Illustrated key to the genera of Salticidae with 52063 Illustrations and 34756 Fotos
Habitus
Palp
Epigyne
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Body
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Habitus
spider-like
ant-like
beetle-like
pseudoscorpion-like
scorpion-like
fly-like
Markings
dark or bright horizontal stripes
dark or bright vertical stripes
Opistosoma with dark or bright spots
Opistosoma mostly orange or red
basic colouring dark
basic colouring bright
integument constitution
covered by clavate setae
Chelicera
+
Base furrow teeth number retromarginal
without any teeth
unidentat
pluridentat
fissidentat with fusioned teeth
Base furrow teeth number promarginal
unidentat
pluridentat
Base anterio-medio-distal lobe presence
present
Base furrow teeth shape-size promarginal
very small
Base furrow teeth shape-size retromarginal
very small
Claw length
short
Eyes
+
Number eye rows
three
four
AER
dorsal edge straight
dorsal edge procurve
dorsal edge recurve
PER
equidistant between anterior and posterior margin of carapace
PER - AER width
PER < AER
AME
separated of each other
touch each other
ALE
separated from AME
touching AME
PME
large, app. 1/3 smaller as ALE
small, < 1/3 as ALE
closer to ALE than to PLE
equidistant between ALE & PLE
PLE
PLE < ALE
PLE = ALE
PLE > ALE
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
South America
North America
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
Australia & South Pacific
Middle East
FEMALES
Body
+
Habitus
spider-like
ant-like
beetle-like
pseudoscorpion-like
scorpion-like
fly-like
Markings
dark or bright horizontal stripes
dark or bright vertical stripes
Opistosoma with dark or bright spots
basic colouring dark
basic colouring bright
integument constitution
covered by clavate setae
Chelicera
+
Base furrow teeth number retromarginal
without any teeth
unidentat
pluridentat
fissidentat with fusioned teeth
Base furrow teeth number promarginal
unidentat
pluridentat
Base anterio-medio-distal lobe presence
present
Base furrow teeth shape-size promarginal
very small
Base furrow teeth shape-size retromarginal
very small
Claw length
short
medium sized
Eyes
+
Number eye rows
three
four
AER
dorsal edge straight
dorsal edge procurve
dorsal edge recurve
PER
equidistant between anterior and posterior margin of carapace
PER - AER width
PER < AER
AME
separated of each other
touch each other
ALE
separated from AME
touching AME
PME
large, app. 1/3 smaller as ALE
small, < 1/3 as ALE
closer to ALE than to PLE
equidistant between ALE & PLE
PLE
PLE < ALE
PLE = ALE
PLE > ALE
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
South America
North America
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
Australia & South Pacific
Middle East
Anatomical/Morphological characters are used conforming to the Spider Anatomy Ontology whenever possible (Ramírez & Michalik 2019 – Diversity 11: 1–9.)
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The Key ist very fragmentic at the moment and only some genera like
Corythalia
show all possibilities of the matrix based key. Possibly a future project to add traits for genera and species for more taxa - system is ready for that ;-).