World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae Blackwall, 1877 by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017, Prószyński, 2017b and Zhang et al., 2024f; the subfamilies Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015, Eupoinae Maddison, 2015, Hisponinae Simon 1901, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae Maddison, 2015, Salticinae and Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 are confirmed by Zhang et al., 2024f: 347.

Gen. Platycryptus Hill, 1979 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03160

type Aranea undata De Geer, 1778; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Platycryptus aureocomosus (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Naubolus) = Platycryptus magnus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Galiano, 1981a: 11, sub Marpissa broadwayi)

Platycryptus broadwayi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) = Platycryptus magnus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Edwards, 2006: 210)

Platycryptus conspersus (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Marpissa) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 80, sub Marptusa familiaris)

Platycryptus cunctator (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Attus) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Banks, 1901c: 183, sub Marptusa)

Platycryptus delus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936, T from Menemerus) = Platycryptus magnus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) (Chickering, 1946: 44, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus familiaris (Hentz, 1846, T from Marptusa) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Simon, 1901a: 603, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus lentus (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Attus) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Roewer, 1955c: 1262, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus luridus (Olivier, 1789, T from Aranea) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Bonnet, 1957: 2729, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus milberti (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Attus) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Banks, 1901c: 183, sub Marptusa)

Platycryptus rupicola (Hentz, 1846, T from Attus) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 671, sub Marpissa)

Platycryptus sundevalli (Blackwall, 1846, T from Salticus) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Banks, 1891b: 193, sub Marptusa familiaris)

Platycryptus varius (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Marpissa) = Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) (Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 80, sub Marptusa familiaris)

Platycryptus arizonensis (Barnes, 1958) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034608

Metacyrba arizonensis Barnes, 1958: 42, f. 59-60, 63 (Dmf) Original description

Platycryptus arizonensis Edwards, 2006: 209, f. 103-104 (m, T from Metacyrba)

Platycryptus californicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888) | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035633

Marptusa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 81, pl. 1, f. 61, pl. 5, f. 61, pl. 6, f. 61 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 482, pl. 39, f. 2, pl. 40, f. 2 (mf, S of Marpissa melanura [revalidated by Edwards, 2006: 210] and M. minor [revalidated by Kraus, 1955b: 77])

Metacyrba californica Barnes, 1958: 39, f. 57-58, 61, 64, 68 (mf, T from Marpissa)

Platycryptus californica Hill, 1979: 215 (T from Metacyrba)

Platycryptus californicus Edwards, 2006: 209, f. 105-106 (m)

Platycryptus californicus Jiménez et al., 2024: 196, f. 59-60, 125-126 (f)

Platycryptus magnus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) | | Mexico to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034473

Marptusa magna Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 87, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Marptusa broadwayi Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 89, pl. 8, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034458]

Marptusa broadwayi Peckham & Peckham, 1895b: 212 (mf)

Marpissa magna F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 3-4 (f)

Marpissa broadwayi Simon, 1901a: 603

Menemerus delus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 30, pl. 8, f. 63 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060519]

Naubolus aureocomosus Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 264 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060518]

Marpissa magna Chickering, 1946: 44, f. 23-26 (Dm, f, S of Menemerus delus)

Marpissa broadwayi Galiano, 1981a: 11 (S of Naubolus aureocomosus)

Platycryptus broadwayi Edwards, Rinaldi & Ruiz, 2005: 23, f. 19-20, 51 (mf, T from Marpissa)

Platycryptus magnus Edwards, 2006: 210, f. 109-114 (mf, T from Marpissa, S of Platycryptus broadwayi)

Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778) | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035634 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea undata De Geer, 1778: 320, pl. 39, f. 8 (D) Original description

Aranea lurida Olivier, 1789: 22 (D; superfluous new name for Aranea undata De Geer) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067002]

Attus cunctator Walckenaer, 1837: 433 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067003]

Attus milberti Walckenaer, 1837: 433 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067004]

Attus undatus Walckenaer, 1837: 463 (Df)

Attus lentus Walckenaer, 1837: 466 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067005]

Attus familiaris Hentz, 1846: 354, pl. 21, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067006]

Attus rupicola Hentz, 1846: 357, pl. 21, f. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067007]

Marpissa undata C. L. Koch, 1846: 60, f. 1127 (f)

Marpissa conspersa C. L. Koch, 1846: 61, f. 1128 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067008]

Marpissa varia C. L. Koch, 1846: 69, f. 1134 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067009]

Salticus sundevalli Blackwall, 1846a: 37 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067010]

Dendryphantes undatus Simon, 1864: 314

Dendryphantes conspersa Simon, 1864: 314

Dendryphantes varia Simon, 1864: 315

Marptusa familiaris Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 80, pl. 1, f. 60, pl. 4, f. 60, pl. 5, f. 60 (mf, S of Marpissa conspersa and M. varia)

Platycryptus undatus Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 80 (S of Platycryptus varius)

Marptusa familiaris Emerton, 1891: 237, pl. 19, f. 3 (mf)

Marptusa familiaris Banks, 1891b: 193 (S of Salticus sundevalli)

Marptusa rupicola Banks, 1892a: 79, pl. 4, f. 49 (f)

Marpissa familiaris F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 1-2 (mf)

Marpissa undata Simon, 1901a: 595, 603, f. 722 (S of Marptusa familiaris)

Marptusa undata Banks, 1901c: 183 (S of Attus cunctator and A. milberti)

Marptusa familiaris Emerton, 1902: 61, f. 157 (f)

Marpissa undata Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 481, pl. 39, f. 1, pl. 40, f. 1 (mf)

Marpissa undata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 671 (S of Attus rupicola)

Marpissa undata Comstock, 1912: 678, f. 749

Marpissa undata Chickering, 1944: 167, f. 53-56 (mf, S of Attus rupicola Hentz confirmed)

Marpissa rupicola Bryant, 1945b: 189, pl. 15, f. 2 (f)

Marpissa undata Kaston, 1948: 454, f. 1636-1639, 1655-1656 (mf)

Marpissa undata Roewer, 1955c: 1262 (S of Attus lentus)

Marpissa undata Bonnet, 1957: 2729 (S of Aranea lurida)

Metacyrba undata Barnes, 1958: 36, f. 55-56, 62, 65, 67, 69 (mf, T from Marpissa, S of Attus lentus confirmed)

Metacyrba undata Shear, 1967: 14, f. 43-44 (m)

Platycryptus undata Hill, 1979: 215 (T from Metacyrba)

Metacyrba undata Oehler, 1980: 8, f. 54-59 (mf)

Platycryptus undatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 200, f. 2239-2241 (mf)

Attus rupicola Edwards, 2004: 4 (nomen dubium; not discussing the S considered by Petrunkevitch and Chickering)

Platycryptus undatus Edwards, 2006: 210, f. 107-108 (m)

Platycryptus undatus Prószyński, 2017b: 24, f. 7P, 10K (m)