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Genus: Ballus C. L. Koch, 1850 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032411

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876a: 205, pl. 11, f. 19 (Dm) Original description

Ballus variegatus Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 52, f. 12-14, 16, 32-36 (mf)

References

Alicata, P. & Cantarella, T. (1988). The genus Ballus: a revision of the European taxa described by Simon together with observations on the other species of the genus. Animalia 14: 35-63. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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

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