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SALTICUS (Latr.) 1804. Simon. 



Syn.: 1804 Salticus Latr., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXIV, p. 135, (ad 



partem). 

 1805. Attus Walck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 22 (ad partem). 

 1837. Pyrophorus C. Koch, Uebers. d. Aracbn. — Syst., 1, p. 29. 

 1846. Toxeus C. Koch, Die Araclin., XIII, p. 19. 

 1864. Salticus [Saltica]: Sub-gen. Pyrophorus [PjrophoraJ Sim. 



H. N. D. Araignees. p. 336. 



1869. Pyroderes Id., Monogr. d. Attid., p. 248 (714). 



1870. Salticus Thorell, On Europ. Spid. I, p. 208. 



1871. " Sim., Revis. d. Attid. 



1876. " Id., Aracbn. de France, III, p. 6. 



1877. " Thorell, Studi Ragni Malesi e Papuani, I, p. 213. 



1878. " Lebert, Die Spianen der Scbweiz, p. 296. 



1878. " Tacz., Araneides du Perou, Bull. Soc. Imp. des Nat. 



de Moscou, LIII, 4, p. 371. 



1879. " L. Koch, Arachniden Australians, p. 1055. 



1880. " Karsch, Arachnol. Blatter VIII, Zur Kenntniss der 

 Attiden, in Zeitscb, f. d. gesammt. Naturwissensch., LIII 



p. 395. 

 1880. Toxeus Id , ibid., pp. 393, 394. 



Cephalotliorax elongated; cephalic part high, parallel, level, almost as 

 wide as long, its posterior angles rounded; thoracic part narrower, 

 lower, on a different plane, rounded or obtusely truncated behind. 



Clypeus very narrow, with sparse hair.; 



JiJyes of the face very unequal, sub-touching, in a straight line, with some 

 hairs around them; dorsal eyes as large as the lateral, a little further 

 apart, forming with them a group wider than long, not, or scarcely 

 projecting. 



Sternum very narrow, projiacting between the anterior coxae. 



Falces {$) very long, flat above, horizontal; inferior border of the groove 

 with a continuous row of strong teeth. ( $ ) Falces short, robust, 

 vertical. 



MaxillcE long, square at the extremity, with the superior external angle 

 projecting a little. 



Lip much longer than wide, almost parallel, truncated or slightly hol- 

 lowed. 



Palpus ( (, ) slender; tibia as long and wider than the patella; tarsus oval, 

 rather narrow, and truncated; bulb discoidal, occupying only the 

 inferior part of the tarsus. ( ? ) Palpus with the tibia and tarsus en- 

 larged in the form of an oval palette. 



