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Genus: Brettus Thorell, 1895 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Brettus madagascarensis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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

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Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f - (Wanless, 1980a)

Taxonomic References

Macopaeus madagascarensis Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 182, pl. 19, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Brettus madagascarensis Wanless, 1980a: 221, f. 3A-D (f, T from Macopaeus)

References

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1903). New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 14(1): 173-278, pl. 19-29. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1980a). A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 38: 219-223. -- 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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