Carrhotus viduus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032634

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Described:

Distribution: Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam


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  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 2m (1699) - (Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022)
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f of Marpissa decorata - (Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020)
  • Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 1f of Marpissa decorata - (Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020)
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f of Marpissa tikaderi - (Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020)
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f of Marpissa lakshmikantapurensis - (Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020)
Taxonomic References
Plexippus viduus C. L. Koch, 1846: 104, f. 1166 (Dm) Original description
Attus viduus Walckenaer, 1847a: 426
Mogrus fabrei Simon, 1885h: 29 (m; misidentified per Andreeva, Kononenko & Prószyński, 1981: 103, f. 39-40)
Hyllus morgani Simon, 1886c: 437 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059474]
Mogrus ornatus Simon, 1886c: 439 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058377]
Carrhotus viduus Thorell, 1891: 142
Plexippus cumulatus Karsch, 1892: 301, pl. 12, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065249]
Carrhotus viduus Workman & Workman, 1894: 14, f. 14 (m)
Carrhotus viduus Thorell, 1895b: 378 (S of Plexippus albolineatus [revalidated by Prószyński, 2009b: 157] and P. cumulatus)
Carrhotus viduus Simon, 1903a: 701, 707, f. 827-828 (m, S of Hyllus morgani)
Carrhotus viduus Pocock, 1904: 804, pl. 66, f. 8
Marpissa decorata Tikader, 1974b: 206, f. 4-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034461]
Carrhotus viduus Andreeva, Kononenko & Prószyński, 1981: 103, f. 39-42 (mf, S of Mogrus ornatus)
Marpissa decorata Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 94, f. 171-172 (f)
Carrhotus viduus Prószyński, 1984a: 16 (m)
Marpissa tikaderi Biswas, 1984a: 125, f. 14-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034494]
Carrhotus viduus Song & Chai, 1991: 13, f. 1A-D (mf)
Carrhotus viduus Prószyński, 1992b: 169, f. 7 (m)
Carrhotus viduus Peng et al., 1993: 36, f. 75-83 (mf)
Carrhotus viduus Jastrzebski, 1999: 4, f. 8-11 (m)
Carrhotus viduus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 507, f. 290I-J, 291A-B, 324Q (mf)
Marpissa lakshmikantapurensis Majumder, 2004c: 32, f. 11-15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040843]
Carrhotus viduus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010: 157, f. 25, 29 (mf)
Carrhotus viduus Yin et al., 2012: 1339, f. 724a-i (mf)
Plexippus gajbei Karthikeyani & Kannan, 2013: 43, f. 1a-c, images 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046542]
Marpissa decorata Sen et al., 2015: 34, f. 92-96, pl. 13 (f)
Marpissa decorata Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016: 8, f. 5A-E, 24C, 27A (f)
Carrhotus viduus Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016: 18, f. 14A-E, 25C, 27J (f)
Carrhotus viduus Caleb, 2016b: 273, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Plexippus gajbei)
Marpissa decorata Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 31, f. 48-52, pl. 17 (f)
Carrhotus viduus Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4D (m)
Carrhotus viduus Prószyński, 2018a: 26, f. 5J (m)
Carrhotus viduus Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020: 61, f. 57-73, 76-78, 80-82 (mf, S of Marpissa decorata, M. lakshmikantapurensis and M. tikaderi)
Carrhotus viduus Peng, 2020: 57, f. 21a-i (mf)
Marpissa decorata Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2022: 7, f. 4a-e, 5d (f)
Carrhotus viduus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022: 102, f. 2C-D, 15A-G, 16A-D (mf)
Carrhotus viduus Truong, Tran & Lam, 2025: 12, f. 4-6 (m)
References

Andreeva, E. M., Kononenko, A. P. & Prószyński, J. (1981). Remarks on genus Mogrus Simon, 1882 (Aranei, Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 36: 85-104. -- Show included taxa

Biswas, B. (1984a). Description of six new species of spiders of the families Clubionidae, Gnaphosidae and Salticidae from India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 6: 119-127. -- Show included taxa

