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

Cynapes canosus Simon, 1900

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034423

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Described:

Distribution: Mauritius

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Cynapes canosus Simon, 1900b: 393 (Dmf) Original description

Marengo canosa Wanless, 1979b: 70, f. 2A-K (Tmf from Cynapes)

Cynapes canosus Benjamin, 2004b: 19, f. 8C-D, 9A (Tmf from Marengo)

References

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

Simon, E. (1900b). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 381-407. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1979b). On the spider genus Cynapes (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 37: 67-72. -- 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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