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Genus: Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Carrhotus taprobanicus Simon, 1902

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032632

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 1f - (Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Carrhotus taprobanicus Simon, 1902a: 394 (Dmf) Original description

Carrhotus taprobanicus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022: 99, f. 2E-F, 13A-G, 14A-D (mf)

References

Satkunanathan, A. & Benjamin, S. P. (2022). Phylogenetic placement of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 with three new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 78-110. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1765 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1902a). Etudes arachnologiques. 32e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 71(1-2): 389-421. -- 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]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-05-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022