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2022). Taxonomic account of jumping spiders – genus Marpissa C. L. Koch (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) from Bangladesh. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management 7(1, 2021): 1-9. doi: 10.3329/jbcbm.v7i1.57118 [[publ. Jan. 10, 2022]] -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016b). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 271-277. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.25.3.06 -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D., Bera, C. & Acharya, S. (2020). New species and synonymies in the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini). Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 51-66. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.1.04 -- Show included taxa

Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal. World Scientific News 63: 1-242. -- Show included taxa

Jastrzębski, P. (1999). Salticidae from the Himalaya: The genus Carrhotus Thorell 1891 (Araneae, Salticidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 79: 1-9. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1892). Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36(2, 1891): 267-310, pl. 10-12. [[published mid March 1892]] -- Show included taxa

Karthikeyani, R. & Kannan, S. (2013). A new Plexippus spider from the western Ghats, Kumbakarai Falls, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, south India (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 2(2): 42-46. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Majumder, S. C. (2004c). Taxonomic studies of some spiders from mangrove and semi-mangrove areas of Sundarban. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 20(2): 1-42. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J., Xie, L. P., Xiao, X. Q. & Yin, C. M. (1993). Salticids in China (Arachnida: Araneae). Hunan Normal University Press, 270 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1904). Arachnida. In: Fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. London 2, 797-805. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1992b). Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 44: 165-277. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2010). Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. I. Salticidae of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta 19(3): 153-188. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2018a). Review of the genus Hasarius (Araneae: Salticidae) - a taxonomic fiasco. Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 16-31. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.2 -- Show included taxa

Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016). A treatise on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of tea ecosystem of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 53(1): 1-66. -- Show included taxa

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

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885h). Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10(1): 1-39. [[pl. 10 see Simon, 1885e]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886c). Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. III. Arachnides recueillis en 1884 dans la presqu'île de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Arachnides recueillis à Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10(4-6, 1885): 436-462, pl. 10. [[year corrected per Frétey, 2023: 15]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Chai, J. Y. (1991). New species and new records of the family Salticidae from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Araneae). In: Qian, Y. W. et al. (ed.) Animal Science Research. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 13-30. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1974b). Studies on some jumping spiders of the genus Marpissa from India (family-Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 79(B): 204-215. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981). Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 30: 1-149. -- Show included taxa

Truong, T. V., Tran, D. B. & Lam, D. H. (2025). Two species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) new for the fauna of Vietnam. Far Eastern Entomologist 534: 11-16. doi: 10.25221/fee.534.2 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1847a). Dernier Supplément. In: Walckenaer, C. A. & Gervais, P. (eds.) Histoire naturelles des Insects. Aptères. Tome quatrième. Roret, Paris, pp. 365-596 [Araneae: -564]. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa

Workman, T. & Workman, M. E. (1894). Malaysian spiders. Published by the author, Belfast, UK, pp. 9-24. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.101972 -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- 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.

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-03-29 Species distribution update Ono et al., 2026 Old value
2025-10-03 New taxonomic reference entry Truong, Tran & Lam, 2025
2025-10-03 Species distribution update Truong, Tran & Lam, 2025 Old value
2022-05-02 New taxonomic reference entry Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022
2022-01-15 New taxonomic reference entry Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2022
2021-12-17 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Sudhin et al., 2021 Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Carrhotus tholpettyensis Sudhin, Nafin, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2021
2020-07-09 New taxonomic reference entry Peng, 2020
2020-03-30 Species distribution update Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020 Old value
2020-03-30 Species synonymy Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020 Carrhotus lakshmikantapurensis synonymized with Carrhotus viduus
2020-03-30 Species synonymy Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020 Carrhotus tikaderi synonymized with Carrhotus viduus
2020-03-30 Species synonymy Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020 Carrhotus decorata synonymized with Carrhotus viduus
2020-03-30 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020
2018-01-30 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2018a
2017-09-11 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2017b
2016-09-30 New taxonomic reference entry Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016
2016-09-29 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, 2016b
2016-09-29 Species synonymy Caleb, 2016b Carrhotus gajbei synonymized with Carrhotus viduus

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