Arthur M. Chickering

“ F. Cambridge ('01) divided all Central American Salticidae into two subfamilies, the Toxeinae and the Salticinae. He included in the former all which he considered pedunculate and in the latter all those not pedunculate. While most students of the family would disagree with Cambridge in respect to such a division into subfamilies, I believe he showed, on the whole, a good understanding of natural relationships in his groupings within the Salticinae. ”

“ Twelve allotypes of previously known species have been identified and described in detail, and numerous hypotypes have also been described. Fourteen new genera have been established for those species which seemed to have no place among the known genera. Altogether, more than two hundred species of Salticids are now known from Panama.
The problem of the subdivision of the family Salticidae into subfamilies and smaller groups remains one of the major questions facing all arachnologists interested in the family. ”

“ It is, however, my earnest hope that the work presented in this paper will help later students of the family to resolve the troubles which they are certain to encounter. For convenience, all genera and species are arranged alphabetically within their respective groups. ”