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Genus: Hyllus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Hyllus africanus Lessert, 1927

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033988

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033988

Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO 27925) - (Lessert, 1927)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 3m (ARTO 27926) - (Lessert, 1927)

Taxonomic References

Hyllus africanus Lessert, 1927: 449, f. 26B (Dm) Original description

Hyllus guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 335, f. 39 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034016]

Hyllus africanus Wesołowska, 2008: 321, f. 1-6 (m, S of Hyllus guineensis)

Hyllus africanus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 747, f. 46-50 (Df)

References

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1927). Araignées du Congo (Premiere partie). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 34(17): 405-475. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117612 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2008). Taxonomic notes on the genus Hyllus C. L. Koch, 1846 in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 19: 319-334. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Edwards, G. B. (2012). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Calabar area (SE Nigeria). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 733-772. doi: 10.3161/000345412X659786 -- 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
2025-06-29	Species distribution update	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2024-12-30	Species distribution update	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value