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.

Gen. Messua G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03069

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Zygoballus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 by Maddison, 1996: 233 (contra Simon, 1903a: 865).

In synonymy:

Messua exornata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909, T from Icius) = Messua limbata Banks, 1898 (Edwards, 1980: 12, sub Eris)

Messua avicennia Edwards & Baert, 2018 | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050306

Messua avicennia Edwards & Baert, 2018: 15, f. 9A-J, 10A-C (Dmf) Original description

Messua centralis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034597

Dendryphantes centralis Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 49, pl. 4, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Metaphidippus centralis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 269, pl. 24, f. 14-15 (mf)

Dendryphantes centralis Roewer, 1955c: 1192

Metaphidippus centralis Prószyński, 1971e: 432 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua centralis Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua dentiger (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Guatemala to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034598

Metaphidippus dentiger F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 264, pl. 23, f. 11 (Dm; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2) Original description

Dendryphantes dentiger Petrunkevitch, 1911: 628

Metaphidippus dentiger Prószyński, 1971e: 432 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua dentiger Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua desidiosa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034599

Messua desidiosa Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 94, pl. 6, f. 9, pl. 7, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Messua desidiosa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 299, pl. 29, f. 10 (f)

Zygoballus desidiosus Simon, 1903a: 865

Messua desidiosa Maddison, 1996: 233, f. 72, 86-89 (m undescribed, f, T from Zygoballus)

Messua donalda (Kraus, 1955) | | El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034600

Dendryphantes (Metaphidippus) donaldus Kraus, 1955b: 70, f. 202-204 (Dm) Original description

Metaphidippus donaldus Prószyński, 1971e: 432 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua donalda Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua felix (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) | | USA, Mexico. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034634

Dendryphantes felix Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 313, pl. 27, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Metaphidippus felix F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 273

Dendryphantes felix Roewer, 1955c: 1194

Metaphidippus felix Prószyński, 1971e: 432 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua felix Prószyński, 2002: 239, f. 71-74 (m, f undescribed, provided no justification for transfer)

Messua felix Prószyński, 2017b: 92, f. 42K (mf, T from Metaphidippus)

Messua lata (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034601

Metaphidippus latus Chickering, 1946: 304, f. 264-267 (Dm)

Dendryphantes latior Roewer, 1955c: 1196 (replacement name, preoccupied in Dendryphantes by Walckenaer, 1837, see Phidippus latus) Original description

Metaphidippus latus Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua lata Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua laxa (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034602

Metaphidippus laxus Chickering, 1946: 306, f. 268-271 (Dmf) Original description

Dendryphantes laxus Roewer, 1955c: 1196

Metaphidippus laxus Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua laxa Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua limbata (Banks, 1898) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034603

Philaeus limbatus Banks, 1898b: 282, pl. 17, f. 17 (Dm) Original description

Philaeus consimilis Banks, 1898b: 283, pl. 17, f. 13 (Dmf)

Paraphidippus limbatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 278

Dendryphantes limbatus Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 315 (f)

Dendryphantes limbatus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 458, pl. 37, f. 3 (mf)

Icius exornatus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 505, pl. 41, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058139]

Eris limbata Prószyński, 1971e: 402 (T from Dendryphantes)

Eris limbata Edwards, 1980: 12 (S of Icius exornatus)

Messua limbata Maddison, 1996: 233, f. 90, 100 (mf, T from Eris)

Messua moma (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Guatemala to Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034604

Metaphidippus momus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 271, pl. 25, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Dendryphantes momus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 636

Metaphidippus momus Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua moma Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua octonotata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Central America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034605

Metaphidippus octonotatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 263, pl. 23, f. 8-9 (Dmf) Original description

Dendryphantes octonotatus Banks, 1909a: 221

Dendryphantes octonotatus Kraus, 1955b: 71, f. 205 (f)

Metaphidippus octonotatus Prószyński, 1971e: 434 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua octonotata Maddison, 1996: 234, f. 91 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua pura (Bryant, 1948) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034606

Metaphidippus purus Bryant, 1948a: 68, pl. 10, f. 10, 14 (Dmf) Original description

Dendryphantes purus Roewer, 1955c: 1199

Metaphidippus purus Prószyński, 1971e: 434 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua pura Maddison, 1996: 234 (T from Metaphidippus)

Messua tridentata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034607

Metaphidippus tridentatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 263, pl. 23, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Dendryphantes tridentatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 643

Metaphidippus tridentatus Prószyński, 1971e: 434 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua tridentata Maddison, 1996: 234 (T from Metaphidippus)