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. Vicirionessa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05775

type Viciria peckhamorum Lessert, 1927; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Vicirionessa chabanaudi (Fage, 1923) = Vicirionessa albocincta (Thorell, 1899) (Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 58)

Vicirionessa equestris pallida (Berland & Millot, 1941, T from Viciria) = Vicirionessa equestris (Simon, 1903) (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130)

Vicirionessa lacrimosa (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012) = Vicirionessa albocincta (Thorell, 1899) (Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Vicirionessa monodi (Berland & Millot, 1941, T from Viciria) = Vicirionessa equestris (Simon, 1903) (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130)

Vicirionessa morigera (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903, T from Viciria) = Vicirionessa mustela (Simon, 1902) (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 176, sub Evarcha)

Vicirionessa parmata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) = Vicirionessa mustela (Simon, 1902) (Clark, 1974: 24, sub Viciria)

Vicirionessa prenanti (Berland & Millot, 1941) = Vicirionessa albocincta (Thorell, 1899) (Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Vicirionessa albocincta (Thorell, 1899) | | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Gabon, Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036734

Viciria albocincta Thorell, 1899: 98 (Dm) Original description

Viciria chabanaudi Fage, 1923b: 300, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036738]

Viciria prenanti Berland & Millot, 1941: 387, f. 84 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036768]

Viciria albocincta Clark, 1974: 23, f. 33 (m)

Viciria fuscimana Clark, 1974: 23, f. 37 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Viciria chabanaudi Clark, 1974: 24, f. 40 (m)

Viciria fuscimana Wanless & Clark, 1975: 281, f. 15-16 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

"Viciria" albocincta Prószyński, 1984c: 433, f. 44-45 (m, should be transferred to other genus)

Brancus fuscimanus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 566, f. 43-44, 220 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Brancus lacrimosus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 738, f. 25-27, 118 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045715]

Hyllus albocinctus Prószyński, 2017b: 36, f. 16F (m, T from Viciria)

Brancus fuscimanus Prószyński, 2017b: 36, f. 16K-L (f; misidentified sensu Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Vicirionessa albocincta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Hyllus)

Vicirionessa chabanaudi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Viciria)

Vicirionessa prenanti Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Viciria)

Vicirionessa fuscimana Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 133, f. 79A-F (mf; misidentified per Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902)

Vicirionessa albocincta Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902, f. 89A-E (mf, S of Vicirionessa lacrimosa [rejecting Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 133] and V. prenanti [rejecting Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 156], both removed from S of V. fuscimana)

Vicirionessa albocincta Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 58, f. 52A-D, 55B (m, S of Vicirionessa chabanaudi)

Vicirionessa besanconi (Berland & Millot, 1941) | | Guinea, Nigeria, Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036737

Viciria besanconi Berland & Millot, 1941: 378, f. 76A-B (Df) Original description

Brancus besanconi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 565, f. 40-42, 219 (f, T from Viciria)

Telamonia besanconi Bodner & Maddison, 2012: 225 (T from Brancus)

Brancus besanconi Prószyński, 2017b: 36, f. 16I-J (f, T from Telamonia)

Vicirionessa besanconi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa besanconi Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 59, f. 53A-E (f)

Vicirionessa equestris (Simon, 1903) | | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036745

Viciria equestris Simon, 1903f: 723 (Dm) Original description

Viciria equestris Berland & Millot, 1941: 379, f. 77B-E, 78 (m)

Viciria equestris pallida Berland & Millot, 1941: 381 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036746]

Viciria monodi Berland & Millot, 1941: 384, f. 82 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036756]

Vicirionessa equestris Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130, f. 77A-E, 78A-D (mf, T from Viciria, S of Viciria equestris pallida and V. monodi)

Vicirionessa equestris Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 903 (S of Viciria equestris pallida confirmed)

Vicirionessa fuscimana (Simon, 1903) | | Central African Rep., Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036749

Viciria fuscimana Simon, 1903e: 118 (Dm) Original description

Viciria fuscimana Clark, 1974: 23, f. 35-36, 38-39 (m; f f. 37 see Vicirionessa albocincta)

