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Genus: Holoplatys Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Holoplatys apressus (Powell, 1873)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038326

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Described:

Distribution: New Zealand

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

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Taxonomic References

Salticus apressus Powell, 1873: 281, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Holoplatys senilis Dalmas, 1917a: 416, f. 66, 69 (Dmf)

Salticus apressus Roewer, 1955c: 1645 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Holoplatys senilis Żabka, 1991b: 182, f. 2D, 8A-C, 9A-C (mf)

Holoplatys apressus Żabka & Pollard, 2002c: 75 (mf, T from Salticus, S of Holoplatys senilis)

References

Dalmas, R. de (1917a). Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 317-430. -- Show included taxa

Powell, L. (1873). On the spiders of New Zealand. Part I. Genus Salticus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 5: 280-286, pl. 19. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1991b). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, V. Genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 171-240. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. & Pollard, S. (2002c). A check-list of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 16: 73-82. -- 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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