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

Hentzia squamata (Petrunkevitch, 1930)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033898

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Described:

Distribution: Puerto Rico

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

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Syntype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA mm ff - (Petrunkevitch, 1930b)

Taxonomic References

Wala squamata Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 146, f. 130-134 (Dmf) Original description

Hentzia squamata Bryant, 1947b: 93

Hentzia squamata Richman, 1989: 339, f. 146-153 (mf)

References

Bryant, E. B. (1947b). A list of spiders from Mona Island, with descriptions of new and little known species. Psyche, Cambridge 54(2): 86-99. doi: 10.1155/1947/65408 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part three. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 31: 1-191. -- 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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