Data from: The deep phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae)

In order to resolve better the deep relationships among salticid spiders,
we compiled and analyzed a molecular dataset of 169 salticid taxa (and 7
outgroups) and 8 gene regions. This dataset adds many new taxa to previous
analyses, especially among the non-salticoid salticids, as well as two new
genes – wingless and myosin heavy chain. Both of these genes, and
especially the better sampled wingless, confirm many of the relationships
indicated by other genes. The cocalodines are placed as sister to
lapsiines, in a broader clade with the spartaeines. Cocalodines,
lapsiines, and spartaeines are each supported as monophyletic, though the
first two have no known morphological synapomorphies. The lyssomanines
appear to be non-monophyletic, of three separate groups: (1) Lyssomanes
plus Chinoscopus, (2) Onomastus, and (3) the remainder of Old World
species. Several previously-inferred relationships continue to be
supported: hisponines as sister to the Salticoida, Amycoida as sister to
the remaining Salticoida, and Saltafresia as monophyletic. The
relationship of Salticus with Philaeus and relatives is now considered
well enough corroborated to move the latter into the subfamily Salticinae.
A new clade consisting of the Plexippoida + Aelurilloida + Leptorchesteae
+ Salticinae is recognized. Nungia is found to be an astioid, and
Echeclus, Gedea and Diplocanthopoda to be hasariines. The euophryines are
corroborated as monophyletic. The agoriines Agorius and Synagelides are
salticoids, within the sister group to amycoids, but their further
placement is problematical, perhaps because of their nuclear ribosomal
genes’ high GC bias, as also seen in the similarly problematic Eupoa.