Family Salticidae Blackwall, 1841
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Ant-like habitus (opisthosoma long, slender; petiolus clearly visible) | ||||||||||
| - | Spider-like habitus | ||||||||||
| 2 (1) |
Body length > 5 mm | ||||||||||
| - | Body length < 4 mm; prosoma flat, eye region not elevated |
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| 3 (2) |
Eye region elevated, distinctly stepped |
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| - | Eye region not elevated |
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| 4 (1) |
Small species; body length mostly < 3 mm (but compare Attulus caricis); length of the eye region approx. 0.4 of the prosoma length; prosoma low, prosoma height at the posterior median eyes approx. 0.45 – 0.6 of the prosoma length |
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| - | Medium-sized to very large species. Body length 4 – 11 mm | ||||||||||
| 5 (4) |
Dark coloured animals, shining metallic surface (males whole body, females only prosoma); male opisthosoma with scutum, female opisthosoma with a soft skin, dark grey; prosoma height approx. 0.45 of its length |
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| - | Body surface not shining metallic; male opisthosoma without scutum | ||||||||||
| 6 (5) |
Pattern of opisthosoma reticulate, dark lines on bright ground, connected to a median angular pattern; eye region > 0.5 of the prosoma length; prosoma height approx. 0.45 of the prosoma length; embolus not spirally rolled up, at its base often small thorns; epigyne with two pits, their margins strongly sclerotised |
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| - | Pattern of opisthosoma with dark angles on bright ground (partly with bright dots) or completely black; eye region > 0.45 of the prosoma length; prosoma height approx. 0.6 of the prosoma length; male pedipalp with a long, spirally rolled up embolus (sometimes hidden); epigyne with bright "windows" |
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| 7 (6) |
Eye region brighter or whole prosoma brighter; pedipalpal tibia without apophysis; spermathecae round | ||||||||||
| - | Prosoma of the same colour; pedipalpal tibia with apophysis; spermathecae not round |
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| 8 (4) |
Prosoma as wide as long (in Ballus a bit longer than wide) | ||||||||||
| - | Prosoma clearly longer than wide | ||||||||||
| 9 (8) |
Eye region about 0.5 of the prosoma length; posterior median eyes close to the prosomal margin | ||||||||||
| - | Eye region < 0.5 of the prosoma length; posterior median eyes not close to the prosomal margin; preferably on spruce | ||||||||||
| 10 (9) |
Posterior part of the prosoma wider than anterior part; prosoma surface rough, shining metallic |
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| - | Posterior part of the prosoma narrower than anterior part; prosoma surface smooth, not shining metallic |
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| 11 (9) |
Opisthosoma pattern laterally with pairs of whitish spots on reddish or greenish ground |
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| - | Opisthosoma pattern laterally with pairs of dark spots on whitish ground; prosoma as fig. |
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| 12 (8) |
Prosoma flat and long; leg I distinctly longer than legs II-IV (especially in males) | ||||||||||
| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 13 (12) |
Stridulatory organ (a row of thorns on small elevations) below the lateral eyes (corresponding small thorns laterally on femur I); tibia I strongly enlarged, with long, thin sensory hairs |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 14 (13) |
Prosoma dark, without distinct bright longitudinal stripes; opisthosoma conspicuously long; male pedipalp always with a simple tibial apophysis; epigyne with small depressions in the posterior part; in wet areas, at borders of water or at the sea coast |
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| - | Dark prosoma with distinct bright longitudinal stripes (Asianellus festivus and male P. fasciata sometimes completely black), similar pattern also on the opisthosoma; male pedipalp always with a forked tibial apophysis; epigyne with very large grooves Phlegra |
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| 15 (12) |
Prosoma conspicuously elevated |
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| - | Different |
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| 16 (15) |
Prosoma ± triangular in lateral view; posterior median eyes on the highest elevation of the prosoma; tarsus I-II with conspicuous large scopulae; one cheliceral teeth, others reduced; on sandy soils |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 17 (16) |
Prosoma ± round in lateral view; body densely covered with hairs; dark grey with irregular bright spots; male pedipalp with chisel-like, projecting tibial apophysis; epigyne round to trapezoid with 2 small grooves |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 18 (17) |
Male prosoma mostly with white angular pattern in the eye region; opisthosoma grey-black with bright median line |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 19 (18) |
Male prosoma black; opisthosoma red wit black median stripe; female opisthosoma black with 2 longitudinal white dots (or stripes) |
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| - | Prosoma dorsally with dark orange pattern, lateral lower part orange with white hairs and black margin, upper part dark brown with orange scale hairs; opisthosoma dorsally with yellow-brown dots and angles | ||||||||||
| 20 (15) |
Opisthosoma unicoloured, sometimes with white pattern | ||||||||||
| - | Opisthosoma with irregular dark lines or a mosaic of dark, brown or grey spots of different size, sometimes with white pattern | ||||||||||
| 21 (20) |
Opisthosoma uniformly black, shiny metallic, blue, violet or green; laterally sometimes small white dots in pairs; the anterior opisthosomal margin sometimes with a half-moon-like white line; legs often yellow |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 22 (21) |
Opisthosoma dark, diagonal or transversal white stripes in pairs, sometimes reduced to dots, no median line |
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| - | Opisthosoma black with a distinct white median line, sometimes broken, sometimes 1-2 pairs of white lines on the anterior opisthosomal margin and laterally |
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| 23 (20) |
Opisthosoma with dark, diagonal lines on nearly black ground, sometimes laterally with white stripes |
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| - | Opisthosoma with a mosaic-like arrangement of dark, brown, or grey spots of different size, medially mostly with one pair of bright dots or chevrons | ||||||||||
| 24 (23) |
Cheliceral teeth as fig.; tibia of the male pedipalp as long as the bulbus or longer; epigyne with 2 small depressions, their margins half-moon-like sclerotised; in greenhouses |
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| - | Cheliceral teeth different; tibia of the male pedipalp not conspicuously long; epigyne different; pattern as fig. |
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| - | Further genus |
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Habitus
Epigyne
Further genera
- 1. Afraflacilla
- 2. Anasaitis
- 3. Asianellus
- 4. Breda
- 5. Chinattus
- 6. Coryphasia
- 7. Cosmophasis
- 8. Cyrba
- 9. Eris
- 10. Festucula
- 11. Frigga
- 12. Habrocestum
- 13. Helafricanus
- 14. Heliophanillus
- 15. Helpis
- 16. Hyllus
- 17. Hypaeus
- 18. Iberattus
- 19. Icius
- 20. Langona
- 21. Marusyllus
- 22. Mendoza
- 23. Menemerus
- 24. Mexcala
- 25. Modunda
- 26. Mogrus
- 27. Napoca
- 28. Natta
- 29. Okinawicius
- 30. Pancorius
- 31. Panysinus
- 32. Paraneaetha
- 33. Phidippus
- 34. Phintella
- 35. Plexippoides
- 36. Plexippus
- 37. Psecas
- 38. Pseudeuophrys
- 39. Pseudomogrus
- 40. Rafalus
- 41. Rudakius
- 42. Sandalodes
- 43. Sibianor
- 44. Sittisax
- 45. Stenaelurillus
- 46. Thyene
- 47. Thyenula
- 48. Zygoballus