World Spider Catalog

Genus: Harmochirus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038246

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Described:

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam

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

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Taxonomic References

Harmochirus brachiatus Tikader, 1976d: 410, f. 1-5 (f; misidentified per Logunov, 2001a: 260)

Harmochirus brachiatus Żabka, 1985: 205, f. 35-49 (mf; misidentified per Logunov, 2001a: 260)

Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001a: 260, f. 248-256 (Dmf) Original description

Harmochirus zabkai Caleb, 2020b: 15732, f. 16D-E, 28D (m)

References

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi: 10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766 -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. (2001a). A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9(4, 2000): 221-286. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1976d). Redescription of a jumping spider Harmochirus brachiatus (Thorell) with a new record from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 73: 410-411. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1985). Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 39: 197-485. -- 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
2020-05-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, 2020b
2019-04-01	Species distribution update	Logunov, 2019	Old value