Evarcha prosimilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041647

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Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa


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Taxonomic References
Evarcha similis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 28, f. 45-48 (Dm; preoccupied by Caporiacco, 1941, see Evarcha similis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033433]
Evarcha prosimilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 179, f. 33-37 (replacement name, m, Df) Original description
Evarcha prosimilis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 33, f. 42-46 (mf)
Evawes prosimilis Prószyński, 2018b: 153, f. 14K-L (mf)
Evarcha prosimilis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 28, f. 17A-D (f)
Evarcha prosimilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 32, f. 1-12 (mf)
References

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

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

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 11-127. doi: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Cumming, M. S. (2008). Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae); a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabwe. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 58: 167-230. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C. R. (2009). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50(1): 13-103. doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0102 -- Show included taxa

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda – revised list, new species and distributional data. European Journal of Taxonomy 952: 1-171. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647 -- 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
2025-04-24 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b
2024-12-29 Species distribution update Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 Old value
2024-09-06 New taxonomic reference entry Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-09-06 Species distribution update Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 Old value
2019-01-20 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2018b
2016-10-01 Species distribution update Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 Old value

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