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

Cotinusa gertschi (Mello-Leitão, 1947)

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Gertschnusa gertschi Mello-Leitão, 1947, (02254); 1 f (survived the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Gertschnusa gertschi Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 23, pl. 6, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Cotinusa gertschi Galiano, 1980b: 38 (T from Gertschnusa)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1980b). Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Primera parte. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 39: 31-40. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1947c). Aranhas de Carmo do Rio Claro (Minas Gerais) coligidas pelo naturalista José C. M. Carvalho. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (N.S., Zool.) 80: 1-34. -- 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]

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