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Genus: Thiratoscirtus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Thiratoscirtus gibbosus (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045714

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Described:

Distribution: Nigeria, Central African Rep.

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA m - (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA 1f - (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Bacelarella gibbosa Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 735, f. 5-11, 111-113 (Dmf) Original description

Thiratoscirtus gibbosus Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 46, f. 39A-D, 40A-C (m, T from Bacelarella)

References

Wesołowska, W. & Edwards, G. B. (2012). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Calabar area (SE Nigeria). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 733-772. doi: 10.3161/000345412X659786 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W., Russell-Smith, A. & Danflous, S. (2026). The jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the southwestern region of Central African Republic. Zootaxa 5743(1): 1-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5743.1.1 -- 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
2026-01-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026
2026-01-12	Species transferred to new genus	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026		Species transferred from Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941 to Thiratoscirtus Simon, 1886
2026-01-12	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value