Spartaeinae

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Spartaeinae
subfamilia_authority = Wanless, 1984
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see text

The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984Wanless 1984] to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by Eugène Simon.Simon 1901]

18 existing and five extinct genera, with 119 existing species, are included as of 2006.Zhang "et al." 2006] They are palaeotropical, with an exceptional diversity in the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos.Wijesinghe 1992]

They are unusual salticids that are considered basal to the phylogenetic tree of jumping spiders. Like the Lyssomaninae they lack many derived features that the Salticoida possess.Maddison 1995] The two subfamilies are similar, but the Spartaeinae usually have large posterior median eyes. However, these were reduced in the genera "Cyrba", "Gelotia" and "Wanlessia".

Genera

:"This list is mainly derived from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog and probably not up to current research" Joel Hallan: Biology Catalog [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Salticidae.txt Salticidae] ]

* "Allococalodes"
* "Araneotanna"
* "Brettus"
* "Cenattus" †
* "Cocalodes"
* "Cocalus"
* "Cyrba"
* "Eolinus" † (only known from Baltic amber)
* "Gelotia"
* "Holcolaetis"
* "Lapsias"
* "Meleon"
* "Mintonia"
* "Neobrettus"
* "Paracyrba"
* "Paralinus" †
* "Phaeacius"
* "Portia"
* "Sonoita"
* "Taraxella"
* "Veissella"
* "Wanlessia"
* "Yaginumanis"
* "Sparbambus"
* "Spartaeus"

Footnotes

References

* (1901): "Histoire naturelle des araignées" 2(3): 381-668.
* (1984): A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae:Salticidae) with descriptions of six genera. "Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Histo. (Zool.)" 42(4): 263-298.
* (1992): A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the Spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae). "The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 40: 9-19. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/40/40rbz009-019.pdf PDF]
* (1995): [http://tolweb.org/Spartaeinae/2836/1995.01.01 Spartaeinae] . Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). in [http://tolweb.org/ The Tree of Life Web Project]
* (2006): A new genus and species of jumping spiders (Araneae:Salticidae:Spartaeinae) from Malaysia. "The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 54(2): 241-244. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/54/54rbz241-244.pdf PDF]