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Genus: Corythalia C. L. Koch, 1850 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Corythalia luctuosa Caporiacco, 1954

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032899

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Described:

Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)
Syntype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy 1m (655) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)
Lectotype: Musée cantonal de zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland m (655) - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c)

Taxonomic References

Corythalia luctuosa Caporiacco, 1954: 177, f. 66, 66a (Dm) Original description

Corythalia luctuosa Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 491, f. 22-23 (m)

Corythalia luctuosa Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 46, f. 1A, 4B,D, 23A-E, 24A-C, 58C, 62C, 65D, 68L, 72G, 76G (m, Df)

References

Bayer, S., Höfer, H. & Metzner, H. (2020). Revision of the genus Corythalia C.L. Koch, 1850, part 1: diagnosis and new species from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4806(1): 1-144. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4806.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1954). Araignées de la Guyane Française du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 16: 45-193. -- Show included taxa

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008c). Redescription and resolution of some Neotropical species of jumping spiders described by Caporiacco and description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 487-494. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000300013 -- 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
2020-07-01	First description of female	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020	Old value
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020
2020-07-01	Species distribution update	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020	Old value