The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984[1] to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by Eugène Simon.[2]
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 Salticinae possess.[4] Spartaeinae usually have large posterior median eyes. However, these were reduced in the genera Cyrba, Gelotia and Wanlessia.[5]
Genera
In 2015, Spartaeinae was divided into three tribes with 29 genera.[6] One has been added since.[7]
^Wanless, Fred R. (1984). "A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae:Salticidae) with descriptions of six genera". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 42 (4): 263–298.
^Simon, E. (1901). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Vol. 2, part 3. pp. 381–668.
^ abMaddison, W.P. (2019), "A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon's Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae)", ZooKeys (891): 17–29, doi:10.3897/zookeys.891.38563, PMC6882923, PMID31802970