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. Thiratoscirtus Simon, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03271

N.B.: Theratoscirtus is an unjustified emendation by Simon, 1903a: 738.

Transferred to other genera:

Thiratoscirtus affinis Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Eustiromastix

Thiratoscirtus lamboji Seiter & Wesołowska, 2015 -- see Quadrica

Thiratoscirtus mirabilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 -- see Lictor

Thiratoscirtus perspicuus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013 -- see Lictor

Thiratoscirtus riojanus Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Aphirape

Thiratoscirtus tentativus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) -- see Lictor

Thiratoscirtus alveolus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044536

Thiratoscirtus alveolus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 599, f. 167-169 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus atakpa Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045719

Thiratoscirtus atakpa Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 759, f. 95-96 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044537

Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 600, f. 170-172, 236 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus capito Simon, 1903 | | West Africa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036568

Theratoscirtus capito Simon, 1903e: 111 (Dm) Original description

Theratoscirtus capito Simon, 1909f: 435 (Df)

Thiratoscirtus cinctus (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036569

Jotus cinctus Thorell, 1899: 101 (Dmf) Original description

Jotus crinitus Simon, 1903a: 729 (lapsus)

Thiratoscirtus cinctus Roewer, 1955c: 1092

Jotus cinctus Prószyński, 1984a: 70 (mf)

Thiratoscirtus efik Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045720

Thiratoscirtus efik Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 760, f. 97-99 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus elgonensis Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048736

Thiratoscirtus elgonensis Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 456, f. 82-87, 111-114 (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus fuscorufescens Strand, 1906 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036570

Theratoscirtus fusco-rufescens Strand, 1906h: 100, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044538

Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 601, f. 173-179, 250 (Dm; f see Lictor pavidus) Original description

Thiratoscirtus harpago Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044539

Thiratoscirtus harpago Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 601, f. 185-187 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus iyomii Pett, 2024 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059672

Thiratoscirtus iyomii Pett in Pett, Iyomi & Mbende, 2024: 156, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus kalisia Pett, 2024 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059673

Thiratoscirtus kalisia Pett in Pett, Iyomi & Mbende, 2024: 159, f. 11-16 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus khonvoum Pett, 2024 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059674

Thiratoscirtus khonvoum Pett in Pett, Iyomi & Mbende, 2024: 159, f. 17-22 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046090

Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a: 252, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus minimus Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048737

Thiratoscirtus minimus Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 458, f. 88-90, 115-116 (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus monstrum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044541

Thiratoscirtus monstrum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 604, f. 193-195, 253 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus niveimanus Simon, 1886 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036571

Thiratoscirtus niveimanus Simon, 1886h: 561 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus oberleuthneri Seiter & Wesołowska, 2015 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047879

Thiratoscirtus oberleuthneri Seiter & Wesołowska, 2015: 2, f. 1A-C, 2A-D (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus obesus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059235

Thiratoscirtus obesus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 383, f. 8A-C (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus obudu Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044542

Thiratoscirtus obudu Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 606, f. 196-198, 254-255 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus patagonicus Simon, 1886 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036572

Thiratoscirtus patagonicus Simon, 1886h: 560, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Theratoscirtus patagonicus Simon, 1903a: 739, f. 855-857 (m)

Theratoscirtus patagonicus Galiano, 1963a: 457, pl. 39, f. 11-14 (m)

Thiratoscirtus patagonicus Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47T, 48U (mf)

Thiratoscirtus procerus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045721

Thiratoscirtus procerus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 761, f. 100-101, 130 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus procerus Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47U (f)

Thiratoscirtus remyi (Berland & Millot, 1941) | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035697

Pochyta (Pochytoides) remyi Berland & Millot, 1941: 364, f. 64C (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus (?) remyi Wesołowska, 2018a: 24, f. 16 (f, T from Pochyta)

Thiratoscirtus silvestris Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056044

Thiratoscirtus silvestris Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 110, f. 66A-E, 67A-F (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus tenuis Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 | | Gabon, Uganda, Burundi, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059236

Thiratoscirtus tenuis Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 384, f. 9A-E, 10A-E (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903 | | Nigeria, Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036573

Theratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903e: 112 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus torquatus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 762, f. 102-107, 131 (m, Df)

Thiratoscirtus versicolor Simon, 1902 | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036574

Thiratoscirtus versicolor Simon, 1902a: 416 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus vilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044543

Thiratoscirtus vilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 606, f. 199-200, 256 (Df) Original description

Thiratoscirtus yorubanus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044544

Thiratoscirtus yorubanus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 607, f. 201-204 (Dm) Original description