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Genus: Aelurillus Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Aelurillus afghanus Azarkina, 2006

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040770

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Described:

Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum – Natural History Museum, Praha (NMP), Czech Republic f - (Azarkina, 2006)
Paratype: National Museum – Natural History Museum, Praha (NMP), Czech Republic 1f - (Azarkina, 2006)

Taxonomic References

Aelurillus afghanus Azarkina, 2006: 64, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Aelurillus afghanus Azarkina, 2019: 410, f. 1-9, 18-21 (Dm, f)

References

Azarkina, G. N. (2006). Four new species of the genus Aelurillus Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Salticidae). In: Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P. (eds.) European Arachnology 2005. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 1: 63-72. -- Show included taxa

Azarkina, G. N. (2019). A new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1884 (Aranei: Salticidae) from Thailand, with the first description of the male of A. afghanus Azarkina, 2006. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 408-416. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.28.3.05 -- 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
2019-09-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina, 2019
2019-09-28	First description of male	Azarkina, 2019	Old value
2019-09-28	Species distribution update	Azarkina, 2019	Old value