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:

Myrmavola Prószyński, 2016 = Hermosa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90)

Gen. Hermosa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04490

type Hermosa volatilis Peckham & Peckham, 1892; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from synonymy of Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (rejecting Simon, 1901a: 503) and considered a senior synonym of Myrmavola Prószyński, 2016: 13 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04355] (type Damoetas galianoae Prószyński, 2001) by Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90.

In synonymy:

Hermosa majungae (Strand, 1907) = Hermosa volatilis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (Wanless, 1978a: 98, sub Myrmarachne)

Hermosa mariaelenae (Edwards & Benjamin, 2009, sub Myrmarachne) = Hermosa galianoae (Prószyński, 2001) (Prószyński, 2016: 10, sub Myrmavola)

Hermosa andrewi (Wanless, 1978) | | Congo, Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034726

Myrmarachne andrewi Wanless, 1978a: 103, f. 66B-E, G-H, J, 67A, D-E (Dmf) Original description

Myrmavola andrewi Prószyński, 2016: 13 (T from Myrmarachne)

Hermosa andrewi Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa brevichelicera (Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046233

Myrmarachne brevichelicera Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013: 515, 11A-G, 12A-F (Dmf) Original description

Myrmavola brevichelicera Prószyński, 2016: 13 (T from Myrmarachne)

Hermosa brevichelicera Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa christae (Prószyński, 2001) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038225

Damoetas christae Prószyński, 2001: 519, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Myrmarachne christae Edwards & Benjamin, 2009: 14 (T from Damoetas)

Myrmavola christae Prószyński, 2016: 10 (T from Myrmarachne)

Myrmavola christae Prószyński, 2017b: 103, f. 45C8 (f)

Hermosa christae Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa galianoae (Prószyński, 2001) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038226

Damoetas galianoae Prószyński, 2001: 520, f. 5-10 (Dmf; preoccupied in Myrmarachne by Cutler, 1981, see Myrmarachne galianoae)

Myrmarachne mariaelenae Edwards & Benjamin, 2009: 14 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042802] Original description

Myrmavola galianoae Prószyński, 2016: 13, f. 2H, 3G, 5A (mf, T from Myrmarachne, S of Myrmarachne mariaelenae)

Myrmavola galianoae Prószyński, 2017b: 103, f. 45A8, 45B8, 45C7 (mf)

Hermosa galianoae Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa volatilis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 | | Madagascar, China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034921 TYPE SPECIES

Hermosa volatilis Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 53, pl. 4, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Myrmarachne volatilis Simon, 1901a: 504

Myrmarachne majungae Strand, 1907d: 745 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062019]

Myrmarachne volatilis Wanless, 1978a: 98, f. 61A, D-F, 62A-C (f, S of Myrmarachne majungae)

Myrmarachne voliatilis Żabka, 1985: 419, f. 368-371 (f)

Myrmarachne volatilis Zhang, Song & Zhu, 1992: 4, f. 7.1-6 (f, Dm)

Myrmarachne voliatilis Peng et al., 1993: 141, f. 489-494 (f)

Myrmarachne volatilis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 536, f. 14J, 305H-I, T-U (mf)

Myrmarachne volatilis Yin et al., 2012: 1415, f. 769a-h (mf)

Myrmavola volatilis Prószyński, 2016: 13 (T from Myrmarachne)

Hermosa volatilis Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Myrmarachne volatilis Peng, 2020: 253, f. 177a-h (mf)

Hermosa yamanei (Yamasaki, 2012) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046297

Myrmarachne yamanei Yamasaki, 2012: 173, f. 53-66 (Dmf) Original description

Myrmavola yamanei Prószyński, 2016: 13 (T from Myrmarachne)

Hermosa yamanei Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa yamasakii (Prószyński, 2016) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048798

Myrmarachne mariaelenae Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013: 534, f. 26A-G, 27A-G (mf, misidentified per Prószyński, 2016: 13)

Myrmavola yamasakii Prószyński, 2016: 13, f. 1K, 3K, 5B-D (Dmf) Original description

Myrmavola yamasaki Prószyński, 2017b: 103, f. 46I (f)

Hermosa yamasakii Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90 (T from Myrmavola)

Hermosa yurai Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061984

Hermosa yurai Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 39, f. 24A-G, 25A-G (Dmf) Original description