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Genus: Ascyltus Karsch, 1878 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032334

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland), Fiji

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878, (1674) -
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Ascyltus simplex Karsch, 1878, (1676–83) -

Taxonomic References

Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878d: 30 (Df) Original description

Ascyltus simplex Karsch, 1878d: 31 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064308]

Ascyltus divinus Żabka, 1988: 424, f. 1-9 (mf, S of Ascyltus simplex)

Ascyltus divinus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997: 112, f. 3, 14, 17-20 (mf)

References

Berry, J. W., Beatty, J. A. & Prószyński, J. (1997). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. II. Distribution of nine genera, with descriptions of eleven new species. Journal of Arachnology 25: 109-136. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1878d). Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2: 22-32. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1988). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41(14): 421-479. -- 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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