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Genus: Beata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Beata aenea (Mello-Leitão, 1945)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032473

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

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

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Syntype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Rhene sexmaculata Mello-Leitão, 1947, (02213); 2 m 3 f 1 j (destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (16730) (lost since 1963) - (Galiano, 1980b)

Taxonomic References

Bianor aeneus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 279, f. 68 (Dm) Original description

Rhene sexmaculata Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 28, pl. 2, f. 9-10, pl. 5, f. 15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055828]

Dryphias aenea Galiano, 1992: 31, f. 1-2, 6, 8-9, 15, 17-20 (mf, T from Bianor, S of Rhene sexmaculata)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1992). Nota sobre dos especies de Dryphias Simon (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 50: 29-41. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1945b). Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S.) 4(Zoología 29): 213-302. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1947c). Aranhas de Carmo do Rio Claro (Minas Gerais) coligidas pelo naturalista José C. M. Carvalho. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (N.S., Zool.) 80: 1-34. -- 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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