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

Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041648

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Described:

Distribution: 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 4m 1j (2009/3241-3242) - (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2m (222640) - (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008)
Paratype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 1m - (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (222626) - (Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008)

Taxonomic References

Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 179, f. 38-43 (Dm) Original description

Evawes zimbabwensis Prószyński, 2018b: 153, f. 14B (m)

Evarcha zimbabwensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 38, f. 1-2 (m)

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. & 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

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
2019-01-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2018b