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Genus: Bristowia Reimoser, 1934 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Bristowia afra Szűts, 2004

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040787

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Central African Rep., Rep. Congo, Uganda, Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary m (SALT312) - (Szűts, 2004)
Paratype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary 6m 3f (SALT 313-314, 401-403) - (Szűts, 2004)

Taxonomic References

Bristowia afra Szűts, 2004: 30, f. 1-4, 8-10, 12-13, 16-17 (Dmf) Original description

Bristowia afra Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 440, f. 8-14, 92 (mf)

Bristowia afra Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 823, f. 11A-B, 93A-B (f)

Bristowia afra Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 10, f. 6A-C (f)

References

Dawidowicz, A. & Wesołowska, W. (2016). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Kenya collected by Åke Holm. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 66(3): 437-466. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.3.010 -- Show included taxa

Szűts, T. (2004). A revision of the genus Bristowia (Araneae: Salticidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 65: 25-31. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2026-01-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026
2026-01-11	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2024-09-06	Species distribution update	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value
2016-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016
2016-10-01	Species distribution update	Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016	Old value