Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Detail
In synonymy:
Therosa Keyserling, 1882 = Saitis Simon, 1876 (Simon, 1901a: 565)
Gen. Saitis Simon, 1876 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03204] Detail
type Euophrys barbipes Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868; gender masculine (meaning "citizen of Sais")
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Therosa Keyserling, 1882: 1413 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05686] (type T. magniceps Keyserling, 1882) by Simon, 1901a: 565; not a senior synonym of Prostheclina Keyserling, 1882 (Davies & Żabka, 1989: 238, contra Simon, 1901a: 565).
Transferred to other genera:
Saitis defloccatus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 -- see Compsodecta
Saitis heteropogon Simon, 1909 -- see Maratus
Saitis illustris (C. L. Koch, 1846) -- see Eris
Saitis inutilis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 -- see Caribattus
Saitis labyrintheus Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Mopiopia
Saitis leighi G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Thyenula
Saitis lusitanicus Simon, 1901 -- see Euophrys
Saitis michaelseni Simon, 1909 -- see Maratus
Saitis michaelseni obscurior Simon, 1909 -- see Maratus
Saitis morgani (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Anasaitis
Saitis mundus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Thyenula
Saitis nigriceps (Keyserling, 1882) -- see Maratus
Saitis nigrimanus Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Euophrys
Saitis nigritibiis Caporiacco, 1941 -- see Rafalus
Saitis pallidus (Keyserling, 1882) -- see Prostheclina
Saitis pavonis Dunn, 1947 -- see Maratus
Saitis perplexus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Anasaitis
Saitis rainbowi Roewer, 1951 -- see Maratus
Saitis speciosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Maratus
Saitis tristis Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Mopiopia
Saitis uncifer Tullgren, 1905 -- see Aphirape
Saitis venatorius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Anasaitis
Saitis vespertilio Simon, 1901 -- see Maratus
Saitis viarius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) -- see Coryphasia
Saitis volans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Maratus
In synonymy:
Saitis pallidipes (Dobroruka, 2002, T from Pseudeuophrys) = Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 (Bosmans et al., 2013: 10).
Saitis prinkiponus (Roewer, 1951, T from Pseudeuophrys) = Saitis tauricus Kulczyński, 1905 (Metzner, 1999: 59).
Saitis sanctaeeufemiae Kolosváry, 1938 = Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (Logunov, 2004b: 274).
Nomen dubium:
Saitis magnus Caporiacco, 1947c: 247 (j, Ethiopia) -- Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014: 5.
Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894 | m | Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035953]
Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894a: 343 (Dm).
Saitis aranukanus Roewer, 1944 | m | Kiribati (Gilbert Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035954]
Saitis aranukanus Roewer, 1944: 6, f. 2 (Dm).
Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 | m f | Greece (Crete)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038283]
Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001b: 62, f. 19-22, 25-26 (Dmf).
Pseudeuophrys pallidipes Dobroruka, 2002a: 18, f. 18-23 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039124].
Saitis ariadneae Bosmans et al., 2013: 10 (S of Pseudeuophrys pallidipes).
"Saitis" ariadneae Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 4K,P,U (mf).
Saitis auberti Berland, 1938 | m f | Vanuatu     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035955]
Saitis auberti Berland, 1938: 147, f. 47-51 (Dmf).
Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) * | m f | Northern Africa, Ivory Coast, southern Europe to Turkey. Introduced to Belgium, Netherlands, Germany     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035956]
Euophrys barbipes Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868: 821.
Attus barbipes Simon, 1868b: 563, pl. 6, f. 9 (Dmf).
Attus scriptus Simon, 1868b: 599, pl. 6, f. 5 (Df).
Salticus blandus Blackwall, 1870b: 412, pl. 15, f. 4 (Df).
Attus scriptus Simon, 1871a: 215 (Dm).
Saitis barbipes Simon, 1876a: 169, pl. 9, f. 6 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Simon, 1901a: 566, f. 675-676 (m).
Attus barbipes Bösenberg, 1903: 431, pl. 41, f. 634 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Kulczyński, 1905a: 544, pl. 14, f. 15-16 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Berland, 1927b: 16, f. 8-10 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Simon, 1937: 1171, 1250, f. 1837-1838 (mf).
Saitis sanctae-eufemiae Kolosváry, 1938a: 303, f. 2, 4-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035978].
