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

Corythalia xanthopa Crane, 1948

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032933

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 1f - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Corythalia xanthopa Crane, 1948: 29, f. 2R-X, 14a-E, 15C (Dmf) Original description

Corythalia xanthopa Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 84, f. 2B, 40A-E, 59E, 63D, 66F, 69K, 74B, 78D (mf)

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

Crane, J. (1948). Comparative biology of salticid spiders at Rancho Grande, Venezuela. Part I. Systematics and life historie in Corythalia. Zoologica (New York) 33: 1-38. -- 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
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020