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:

Cybele G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Eustiromastix Simon, 1902 (Simon, 1902a: 416, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Cybele G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 -- see Eustiromastix Simon, 1902 - in Simon, 1903a

Gen. Eustiromastix Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02949

N.B.: replacement name for Cybele Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 695 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04367], preoccupied in Trilobita by Lovén, 1845; sometimes the erroneous typing "Eustyromastix" was used (e.g. Simon, 1903a: 724)

Transferred to other genera:

Eustiromastix pantherinus Mello-Leitão, 1942 -- see Sumampattus

Eustiromastix parobscurus Roewer, 1951 -- see Sumampattus

Eustiromastix rufohirtus Simon, 1902 -- see Freya

In synonymy:

Eustiromastix affinis (Caporiacco, 1954, T from Thiratoscirtus) = Eustiromastix major Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1979a: 174)

Eustiromastix guianensis (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Freya) = Eustiromastix spinipes Taczanowski, 1871 (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 492)

Eustiromastix stylifer Simon, 1902 = Eustiromastix major Simon, 1902 (Galiano, 1979a: 174)

Nomen dubium:

Eustiromastix chaperi Simon, 1902a: 417 (m, Colombia) -- Galiano, 1979a: 185

Eustiromastix bahiensis Galiano, 1979 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033368

Eustiromastix bahiensis Galiano, 1979a: 180, f. 4-6, 20-22 (Dmf) Original description

Eustiromastix efferatus Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1978 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033369

Eustyromastix efferatus Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1978d: 360, f. 7-12 (Dm; may be misplaced per Edwards, 2015: 33) Original description

Eustiromastix falcatus Galiano, 1981 | | Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033370

Attus spinipes Taczanowski, 1871: 65 (f only, misidentified per Edwards, 2015)

Eustiromastix falcatus Galiano, 1981c: 216, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Eustiromastix falcatus Edwards, 2015: 33, f. 38I-L (mf)

Eustiromastix falcatus Galvis, 2015a: 1, f. 1-5 (m)

Eustiromastix frontalis (Banks, 1929) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033475

Freya frontalis Banks, 1929: 68, pl. 1, f. 8-9 (Dm) Original description

Freya sagittifer Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 25, pl. 8, f. 64 (Df)

Freya frontalis Chickering, 1946: 181

Eustiromastix frontalis Edwards, 2015: 33, f. 10K-M (Tmf from Freya)

Eustiromastix guianae Caporiacco, 1954 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047117

Eustiromastix guianae Caporiacco, 1954: 176, f. 65, 65a (Dm) Original description

Eustiromastix guianae Galiano, 1979a: 185 (nomen dubium)

Eustiromastix guianae Courtial et al., 2014: 13, f. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-B, 4A-C, 5A-B (m, Df, validated)

Eustiromastix intermedius Galiano, 1979 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033372

Eustiromastix intermedius Galiano, 1979a: 183, f. 18-19 (Dm) Original description

Eustiromastix keyserlingi (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033373

Euophrys keyserlingi Taczanowski, 1878a: 285 (Df) Original description

Eustiromastix keyserlingi Galiano, 1979a: 178 (text reversed with 176), f. 25 (Tf from Euophrys)

Eustiromastix macropalpus Galiano, 1979 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033374

Eustiromastix macropalpus Galiano, 1979a: 179, f. 9-11, 23 (Dmf) Original description

Eustiromastix macropalpus Edwards, 2015: 33, f. 10A-J (mf)

Eustiromastix major Simon, 1902 | | French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033375

Eustiromastix major Simon, 1902a: 416 (Dm) Original description

Eustiromastix stylifera Simon, 1902a: 418 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058064]

Eustyromastix major Simon, 1903a: 716, f. 861 (m; N.B.: may be misidentified, per Wesolowska, 2015: 479)

Eustyromastix stylifer Simon, 1903a: 716, f. 858 (m)

Theratoscirtus affinis Caporiacco, 1954: 174, f. 64, 64a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058063]

Eustiromastix major Galiano, 1963a: 348, pl. XVIII, f. 12-13 (m)

Eustiromastix styliferus Galiano, 1963a: 350, pl. XVIII, f. 9-10 (m)

Eustiromastix major Galiano, 1979a: 174, f. 12-13 (Df, S of Eustiromastix stylifer and Thiratoscirtus affinis)

Eustiromastix moraballi Mello-Leitão, 1940 | | Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033376

Eustiromastix moraballi Mello-Leitão, 1940c: 185, f. 19-20 (Dm) Original description

Eustiromastix moraballi Galiano, 1979a: 179, f. 16-17 (m)

Eustiromastix nativo Santos & Romero, 2004 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040812

Eustiromastix nativo Santos & Romero, 2004: 188, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Eustiromastix obscurus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033377

Cybele obscura Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 695, pl. 61, f. 3 (Dmf) Original description

Eustyromastix obscurus Simon, 1903a: 740

Eustiromastix obscurus Galiano, 1979a: 172, f. 1-3, 24 (mf)

Eustiromastix obscurus Edwards, 2015: 33, f. 37G-H (m)

Eustiromastix obscurus Prószyński, 2017b: 61, f. 27B (mf)

Eustiromastix spinipes (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032730

Attus spinipes Taczanowski, 1871: 65 (Dm, not f =E. falcatus) Original description

Amycus spinipes Petrunkevitch, 1911: 593

Freya guianensis Caporiacco, 1947a: 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033477]

Capidava spinipes Mello-Leitão, 1948: 188

Freya guianensis Caporiacco, 1948a: 718, f. 149 (m)

Freya guianensis Caporiacco, 1955: 431, f. 72a-b (m)

Chira spinipes Galiano, 1968b: 353, f. 10-14, 17 (Tmf from Capidava; N.B.: listed by Roewer under both that name and Amycus)

Chira spinipes Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 492 (S of Freya guianensis)

Eustiromastix spinipes Edwards, 2015: 33, f. 11A-K (m, Df, T from Chira)

Eustiromastix spinipes Suarez-Martinez & Bedoya-Róqueme, 2021: 6, f. 4A-E, 5A-B (f)

Eustiromastix vincenti (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033378

Cybele vincenti Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 696, pl. 61, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Eustyromastix vincenti Simon, 1903a: 724

Eustiromastix vincenti Galiano, 1979a: 176 (text reversed with 178), f. 7-8, 14-15 (mf)