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

Holoplatys fusca (Karsch, 1878)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033945

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)

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

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Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Marpissa fusca Karsch, 1878, (1620–21) -

Taxonomic References

Marpissa fusca Karsch, 1878d: 28 (Dmf) Original description

Ocrisiona fusca Rainbow, 1911: 28

Holoplatys fusca Żabka, 1990a: 27 (T from Ocrisiona)

Holoplatys fusca Żabka, 1991b: 207, f. 2J, 31A-C, 32A-D, 33A-C, 34A-C (mf)

References

Karsch, F. (1878d). Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2: 22-32. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1990a). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon, 1901. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 27-43. -- 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

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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