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Genus: Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Cytaea rubra (Walckenaer, 1837)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033063

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (New Guinea)

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

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Taxonomic References

Attus ruber Walckenaer, 1837: 458 (Df) Original description

Plexippus ruber Thorell, 1881: 591 (Df)

Cytaea rubra Roewer, 1955c: 1026

Cytaea rubra Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016: 381, f. 24-31 (f)

References

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

Trębicki, Ł., Patoleta, B. M. & Gardzińska, J. (2016). Redescription of four species of Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4189(2): 378-386. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.11 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- 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
2016-11-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Trębicki, Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2016