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:

Cyrene G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 = Nycerella Galiano, 1982 (Galiano, 1982b: 54, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Cyrene G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 -- see Nycerella Galiano, 1982 - in Galiano, 1982b

Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03099

N.B.: replacement name for Cyrene Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 698 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05218], preoccupied in Bivalvia by Lamarck, 1818, in Pisces by Heckel, 1843 and in Hemiptera by Westwood, 1843; Cyrene was removed from the synonymy of Phiale C. L. Koch, 1846 by Galiano, 1982b: 54.

In synonymy:

Nycerella albomaculatus (Mello-Leitão, 1939, T from Ilargus) = Nycerella aprica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella bristowei (Caporiacco, 1948, T from Phiale) = Nycerella aprica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella curvispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Freya) = Nycerella sanguinea G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1982b: 60)

Nycerella emarginata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Freya) = Nycerella sanguinea G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Edwards, 2015)

Nycerella interrupta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901, T from Phiale) = Nycerella delecta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1982b: 58)

Nycerella panamae (Chamberlin, 1916, T from Phiale) = Nycerella decorata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella pseudaprica (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Phiale) = Nycerella aprica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Galiano, 1982b: 56)

Nycerella sanguinea paradoxa (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) = Nycerella sanguinea G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 (Edwards, 2015: 47)

Nycerella aprica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035016

Cyrene aprica Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 66, pl. 6, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrene aprica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 239, pl. 20, f. 12-13 (mf)

Ilargus albomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 86, f. 76 (Df)

Phiale pseudaprica Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm)

Phiale bristowei Caporiacco, 1948a: 709, f. 135 (m)

Nycerella aprica Galiano, 1982b: 56, f. 1-3, 27-28, 43-44 (Tmf from Phiale, S)

Nycerella decorata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Panama, Colombia, St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035017

Cyrene decorata Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 698, pl. 62, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Phiale decorata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 690

Phiale panamae Chamberlin, 1916: 298, pl. 25, f. 3 (Dm)

Phiale panamense Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 82

Phiale panamae Chickering, 1946: 239, f. 199-200 (m)

Nycerella decorata Galiano, 1982b: 56, f. 9-12, 25-26, 33-35 (Tf from Phiale, Sm)

Nycerella decorata Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 19A-B, 37K-P (mf)

Nycerella decorata Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4K (m)

Nycerella delecta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035018

Cyrene delecta Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 68, pl. 6, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrene delecta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 238, pl. 20, f. 10-11 (mf)

Cyrene interrupta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 239, pl. 20, f. 14 (Df)

Phiale delecta Simon, 1903a: 702

Phiale interrupta Simon, 1903a: 702

Phiale delecta Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 236, f. 149 (f)

Phiale delecta Chickering, 1946: 212, f. 178 (mf)

Phiale interrupta Chickering, 1946: 219, f. 184-186 (f, Dm)

Nycerella delecta Galiano, 1982b: 58, f. 18-19, 29-30, 38-41 (Tmf from Phiale, S)

Nycerella donaldi (Chickering, 1946) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035019

Phiale donaldi Chickering, 1946: 212, f. 179-180 (Dm) Original description

Nycerella donaldi Galiano, 1982b: 58, f. 7-8, 42 (Tm from Phiale)

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035020

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982b: 60, f. 4-6, 46 (Dm) Original description

Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982 | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035021

Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982b: 62, f. 15-17, 23-24, 36-37 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella neglecta Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 19C-M (mf; N.B.: Panamanian females may belong to N. donaldi)

Nycerella sanguinea (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) | | Guatemala to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035022

Heraclea sanguinea Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 78 (Dm) Original description

Heraclea sanguinea paradoxa Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 79 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035023]

Cyrene emarginata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 235, pl. 19, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033474]

Cyrene sanguinea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 230

Cyrene curvispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 231, pl. 19, f. 3 (Dm)

Freya emarginata Simon, 1903a: 730

Freya sanguinea Simon, 1903a: 730

Freya curvispina Simon, 1903a: 730

Nycerella sanguinea Galiano, 1982b: 60, f. 13-14 (Tm from Freya, S)

Nycerella sanguinea Edwards, 2015: 47, f. 20A-N, 28F (m, Sf)

Nycerella vestita (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru, Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033353

Euophrys vestitus Taczanowski, 1878a: 293 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella vestita Edwards & Baert, 2018: 23, f. 14A-J, 15A-B (mf, T from Euophrys)

Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982 | | Brazil, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035024

Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982b: 62, f. 20-22, 31-32, 45 (Dmf) Original description

Nycerella volucripes Prószyński, 2018a: 26, f. 5D (m)