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

Hentzia chekika Richman, 1989

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033886

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Bahamas, Cuba

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA m - (Richman, 1989)
Allotype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA f - (Richman, 1989)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA mm ff - (Richman, 1989)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA mm ff - (Richman, 1989)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA mm ff - (Richman, 1989)

Taxonomic References

Hentzia tibialis Bryant, 1940: 498, pl. 22, f. 295 (f; misidentified per Richman, 1989: 309)

Hentzia chekika Richman, 1989: 319, f. 80-86 (Dmf) Original description

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

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]

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