Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Detail
In synonymy:
Blaisea Simon, 1903 = Tusitala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719)
Gen. Tusitala G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03283] Detail
type Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Blaisea Simon, 1903f: 722 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02856] (type B. lyrata Simon, 1903) by Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719.
Transferred to other genera:
Tusitala dubia (Wesołowska, 1989) -- see Wesolowskana
In synonymy:
Tusitala barbata longipalpis Lessert, 1925 = Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 (Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 293).
Tusitala bicalcarata (Simon, 1909, T from Blaisea) = Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719).
Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015 | m f | Botswana     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047949]
Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 289, f. 9-10, 14-30 (Dmf).
Tusitala bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | f | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056045]
Tusitala bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 122, f. 72A-E (Df).
Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 * | m f | Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036683]
Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 330 (Dm).
Monclova braunii Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 331 (Df).
Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 243, pl. 28, f. 2 (m).
Tusitala braunsii Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 245, pl. 28, f. 1 (f, lapsus).
Tusitala barbata Simon, 1903a: 802, f. 940-943.
Tusitala emertoni Lessert, 1925a: 514, f. 98-100 (Dmf).
Tusitala barbata longipalpis Lessert, 1925a: 517, f. 101-103 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036684].
Tusitala barbata longipalpis Caporiacco, 1940c: 867, f. 57 (m, Df; N.B.: f may belong to Heliophanus, per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299).
Tusitala barbata Berland & Millot, 1941: 395.
Tusitala barbata Prószyński, 1984a: 149 (mf).
Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 222, f. 192-195 (mf).
Tusitala barbata Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 293, f. 6, 8, 11, 31-58 (mf, S of Tusitala barbata longipalpis).
Tusitala barbata Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 15L (mf).
Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | m | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056046]
Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 125, f. 73A-E, 74A-C (Dm).
Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036685]
Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941b: 158, f. 71 (Dm).
Tusitala discibulba Prószyński, 1987: 115 (m).
Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 | f | Guinea, Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036686]
Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 395, f. 89 (Df).
Tusitala guineensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 126, f. 75A-D (f).
Tusitala hirsuta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 | m f | Eastern, southern Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036687]
Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 330 (Dm).
Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 244, pl. 28, f. 3 (m).
Tusitala sansibarica Strand, 1907d: 748 (Dmf).
Tusitala hirsuta Próchniewicz, 1989: 225, f. 59-66 (mf, removed from S of T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902).
Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 110, f. 307-309 (f, misidentified).
Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 92, f. 203-204 (f, misidentified).
Tusitala hirsuta Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299, f. 7, 12, 59-92 (mf).
Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 | m f | Ivory Coast, Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036688]
Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927: 462, f. 33-35 (Dm).
Tusitala lutzi Wesołowska, 2012a: 218, f. 55-64 (m, Df).
Tusitala lutzi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 128, f. 76A-E (m).
Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) | m f | Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032553]
Blaisea lyrata Simon, 1903a: 679, f. 804 (m).
Blaisea lyrata Simon, 1903f: 723 (Dm).
Blaisea bicalcarata Simon, 1909f: 429 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032552].
Blaisea bicalcarata Berland & Millot, 1941: 358, f. 58 (m).
Tusitala lyrata Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2003: 719, f. 1-19 (m, Df, T from Blaisea, S of Blaisea bicalcarata).
Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | f | Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036689]
Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 112, f. 310-312 (Df; may be S of T. hirsuta, per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 306).
Tusitala ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | f | Uganda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062009]
Tusitala ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 155, f. 101A-F (Df).
Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | f | Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036690]
Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 113, f. 313-316 (Df).
Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 | m f | Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036691]
Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 78, f. 154-156 (Df).
Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 260, f. 201-206 (f, Dm).
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