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Genus: Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Epeus sumatranus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044962

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Christa Deeleman Private Collection, Netherlands f - (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012)
Allotype: Christa Deeleman Private Collection, Netherlands m - (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012)
Paratype: Christa Deeleman Private Collection, Netherlands 4m 8f - (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Epeus sumatranus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 37, f. 34-37, 41-42 (Dmf) Original description

Epeus sumatranus Hill, 2025a: 39, f. 28.1-8, 29.1-2, 30.1-6 (mf)

Epeus sumatranus Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b: 20, f. 14A-D, 15A-D, 16A-E (mf)

References

Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Buchori, D., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. (2025b). Eleven new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sumatra. European Journal of Taxonomy 1015: 1-68. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1015.3061 -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (2025a). Identification of jumping spiders placed in the genus Epeus (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini: Plexippina). Peckhamia 330.1: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2012). Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago. II. Salticidae of Java and Sumatra, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta 21(1): 29-60. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04 -- 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
2025-09-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b
2025-05-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Hill, 2025a