepalicus Prószyński, 1992a: 106, f. 67, 69-72 (m)

Nepalicius nepalicus Prószyński, 2016: 22, f. 7A-B (m, T from Pseudicius)

Nepalicius nepalicus Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19D (m)

Okinawicius nepalicus Wang et al., 2024n: 229, f. 16A-F, 17A-G (m, Df, T from Nepalicius)

Okinawicius okinawaensis (Prószyński, 1992) | | Japan (Okinawa) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035813 TYPE SPECIES

Pseudicius okinawaensis Prószyński, 1992a: 108, f. 98-100 (Df) Original description

Pseudicius okinawaensis Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 570, f. 111 (f)

Pseudicius tokaraensis Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 90, f. 11, 18-19, 22, 24 (f; misidentified per Prószyński, 2016: 4)

Okinawicius okinawaensis Prószyński, 2016: 22, f. 7E,I (f, T from Pseudicius, removed from S of Pseudicius tokaraensis, rejecting Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 91)

Okinawicius seychellensis (Wanless, 1984) | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035823

Pseudicius seychellensis Wanless, 1984c: 76, f. 25a-d (Df) Original description

Pseudicius seychellensis Saaristo, 2002: 26, f. 76-78 (Dm)

Pseudicius seychellensis Saaristo, 2010: 198, f. 27.107-109 (mf)

Nepalicius seychellensis Prószyński, 2016: 22 (T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius seychellensis Wang et al., 2024n: 229 (T from Nepalicius)

Okinawicius sheherezadae (Prószyński, 1989) | | Saudi Arabia, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035824

Pseudicius sheherezadae Prószyński, 1989a: 49, f. 46-47 (Df) Original description

Pseudicius sheherezadae Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 253, f. 178-181 (f)

Okinawicius sheherezadae Prószyński, 2016: 22, f. 7J (f, T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius sheherezadae Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19G (f)

Okinawicius shirinae (Prószyński, 1989) | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035825

Pseudicius shirinae Prószyński, 1989a: 50, f. 48-49 (Dm) Original description

Okinawicius shirinae Prószyński, 2016: 22 (T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius sindbadi (Prószyński, 1989) | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035826

Pseudicius sindbadi Prószyński, 1989a: 51, f. 50-52 (Dm) Original description

Okinawicius sindbadi Prószyński, 2016: 22, f. 7K (m, T from Pseudicius, probably S of Okinawicius sheherezadae)

Okinawicius sindbadi Prószyński, 2017b: 42, f. 19F (m)

Okinawicius tekdi Tripathi & Kulkarni, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062834

Okinawicius tekdi Tripathi & Kulkarni in Kulkarni et al., 2024: 1172, f. 1-6, 9-30 (Dmf) Original description

Okinawicius tokaraensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) | | Japan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035833

Icius tokaraensis Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 71, f. 77-80 (Df, T to Pseudicius by Prószyński in a "notice" distributed with Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) Original description

Icius koreanus Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987: 67, f. 67-71 (m; misidentified per Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 90)

Pseudicius tokarensis Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 570, f. 107 (f, lapsus)

Pseudicius koreanus Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 570, f. 104-105 (m; misidentified per Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 90)

Pseudicius tokaraensis Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 90, f. 23 (f, f. 11, 18-19, 22, 24 see Okinawicius okinawaensis, S of Pseudicius okinawaensis [revalidated by Prószyński, 2016: 4])

Pseudicius tokaraensis Suguro & Yahata, 2014: 90, f. 10, 16-17, 21-22 (m; misidentified per Prószyński, 2016: 4, rejected by Jin et al., 2022: 3)

Okinawicius tokaraensis Prószyński, 2016: 22, f. 7F,G,H (f, T from Pseudicius)

Okinawicius tokarensis Yang, Wang & Zhang, 2024: 115, f. 63-101 (mf, lapsus)

Okinawicius tokaraensis Suzuki et al., 2026b: 128, f. 7A-E (mf; at fig. misspelled tokarensis)