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Genus: Clynotis Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Clynotis severus (L. Koch, 1879)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032762

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Described:

Distribution: Australia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Clynotis albopictus Simon, 1909, (18004) -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001604), m (A0001605), m (A0001606) of Icius severus L. Koch, 1879 -

Taxonomic References

Icius severus L. Koch, 1879a: 1128, pl. 98, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Icius viduus L. Koch, 1879a: 1129, pl. 98, f. 4-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057936]

Clynotis viduus Simon, 1901a: 600, 612

Clynotis albopictus Simon, 1909d: 201 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057935]

Clynotis severus Rainbow, 1911: 293

Clynotis viduus Żabka, 1987a: 444, f. 14-21 (mf, S of Clynotis albopictus)

Clynotis viduus Davies & Żabka, 1989: 256, pl. 56 (mf)

Clynotis severus Żabka, 1991c: 22 (S of Clynotis viduus)

Clynotis severus Richardson, 2016: 523, f. 77-85 (mf)

References

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1879a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1045-1156, pl. 91-100. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Richardson, B. J. (2016). New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2me partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 2, Lieferung 12. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 152-212. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7416 [[2nd pdf lists the collection locations]] -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1987a). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, I. Genera Clynotis and Tara. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 437-450. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1991c). Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110. -- 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
2016-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Richardson, 2016