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Genus: Echinussa Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Echinussa praedatoria (Keyserling, 1877)

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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

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Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) 3m (A0003594) -

Taxonomic References

Eris praedatoria Keyserling, 1877b: 94, pl. 3, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Attus bewsheri Butler, 1879b: 42, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm)

Jotus semi-ater Peckham & Peckham, 1885a: 37, pl. 1, f. 8 (Dm)

Echinussa praedatoria Simon, 1901a: 549

References

Butler, A. G. (1879b). On a small collection of Arachnida from the island of Johanna, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4(19): 41-44, pl. 1. doi: 10.1080/00222937908679782 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1877b). Einige Spinnen von Madagascar. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 27: 85-96. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1885a). On some new genera and species of the Attidae, from Madagascar and Central America. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 1885: 23-42, pl. 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

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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