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Genus: Dexippus Thorell, 1891 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Dexippus kleini Thorell, 1891

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033143

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Described:

Distribution: India, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Copenhagen = Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC/ZMK), Denmark m - (Basumatary, Caleb & Brahma, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Dexippus kleinii Thorell, 1891: 112 (Dm) Original description

Dexippus kleini Prószyński, 1984a: 33 (m)

Dexippus kleini Basumatary, Caleb & Brahma, 2021: 35, f. 2-5 (m)

References

Basumatary, P., Caleb, J. T. D. & Brahma, D. (2021). Rediscovery of Dexippus kleini Thorell 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) after 129 years and its first record from India. Acta Arachnologica 70(1): 35-38. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.70.35 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- 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
2021-07-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Basumatary, Caleb & Brahma, 2021
2021-07-07	Species distribution update	Basumatary, Caleb & Brahma, 2021	Old value