Saitis barbipes Kolosváry, 1938a: 304, f. 1 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Kolosváry, 1938d: 583, f. 2a-b (mf).
Saitis sanctaeeufemiae Kolosváry, 1938d: 583, f. 3 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Prószyński, 1976: 151, f. 108, 146, 369-372 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Prószyński, 1984a: 125 (f).
Saitis barbipes Hansen, 1986: 112, f. 21 (f).
Saitis barbipes Żabka, 1987b: 452, f. 1-4 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Fuhn & Gherasim, 1995: 107, f. 47A-F (mf).
Saitis barbipes Pesarini, 1997: 260, f. 10 (m).
Saitis barbipes Metzner, 1999: 57, f. 22a-o (mf).
Saitis barbipes Logunov, 2004b: 274, f. 5-6 (m, S of Saitis sanctaeeufemiae).
Saitis barbipes Trotta, 2005: 172, f. 399 (f).
Saitis barbipes Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 77, f. 479-484, 846-847 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Coşar & Varol, 2016: 162, f. 6, 12, 15-17 (m; N.B.: record belongs most probably to S. tauricus).
Saitis barbipes Prószyński, 2017b: 80, f. 34E, 39I1 (mf).
Saitis barbipes Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 32, f. 3J,T, 4L (mf).
Saitis barbipes Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 3A-F, 4A-D,G,L,Q (mf).
Saitis barbipes Lecigne, 2020: 53, pl. 2G-H (m).
Saitis barbipes Henrard & Drumont, 2022: 1, f. 1A-I, 2A-H, 3A-G (mf).
Saitis barbipes Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 102, f. 59A-C (m).
Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951 | m f | Vanuatu     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035957]
Saitis nigriceps Berland, 1938: 149, f. 52, 55 (Dm; N.B.: preoccupied by Keyserling, 1882 sub Thorellia).
Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951: 451 (replacement name).
Saitis breviusculus Simon, 1901 | f | Gabon     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035958]
Saitis breviusculus Simon, 1901g: 67 (Df; N.B.: misplaced in this genus, per Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014: 4).
Saitis catulus Simon, 1901 | m | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035959]
Saitis catulus Simon, 1901g: 66 (Dm).
Saitis catulus Galiano, 1963a: 430, pl. XXXV, f. 4-6 (m).
Saitis catulus Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 182 (m).
Saitis chaperi Simon, 1885 | j | India, Sri Lanka     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035960]
Saitis chaperi Simon, 1885h: 6 (Dj).
Saitis cupidon (Simon, 1885) | m f | New Caledonia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035961]
Habrocestum cupidon Simon, 1885b: 89 (Dmf).
Saitis cupidon Simon, 1901a: 563.
Saitis cyanipes Simon, 1901 | m | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035962]
Saitis cyanipes Simon, 1901g: 67 (Dm).
Saitis cyanipes Galiano, 1963a: 432, pl. XXXV, f. 7-8 (m).
Saitis cyanipes Prószyński, 1976: 153, f. 180 (m).
Saitis graecus Kulczyński, 1905 | m f | Albania, Greece, Bulgaria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035963]
Saitis graeca Kulczyński, 1905a: 544, pl. 14, f. 12, 17 (Dmf).
Saitis graeca Prószyński, 1984a: 125 (f).
Saitis graeca Metzner, 1999: 58, f. 23a-k (mf).
Saitis graecus Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 3M-M9, 4I,N,S (mf).
Saitis imitatus (Simon, 1868) | m f | Croatia, Montenegro     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033278]
Attus imitatus Simon, 1868b: 62 (Df).
Attus imitatus Simon, 1871a: 197 (Dm).
Hasarius imitatus Simon, 1876a: 90.
Euophrys imitata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 43, pl. 2, f. 1 (f Opisthosoma).
Euophrys imitatus Prószyński, 1984a: 41 (m).
Saitis imitata Dobroruka, 2004a: 39, f. 1-7 (Tmf from Euophrys).
"Saitis" imitatus Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 2A-N (mf).
Saitis insectus (Hogg, 1896) | f | Central Australia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035964]
Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896: 334, pl. 24, f. 18 (Df).
Saitis insecta Rainbow, 1911: 286.
Saitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920 | m f | Australia (Lord Howe Is.)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035965]
Saitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920b: 264, pl. 31, f. 103-106 (Dmf).
Saitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013 | f | Sri Lanka     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046435]
Saitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013: 252, f. 1-11 (Df).
