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.

In synonymy:

Evenus Simon, 1877 = Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 (Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 334, preoccupied, replacement name)

Taupoa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 = Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 (Prószyński, 1984a: 143)

Homonym replaced:

Evenus Simon, 1877 -- see Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 - in Peckham & Peckham, 1886

Gen. Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02939

N.B.: replacement name for Evenus Simon, 1877b: 58 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05862], preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Hübner, 1819, as well as in Coleoptera and Mollusca (see Bonnet, 1956: 1875); removed from the synonymy of Viciria Thorell, 1877 by Prószyński, 1984b: 403 (contra Simon, 1903a: 752); considered a senior synonym of Taupoa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907: 644 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05861] (type T. mira G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) by Prószyński, 1984a: 143 (by transfer of the type species).

Transferred to other genera:

Epeus guangxi Peng & Li, 2002 -- see Plexippoides

In synonymy:

Epeus chilapataensis (B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 1992) = Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992 (Sudhin et al., 2024: 448)

Epeus cristatus (Thorell, 1887) = Epeus tener Simon, 1877 (Simon, 1903a: 752, sub Viciria)

Epeus alboguttatus (Thorell, 1887) | | China, Myanmar, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033191

Viciria alboguttata Thorell, 1887: 397 (Df) Original description

Epeus alboguttatus Żabka, 1985: 214, f. 109-120 (mf, T from Viciria)

Viciria alboguttata Chen & Zhang, 1991: 316, f. 336.1-5 (f)

Epeus alboguttatus Peng, 2020: 91, f. 47a-d (mf)

Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033192

Lyssomanes chilapataensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 386, f. 14-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034298]

Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992b: 171, f. 20-21, 25 (Df) Original description

Epeus chilapataensis Logunov, 2004c: 75 (T from Lyssomanes)

Epeus daiqini Sibi, Gigi & Sudhikumar, 2023: 80, f. 1A-F, 2A-E (mf; misidentified per Sudhin et al., 2024: 448)

Epeus albus Sudhin et al., 2024: 448, f. 1A-H, 2A-E, 3A-F, 4A-F, 5A-E (Dm, f, S of Epeus chilapataensis)

Epeus bicuspidatus (Song, Gu & Chen, 1988) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033193

Plexippodes bicuspidatus Song, Gu & Chen, 1988: 71, f. 6-8 (Dm) Original description

Epeus bicuspidatus Peng et al., 1993: 48, f. 121-124 (m, T from Plexippoides)

Epeus bicuspidatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 508, f. 291N-O (m)

Epeus bicuspidatus Peng & Li, 2002a: 386, f. 1A-D (m)

Epeus bicuspidatus Yin et al., 2012: 1352, f. 732a-d (m)

Epeus bicuspidatus Meng, Zhang & Shi, 2015: 147, f. 1-2, 5-6, 9-14 (m, Df)

Epeus bicuspidatus Peng, 2020: 92, f. 48a-d (m)

Epeus covid Lin & Li, 2023 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057156

Epeus covid Lin & Li in Lin, Li & Pham, 2023: 61, f. 51A-B, 52A-B, 53A-D, 54A-D (Dmf) Original description

Epeus daiqini Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052015

Epeus daiqini Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 10, f. 3A-G, 4A-H (Dmf) Original description

Epeus dilucidus (Próchniewicz, 1990) | | Bhutan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035640

Plexippoides dilucidus Próchniewicz, 1990: 157, f. 21-28 (Dm) Original description

Epeus dilucidus Wang, Mi & Li, 2024: 149 (T from Plexippoides)

Epeus edwardsi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Brunei (Borneo), Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033194

Epeus edwardsi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 68, f. 30a-g (Dm) Original description

Epeus exdomus Jastrzebski, 2010 | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043308

Epeus exdomus Jastrzebski, 2010a: 117, f. 3-4, 8-10 (Dm) Original description

Epeus exdomus Magar et al., 2017: 1, f. 1-8 (m)

