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Genus: Hentzia Marx, 1883 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Hentzia antillana Bryant, 1940

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033883

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Described:

Distribution: Caribbean. Introduced to Ascension

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Bryant, 1940)
Allotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f - (Bryant, 1940)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 2m 2f - (Bryant, 1940)

Taxonomic References

Hentzia antillana Bryant, 1940: 494, pl. 22, f. 285, 289, 294 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia antillana Richman, 1989: 326, f. 3-4, 102-108 (mf)

Hentzia antillana Sherwood & Sharp, 2023b: 3, f. 1A-F, 2A-D (mf)

Hentzia antillana Sherwood et al., 2026c: 19, f. 11A-E (mf)

References

Bryant, E. B. (1940). Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247-532. -- Show included taxa

Richman, D. B. (1989). A revision of the genus Hentzia (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 17: 285-344. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Sharp, A. (2023b). A Caribbean in the South Atlantic: first records of Hentzia antillana Bryant 1940, with notes on other previously reported jumping spider species (Araneae: Salticidae), from Ascension Island. Peckhamia 310.1: 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Mukhida, F., Connor, R. A., Hughes, G., Carter, D., Curtis, I., Hochart, J., Gumbs, K., Gumbs, J. C., Buckmire, Z., Morrishaw, Z., Child, N. & Bosquet, I. V. (2026c). New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Anguilla, Lesser Antilles with description of seven new species. Faunitaxys 14(22): 1-30. doi: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(22) -- 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
2026-03-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026c
2023-12-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Sharp, 2023b
2023-12-23	Species distribution update	Sherwood & Sharp, 2023b	Old value