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Genus: Bellota G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Bellota violacea Galiano, 1972

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032512

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Bellota violacea Galiano, 1972, (02231); 1 m (destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Bellota violacea Galiano, 1972, (02232); 1 f (destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Allotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina f (6398) - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 4m 2f (6399, 6400) - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)

Taxonomic References

Bellota violacea Galiano, 1972a: 467, f. 5-6, 17-19, 36-39, 45, 49 (Dmf) Original description

References

Galiano, M. E. (1972a). Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. XIII. Revisión del género Bellota Peckham, 1892. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 31: 463-484. -- 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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