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Genus: Cyrba Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Cyrba legendrei Wanless, 1984

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033027

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte

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

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Wanless, 1984b)

Taxonomic References

Cyrba legendrei Wanless, 1984b: 458, f. 9A-J (Dmf) Original description

Cyrba legendrei Dierkens, 2010b: 302, f. 1-2 (f)

References

Dierkens, M. (2010b). Les Sparteinae [sic] de Mayotte (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 79: 301-304. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1984b). A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae: Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromone dispersing organ. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 47(7): 445-481. doi: 10.5962/p.21842 -- 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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