"Viciria" fuscimana Prószyński, 1984c: 433 (should be transferred to other genus)

Brancus fuscimanus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 566 (T from Viciria; f f. 43-44, 220 see Vicirionessa albocincta)

Telamonia fuscimana Bodner & Maddison, 2012: 225 (T from Brancus)

Brancus fuscimanus Prószyński, 2017b: 36 (T from Telamonia; f f. 16K-L see Vicirionessa albocincta)

Vicirionessa fuscimana Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 133 (T from Brancus, S of Brancus lacrimosus [rejected by Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902, see Vicirionessa albocincta]; mf f. 79A-F see V. albocincta)

Vicirionessa fuscimana Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 156 (S of Vicirionessa prenanti [rejected by Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 902, see V. albocincta])

Vicirionessa fuscimana Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 60, f. 54A-C, 55C (m)

Vicirionessa ignota Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Central African Rep., Uganda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062010

Vicirionessa ignota Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 157, f. 102A-G (Df) Original description

Vicirionessa ignota Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 61, f. 56A-F (f)

Vicirionessa mustela (Simon, 1902) | | Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036758

Viciria mustela Simon, 1902d: 48 (Dm) Original description

Viciria morigera Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 232, pl. 26, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036757]

Viciria parmata Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 234, pl. 26, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056047]

Viciria mustela Simon, 1903a: 743, f. 885-886 (m)

Viciria mustela Lessert, 1936: 297, f. 94-95 (m)

Viciria mustela Clark, 1974: 24 (S of Viciria parmata)

Evarcha mustela Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 176, f. 24-32 (mf, T from Viciria, S of Viciria morigera)

Brancus mustelus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 188 (T from Evarcha)

Vicirionessa mustela Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa niveimana (Simon, 1902) | | Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036759

Viciria niveimana Simon, 1902d: 49 (Dm) Original description

Viciria niveimana Simon, 1903a: 752, f. 887

Viciria niveimana Berland & Millot, 1941: 385, f. 83 (m)

Brancus niveimanus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 742, f. 34-37, 122 (m, T from Viciria)

Vicirionessa niveimana Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 135 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa occidentalis (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011) | | Guinea, Nigeria, Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044521

Brancus occidentalis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 567, f. 49-51, 221 (Dm) Original description

Vicirionessa occidentalis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa occidentalis Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 904, f. 90A-C (m)

Vicirionessa occidentalis Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 63, f. 57A-D (m)

Vicirionessa peckhamorum (Lessert, 1927) | | Guinea, Nigeria, Central African Rep., DR Congo, Uganda, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036764 TYPE SPECIES

Viciria peckhamorum Lessert, 1927: 455, f. 30 (Dmf) Original description

Viciria peckhamorum Berland & Millot, 1941: 378, 387, f. 76E-F (f)

"Viciria" peckhamorum Prószyński, 1984c: 434 (should be transferred to other genus)

Brancus peckhamorum Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 743, f. 38-40, 121 (mf, T from Viciria)

Vicirionessa peckhamorum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa peckhamorum Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 158, f. 103A-F, 104A-D (mf)

Vicirionessa peckhamorum Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 79, f. 57A-H (mf)

Vicirionessa peckhamorum Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 63, f. 55A, 58A-E, 59A-E (mf)

Vicirionessa pulchella Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026 | | Central African Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066655

Vicirionessa pulchella Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 64, f. 60A-D (Df) Original description

Vicirionessa signata (Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016) | | Ivory Coast, Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048727

Brancus signatus Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 439, f. 6-7, 93 (Df) Original description

Vicirionessa signata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 135 (T from Brancus)

Vicirionessa spinosa Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063440

Vicirionessa spinosa Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 80, f. 58A-G, 59A-D (Dmf) Original description

Vicirionessa tergina (Simon, 1903) | | Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036772

Viciria tergina Simon, 1903e: 119 (Dm) Original description

Viciria tergina Berland & Millot, 1941: 380, f. 78A (m)

Vicirionessa tergina Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130 (T from Viciria)