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Genus: Flacillula Strand, 1932 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Flacillula lubrica (Simon, 1901)

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (20642) - (Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Flacilla lubrica Simon, 1901a: 558, f. 570-574 (m)

Flacilla lubrica Simon, 1901c: 153 (Dm) Original description

Flacillula lubrica Strand, 1932: 137 (generic replacement name)

Flacillula lubrica Prószyński, 1984a: 77 (m)

Flacillula lubrica Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021: 1268, f. 13, 30-32, 49-50 (m)

References

Bopearachchi, D. P. & Benjamin, S. P. (2021). Phylogenetic placement of Flacillula Strand, 1932 with seven new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1255-1272. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12485 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- 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

Simon, E. (1901c). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1932). Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica, III, IV. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Rigā 4: 133-147, 193-196. -- 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
2021-08-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021