Epeus flavobilineatus (Doleschall, 1859) | | Malaysia, Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033195

Salticus flavobilineatus Doleschall, 1859: 16 (Df) Original description

Viciria flavo-bilineata Thorell, 1892a: 476

Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński, 1984a: 143 (f, T from Viciria)

Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński, 1984b: 409 (T from Viciria)

Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 38, f. 43 (f)

Epeus furcatus Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039069

Epeus furcatus Zhang, Song & Li, 2003: 192, f. 5A-C (Dm) Original description

Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985 | | China, Vietnam, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033196

Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985: 216, f. 121-124 (Dm) Original description

Epeus glorius Xie & Peng, 1993: 20, f. 5-8 (m)

Epeus glorius Peng et al., 1993: 49, f. 125-128 (m)

Epeus glorius Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 508, f. 291P-Q (m)

Epeus glorius Peng & Li, 2002a: 387, f. 2A-E (m)

Epeus glorius Meng, Zhang & Shi, 2015: 148, f. 3-4, 7-8, 15-20 (m, Df)

Epeus glorius Peng, 2020: 92, f. 49a-e (m)

Epeus guangxi Peng & Li, 2002 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038231

Epeus guangxi Peng & Li, 2002a: 388, f. 3A-D (Dm) Original description

Epeus guangxi Peng, 2020: 94, f. 50a-d (m)

Plexippoides guangxi Logunov, 2021a: 776 (T from Epeus)

Epeus guangxi Wang, Mi & Li, 2024: 149 (T from Plexippoides)

Epeus hawigalboguttatus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033197

Epeus hawigalboguttatus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 68, f. 31a-g (Dm) Original description

Epeus indicus Prószyński, 1992 | | India, Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033198

Epeus indicus Prószyński, 1992b: 171, f. 22-23, 26, 29 (Df) Original description

Epeus indicus Jastrzebski, 2010a: 116, f. 1-2, 5-7 (f)

Epeus indicus Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 26, f. 15-19, pl. 16 (f)

Epeus khandalaensis (Tikader, 1977) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035469

Phidippus khandalaensis Tikader, 1977c: 98, f. 6-8 (Df) Original description

Phidippus khandalaensis Edwards, 2004: 6 (misplaced in this genus)

Epeus khandalaensis Sudhin et al., 2024: 454, f. 6A-C (T from Phidippus)

Epeus mirus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033199

Taupoa mira Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 644 (Df) Original description

Epeus mira Prószyński, 1984a: 143 (f)

Epeus mirus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 38, f. 44 (f)

Epeus pallidus Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052016

Epeus pallidus Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 14, f. 5A-G (Df) Original description

Epeus pengi Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060023

Epeus pengi Wang, Mi & Li, 2024: 149, f. 5A-C, 6A-J (Dmf) Original description

Epeus sumatranus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044962

Epeus sumatranus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 37, f. 34-37, 41-42 (Dmf) Original description

Epeus szirakii Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052017

Epeus szirakii Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 14, f. 6A-F (Df) Original description

Epeus tener (Simon, 1877) | | Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi), Philippines (Basilan Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033200

Evenus tener Simon, 1877b: 59, pl. 3, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Epeus tener Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 334

Viciria cristata Thorell, 1887: 393 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060553]

Viciria tenera Simon, 1903a: 743, 752, f. 882-883 (m, S of Viciria cristata)

Viciria tenera Merian, 1911: 315, f. X1 (mf)

Epeus tener Prószyński, 1984b: 409, f. 13-16, 18 (mf, T from Viciria)

Epeus tener Żabka, 1985: 216, f. 125-126 (m)

Epeus tener Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 38, f. 38-40, 45-46 (mf)

Epeus tener Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 14J (mf)

Epeus tener Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 8, f. 2A-G (m)

Epeus tener Peng, 2020: 97, f. 51a-e (mf)

Epeus triangulopalpis Malamel, Nafin, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051246

Epeus triangulopalpis Malamel et al., 2019b: 169, f. 1-5, 7-23 (Dmf) Original description