Orchestina saltitans Banks, 1894

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005124

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Distribution: USA. Introduced to Yemen, China, Japan

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  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (22976) - (Izquierdo & Ramírez, 2017)
  • Holotype: University of Turku Zoological Museum (MZT/ZMUT), Turku, Finland m (AA 3.656) of Orchestina flagella - (Saaristo & van Harten, 2006)
  • Paratype: University of Turku Zoological Museum (MZT/ZMUT), Turku, Finland 1m 3f (AA 3.055, 3.656, 3.673) of Orchestina flagella - (Saaristo & van Harten, 2006)
Taxonomic References
Orchestina saltitans Banks, 1894b: 300 (Df) Original description
Orchestina saltitans Emerton, 1909: 214, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm)
Orchestina saltabunda Petrunkevitch, 1910: 207, pl. 21, f. 2-3 (m; misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1920: 158)
Orchestina saltitans Dalmas, 1916: 239, f. 24-25, 35-36 (m)
Orchestina saltitans Petrunkevitch, 1920: 158, pl. 9, f. 1-9 (m)
Orchestina saltitans Kaston, 1938a: 12 (f)
Orchestina saltitans Comstock, 1940: 311, f. 290 (m)
Gamasomorpha cataphracta Yaginuma, 1986a: 26, f. 16.9 (m; misidentified per Suzuki, 2026d: 15, 19)
Orchestina flagella Saaristo & van Harten, 2006: 145, f. 52, 53a-b, 54 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039346]
Orchestina flagella Saaristo & Marusik, 2009: 72, f. 31-32 (m)
Orchestina saltitans Izquierdo & Ramírez, 2017: 33, f. 12A-G, 16G-I, 18E, 19E, 20L-M, 22A (mf)
Orchestina okitsui Suzuki, 2024b: 86, f. 1-3 (m; misidentified per Suzuki, 2026d: 15)
Orchestina saltitans Bai et al., 2026: 22, f. 3E-G, 4A-G (m)
Orchestina saltitans Suzuki, 2026d: 15, f. 6A-L, 7A-H, 8, 9B (mf, S of Orchestina flagella)
References

Bai, Y., Zhang, D. W., Liu, Y., Tong, Y. F., Zhang, Z. S. & Yang, Z. Z. (2026). A new species of the genus Oonopinus Simon, 1893 and a new recorded species of the genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 35(1): 19-25. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2026.01.003 -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1894b). Two families of spiders new to the United States. Entomological News 5: 298-300. -- Show included taxa

Comstock, J. H. (1940). The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, 727 pp. -- Show included taxa

Dalmas, R. de (1916). Révision du genre Orchestina E.S., suive de la description de nouvelles espèces du genre Oonops et d'une étude sur les Dictynidae du genre Scotolathys. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 85: 203-258. -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1909). Supplement to the New England Spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 171-236. -- Show included taxa

Izquierdo, M. A. & Ramírez, M. J. (2017). Taxonomic revision of the jumping goblin spiders of the genus Orchestina Simon, 1882, in the Americas (Araneae: Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 410: 1-362. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090-410.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1938a). Notes on little known New England spiders. The Canadian Entomologist 70(1): 12-17. doi: 10.4039/Ent7012-1 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1910). Some new or little known American Spiders. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19: 205-224, pl. 21-22. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1920). Description of Orchestina saltitans Banks (Arachnida). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 28: 157-160. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Harten, A. van (2006). The oonopid spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) of mainland Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 21: 127-157. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Marusik, Y. M. (2009). A new genus and species of oonopid spider (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Ukraine. ZooKeys 24: 63-74. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.24.278 -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. (2024b). First records of Orchestina okitsui Oi, 1958 (Araneae: Oonopidae) and Cladothela parva Kamura, 1991 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, collected by sticky traps. Bulletin of the Tokushima Prefecture Museum 34: 85-87. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. (2026d). Taxonomic revision of the jumping goblin spider genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) in Japan with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1068: 1-49. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1068.3293 ZooBank: B5DADB20-2B23-4D5B-8E7D-9AED404F326A -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-06-15 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki, 2026d
2026-06-15 Species distribution update Suzuki, 2026d Old value
2026-05-28 Type repository inserted Izquierdo & Ramírez, 2017
2026-05-28 New taxonomic reference entry Bai et al., 2026
2026-05-28 Species distribution update Bai et al., 2026 Old value
2017-03-05 New taxonomic reference entry Izquierdo & Ramírez, 2017

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