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Genus: Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Dendryphantes mordax (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033104

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Described:

Distribution: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany m (1666) - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France j (4149) of Attus iricolor - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)
Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 4m 4f (4167) of Attus scalaris - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (4172) of Attus superbus - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)
Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 1f (4166) of Attus zonarius - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany f (1798) of Euophrys jucunda - (Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a)

Taxonomic References

Hyllus mordax C. L. Koch, 1846: 165, f. 1219 (Dm) Original description

Attus iricolor Roewer, 1955c: 1425 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Euophrys jucunda C. L. Koch, 1846: 205, f. 1252 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056834]

Attus zonarius Roewer, 1955c: 1432 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Attus scalaris Nicolet, 1849: 365 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056835]

Attus superbus Roewer, 1955c: 1431 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Attus iricolor Nicolet, 1849: 366 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056833]

Dendryphantes mordax Galiano, 1979d: 342, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Phiale jucunda)

Attus zonarius Nicolet, 1849: 373 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056839]

Dendryphantes mordax Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008a: 535 (S of Salticus iricolor, S. scalaris, S. superbus and S. zonarius, all removed from nomen dubium)

Attus superbus Nicolet, 1849: 380 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056836]

Dendryphantes mordax Richardson, 2010: 17, f. 32-37 (mf)

Freya jucunda C. L. Koch, 1850: 66

Dendryphantes mordax Simon, 1901a: 601

Phiale jucunda Simon, 1903a: 702

Attus scalaris Roewer, 1955c: 1430 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1979d). Note on Dendryphantes mordax (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 342-344. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 5. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 77 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.39561 -- Show included taxa

Nicolet, H. (1849). Aracnidos. In: Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Zoología 3, 319-543, pl. 1-5. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.16172 -- Show included taxa

Richardson, B. J. (2010). A review of the jumping spider fauna (Araneae: Salticidae) of Chile. Zootaxa 2418: 1-49. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2418.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008a). On some Chilean jumping spider type specimens described by Nicolet (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 35(3): 535-537. doi: 10.1636/H06-31.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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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