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Genus: Hurius Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Hurius aeneus (Mello-Leitão, 1941)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033975

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Described:

Distribution: Uruguay, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (14989) - (Galiano, 1981a)

Taxonomic References

Spinurius aeneus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 187, f. 80, pl. XI, f. 53 (Dm) Original description

Hurius aeneus Galiano, 1985a: 14, f. 15-21 (m, Df)

Hurius aeneus Prószyński, 2017b: 69, f. 31L (mf)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1985a). Revision del genero Hurius Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 9-18. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941d). Las arañas de Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy colectadas por los Profesores Birabén. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 2: 99-198. -- 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

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
2022-04-06	Species distribution update	Marta et al., 2022	Old value
2017-09-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b