The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984 to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by Eugène Simon.
The Spartaeinae are palaeotropical, with an exceptional diversity in the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos.
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. Spartaeinae usually have large posterior median eyes. However, these are reduced in the genera Cyrba, Gelotia and Wanlessia.
Genera In 2015, Spartaeinae was divided into three tribes with 29 genera. One has been added since.
Tribe Cocalodini
Allococalodes Wanless, 1982 Cocalodes Pocock, 1897 Cucudeta Maddison, 2009 Depreissia Lessert, 1942 Tabuina Maddison, 2009 Yamangalea Maddison, 2009
Tribe Lapsiini
Amilaps Maddison, 2019 Galianora Maddison, 2006 Lapsamita Ruiz, 2013 Lapsias Simon, 1900 Soesiladeepakius Makhan, 2007 Thrandina Maddison, 2006
Tribe Spartaeini
Brettus Thorell, 1895 Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846 Cyrba Simon, 1876 Gelotia Thorell, 1890 Holcolaetis Simon, 1886 Meleon Wanless, 1984 Mintonia Wanless, 1984 Neobrettus Wanless, 1984 Paracyrba Żabka & Kovac, 1996 Phaeacius Simon, 1900 Portia Karsch, 1878 Sonoita Peckham & Peckham, 1903 Sparbambus Zhang, Woon & Li, 2006 Spartaeus Thorell, 1891 Taraxella Wanless, 1984 Veissella Wanless, 1984 Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992 Yaginumanis Wanless, 1984
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