The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family
Salticidae (jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by
Fred R. Wanless
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...
in 1984
[ to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by ]Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
.[
The Spartaeinae are palaeotropical, with an exceptional diversity in the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos.][
They are unusual salticids that are considered ]basal
Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''.
Science
* Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure
* Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...
to the phylogenetic tree of jumping spiders. Like the Lyssomaninae
Lyssomaninae is a subfamily of jumping spiders. It includes four genera, three from the New World.
Description
Members of the subfamily Lyssomaninae are mostly green or yellow, and have long legs compared to other salticids. The anterior later ...
they lack many derived features that the Salticinae
Salticinae is a subfamily of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). It includes over 90% of the known species of jumping spiders. The subfamily is divided into two unranked clades: Amycoida and Salticoida.
Description
Members of the subfamily Sa ...
possess.[ Spartaeinae usually have large posterior median eyes. However, these were reduced in the genera ''Cyrba'', ''Gelotia'' and ''Wanlessia''.][
]
Genera
In 2015, Spartaeinae was divided into three tribes with 29 genera.[ One has been added since.][
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Tribe Cocalodini
* ''Allococalodes
''Allococalodes'' is a genus of Papuan jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the ...
'' Wanless, 1982
* ''Cocalodes
''Cocalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. The name is an alteration of the salticid genus ''Cocalus''.
Species
it contains twelve species, found only in Indonesia and Papua New Guin ...
'' Pocock, 1897
* ''Cucudeta
''Cucudeta'' is a genus of Papuan jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 2009. it contains only three species, found only in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, ...
'' Maddison, 2009
* ''Depreissia
''Depreissia'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by R. de Lessert in 1942. it contains only two species, found only in the Congo and on Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and t ...
'' Lessert, 1942
* '' Tabuina'' Maddison, 2009
* ''Yamangalea
''Yamangalea'' is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 2009. it contains two species, found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, ...
'' Maddison, 2009
Tribe Lapsiini
*''Amilaps
''Amilaps'' is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, ''Amilaps mayana''. It was first described in 2019 by Wayne Maddison, who originally collected the type specimen in 1983 in Teapa, Mexico. The genus was tentativel ...
'' Maddison, 2019[
* '']Galianora
''Galianora'' is a genus of Ecuadorian jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 2006. it contains only two species, found only in Ecuador: '' G. bryicola'' and '' G. sacha''.
The two described species have quite a diff ...
'' Maddison, 2006
* ''Lapsamita
''Lapsamita'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it ...
'' Ruiz, 2013
* ''Lapsias
''Lapsias'' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
Phylogeny
''Lapsias'', '' Galianora'' and '' Thrandina'' are informally classified as "lapsiines". These are believed to be basal jumping spiders. While ''Galianora'' and ...
'' Simon, 1900
* '' Soesiladeepakius'' Makhan, 2007
* ''Thrandina
''Thrandina'' is a genus of jumping spiders, with three species found in Ecuador. It is unique among New World salticids in having strikingly large posterior median eyes.Maddison 2006
Description
''Thrandina'' and its sister genus ''Galianora'' ...
'' Maddison, 2006
Tribe Spartaeini
* '' Brettus'' Thorell, 1895
* ''Cocalus :'' Cocalus is also a genus of jumping spiders''.
In Greek mythology, Cocalus ( grc, Κώκαλος) was a king of Camicus ( grc, Κᾰμῑκός) in Sicily, according to Diodorus Siculus (book iv).
Myth
After the escape of Daedalus and his ...
'' C. L. Koch, 1846
* '' Cyrba'' Simon, 1876
* '' Gelotia'' Thorell, 1890
* ''Holcolaetis
''Holcolaetis'' is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Like '' Euryattus'' and '' Thiania bhamoensis'', these spiders build a flat, densely woven egg sac that is not contiguous with the silk of the nest. ''Holcolaetis'' po ...
'' Simon, 1886
* ''Meleon
''Meleon'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Africa:
*'' Meleon guineensis'' (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Congo
*'' Meleon insu ...
'' Wanless, 1984
* ''Mintonia
''Mintonia'' is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.
Species
it contains ten species, found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia:
*'' Mintonia breviramis'' Wanless, 1984 – Bor ...
'' Wanless, 1984
* ''Neobrettus
''Neobrettus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984. The name is a combination of the prefix " neo-" and the salticid genus ''Brettus''.
Species
it contains six species, found only in Asia:
*'' Ne ...
'' Wanless, 1984
* ''Paracyrba
''Paracyrba'' is a genus of jumping spiders found only in Malaysia. It contains only one species, ''Paracyrba wanlessi''. Its microhabitat are the water-filled hollow internodes of decaying bamboo, where it preys for aquatic animals, especially m ...
'' Żabka & Kovac, 1996
* ''Phaeacius
''Phaeacius'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae ( jumping spiders), found in sub-tropical China and between India and the Malay Peninsula, including Sri Lanka, Sumatra and the Philippines. Although other spiders can jump, salticids ...
'' Simon, 1900
* ''Portia
Portia may refer to:
Biology
* ''Portia'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
*'' Anaea troglodyta'' or Portia, a brush-footed butterfly
*Portia tree, a plant native to Polynesia
Medication
A form of birth control made of ethinylestradiol/lev ...
'' Karsch, 1878
* ''Sonoita
Sonoita (; ood, Ṣon ʼOidag) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 818 at the 2010 census.
The origin of the name of the CDP is the O'odham ''Ṣon ʼOidag'', which may be best t ...
'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903
* ''Sparbambus
''Sparbambus'' is a genus of jumping spiders containing the two species, ''Sparbambus gombakensis'' and ''Sparbambus sindhudurg'' . It was first described by J. X. Zhang, J. R. W. Woon & D. Q. Li in 2006, and is found in China,India and Malaysia. ...
'' Zhang, Woon & Li, 2006
* '' Spartaeus'' Thorell, 1891
* '' Taraxella'' Wanless, 1984
* ''Veissella
''Veissella'' is a genus of African jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the larges ...
'' Wanless, 1984
* ''Wanlessia
''Wanlessia'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992. it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: '' W. denticulata'' and '' W. sedgwicki''. It is related to ''Portia'', and is the onl ...
'' Wijesinghe, 1992
* '' Yaginumanis'' Wanless, 1984
References
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Salticidae
Spider subfamilies