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Genus: Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Asaracus modestissimus (Caporiacco, 1947)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035409

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Described:

Distribution: Guyana

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy f (589) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Phiale modestissima Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Df) Original description

Asaracus modestissimus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 490, f. 12-13 (f, T from Phiale)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1947a). Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Brittanica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti. Monitore Zoologico Italiano 56: 20-34. -- Show included taxa

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008c). Redescription and resolution of some Neotropical species of jumping spiders described by Caporiacco and description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 487-494. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000300013 -- 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]

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