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Genus: Colaxes Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Colaxes wanlessi Benjamin, 2004

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040791

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 2f (ARTO 27889-27890) - (Benjamin, 2004b)
Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0027888) - (Benjamin, 2004b)

Taxonomic References

Colaxes wanlessi Benjamin, 2004b: 21, f. 12A-C, 13A-E, 14A-C, 15A-H (Dmf) Original description

Colaxes wanlessi Azarkina & Haddad, 2020: 40, f. 175-193 (mf)

References

Azarkina, G. N. & Haddad, C. R. (2020). Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 15-92. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4 -- Show included taxa

Benjamin, S. P. (2004b). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142(1): 1-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00123.x -- 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
2020-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina & Haddad, 2020