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Genus: Evarcha Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044045

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Described:

Distribution: Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 1m 2f (77/422, 94/98, 155) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Holotype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa m (22703) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 2m (22676) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa 1m (23876) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)

Taxonomic References

Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 63, f. 12, 33, 34A-B, 35A-B (Dmf) Original description

Evarcha flagellaris Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 442, f. 20-22 (m)

Evacin flagellaris Prószyński, 2018b: 146, f. 2O, 5J, 7V (mf)

Evarcha flagellaris Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 606, f. 7A-C (m)

Evarcha flagellaris Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 28, f. 1-8 (mf)

References

Dawidowicz, A. & Wesołowska, W. (2016). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Kenya collected by Åke Holm. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 66(3): 437-466. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.3.010 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Van der Walt, V., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025b). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15266589 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2011). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa. African Invertebrates 52(1): 51-134. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2018b). Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 130-179. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.12 -- Show included taxa

Wawer, W. & Wesołowska, W. (2025). Jumping spiders from Ghana collected by J. Prószyński (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(2): 599-628. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.2.013 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2025-06-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025
2025-06-29	Species distribution update	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2025-04-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b
2019-01-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2018b
2016-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016
2016-10-01	Species distribution update	Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016	Old value