Saitis lacustris Hickman, 1944 | m | Central Australia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035967]
Saitis lacustris Hickman, 1944a: 46, pl. 3, f. 40 (Dm).
Saitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928 | f | Libya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035968]
Saitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928b: 102 (Df).
Saitis magniceps (Keyserling, 1882) | j | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035971]
Therosa magniceps Keyserling, 1882: 1414, pl. 199, f. 7 (Dj).
Saitis magniceps Simon, 1901a: 563.
Saitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948 | f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035973]
Saitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 391, f. 57 (Df).
Saitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012 | m f | Australia (New South Wales)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045891]
Saitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012a: 11, f. 10.1-3, 11.1-8, 12.1-10, 13.1-3, 14.1-6, 15.1-13, 16.1-11, 17 (Dmf).
"Saitis" mutans Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 5B,D-E (mf).
Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948 | m | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035975]
Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 392, f. 58-59 (Dm).
Saitis perplexides (Strand, 1908) | m | Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035976]
Prostheclina perplexides Strand, 1908d: 7 (Dm).
Saitis perplexides Roewer, 1955c: 1098.
Saitis relucens (Thorell, 1877) | f | Indonesia (Sulawesi)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035977]
Ciris relucens Thorell, 1877b: 623 (Df).
Saitis relucens Simon, 1901a: 563.
Saitis sengleti (Metzner, 1999) | m f | Greece (incl. Crete)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035769]
Pseudeuophrys sengleti Metzner, 1999: 55, f. 20a-i (mf).
Saitis sengleti Logunov, 2001b: 64, f. 15-18, 23-24 (Tmf from Pseudeuophrys).
"Saitis" sengleti Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 4J,O,T (mf).
Saitis signatus (Keyserling, 1883) | f | Unknown     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035979]
Prostheclina signata Keyserling, 1883b: 1464, pl. 123, f. 6 (Df).
Saitis signatus Roewer, 1955c: 1097.
Saitis spinosus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) | f | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035981]
Chira spinosa Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 279, f. 69 (Df).
Saitis spinosus Galiano, 1968b: 365 (Tf from Chira).
Saitis splendidus (Walckenaer, 1837) | f | Timor     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035982]
Attus splendidus Walckenaer, 1837: 458 (Df).
Saitis splendens Simon, 1901a: 563 (lapsus).
Saitis taeniatus Keyserling, 1883 | f | Australia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035983]
Saitis taeniata Keyserling, 1883b: 1434, pl. 121, f. 4 (Df).
Saitis tauricus Kulczyński, 1905 | m f | North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035984]
Saitis taurica Kulczyński, 1905a: 546, pl. 14, f. 18 (Dm).
Euophrys pulchella Nosek, 1905b: 146 (Df; preoccupied by Peckham & Peckham, 1893).
Euophrys prinkipona Roewer, 1951: 452 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054427].
Saitis barbipes Flanczewska, 1981: 221, f. 98-99 (m; misidentified per Deltshev & Blagoev, 2001: 112).
Euophrys pulchella Prószyński, 1984a: 43 (f).
Saitis tauricus Deltshev & Paraschi, 1990: 6, f. 8-14 (m, Df).
Pseudeuophrys prinkipona Logunov, 1998b: 123, f. 54-56 (f, T from Euophrys).
Saitis taurica Metzner, 1999: 59, f. 24a-j (mf, S of Pseudeuophrys prinkipona).
Saitis tauricus Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 3G-L, 4E-F1,H,M,R (mf).
Saitis tauricus Steinwandter, Ballini & Rief, 2019: 1, f. 1a-d (m).
Saitis tauricus Tutar & Yağmur, 2023: 214, f. 17A-D (mf).
Saitis tauricus Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 71, f. 33A-D (mf).
Saitis tauricus Seropian et al., 2023: 278, f. 111-112 (m).
Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 | f | Paraguay, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035986]
Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 185, pl. 11, f. 52 (Df).
Saitis variegatus Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 931, f. 9J-K (f).
Saitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012 | m f | Australia (New South Wales)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045892]
Saitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012a: 17, f. 18.1-419.1-6, 20.1-6, 21.1-2, 22.1-2, 23.1-6, 24.1-2, 25.1-5 (Dmf).
"Saitis" virgatus Prószyński et al., 2018: 88, f. 5C,F-G (mf).
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