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Genus: Acragas Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032149

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917, (01159); 1 m (destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Paralectotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917, (01159); 2 m (destroyed by the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Acragas trimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 129, f. 3, 7 (Dm) Original description

Acragas trimaculatus Galiano, 1968c: 309, f. 35-37 (m)

Acragas trimaculatus Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018: 161, f. 141, 142A-C (m)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1968c). Revision de los géneros Acragas, Amycus, Encolpius, Hypaeus, Mago y Noegus (Salticidae, Araneae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 2: 267-360. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1917c). Aranhas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Thomisidas e Salticidas brasileiras. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro 1: 117-153, 2 pl. -- Show included taxa

Rubio, G. D., Baigorria, J. E. M. & Scioscia, C. L. (2018). Arañas saltícidas de Misiones. Guía para la identificación (tribus basales). Ediciones Fundación Azara, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 208 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018
2025-08-16	Species distribution update	Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018	Old value