World Spider Catalog

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. Lictor Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06087

type Bacelarella tentativa Szűts & Jocqué, 2001; gender masculine

Lictor conjugans (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038211

Bacelarella conjugans Jocqué & Szűts, 2001: 95, f. 1C (mf)

Bacelarella conjugans Szűts & Jocqué, 2001b: 85, f. 1C-D, 2B-E, 3C, J, 4B, F, 7A, D, 8A, 9A (Dmf) Original description

Lictor conjugans Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Bacelarella)

Lictor mirabilis (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011) | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044540

Thiratoscirtus mirabilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 603, f. 188-192, 252 (Dmf) Original description

Lictor mirabilis Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Thiratoscirtus)

Lictor newene Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 | | Guinea, Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066113

Lictor newene Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 847, f. 35A-F (Dm) Original description

Lictor pavidus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038214

Bacelarella pavida Jocqué & Szűts, 2001: 95, f. 1B (mf)

Bacelarella pavida Szűts & Jocqué, 2001b: 83, f. 3B, I, 4A, E (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 601, f. 180-184, 251 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380)

Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 110, f. 65A-E (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380)

Lictor pavidus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Bacelarella)

Lictor pavidus Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 848, f. 36A-H, 37A-C (mf)

Lictor perspicuus (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013) | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046091

Thiratoscirtus perspicuus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a: 256, f. 14-27 (Dmf) Original description

Lictor perspicuus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Thiratoscirtus)

Lictor tchimbele Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059234

Lictor tchimbele Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380, f. 5A-D, 6A-C (Dm) Original description

Lictor tentativus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038216 TYPE SPECIES

Bacelarella tentativa Jocqué & Szűts, 2001: 95, f. 1A (m)

Bacelarella tentativa Szűts & Jocqué, 2001b: 82, F. 3A, H (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus tentativus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 115, f. 68A-E, 69A-D (m, Df, T from Bacelarella)

Lictor tentativus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Thiratoscirtus)