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

Holoplatys planissima (L. Koch, 1879)

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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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001628), 3f (A0001629), 2f (A0001630), m (A0001631) of Marptusa planissima L. Koch, 1879 -
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Marptusa planissima L. Koch, 1879, (3488) -

Taxonomic References

Marptusa planissima L. Koch, 1879a: 1100, pl. 96, f. 4-5 (Dmf) Original description

Holoplatys planissima Simon, 1885b: 89

Holoplatys planissima Peckham & Peckham, 1894a: 124, pl. 12, f. 6 (f)

Holoplatys planissima Simon, 1901a: 602, 608, f. 719-721

Holoplatys planissima Dalmas, 1917a: 417, f. 67-68 (mf)

Holoplatys planissima Prószyński, 1984a: 51 (f)

Holoplatys planissima Davies & Żabka, 1989: 256, pl. 61 (mf)

Holoplatys planissima Żabka, 1991b: 200, f. 2G, 24A-C, 25A-C, 26A-C, 27A-E (mf)

Holoplatys planissima Prószyński, 2017b: 22, f. 8E-F, 9B (mf)

References

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

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1879a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1045-1156, pl. 91-100. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1894a). Spiders of the Marptusa group. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 2(2): 83-156. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885b). Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29(C.R.): 87-92. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-09-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b