Hyllus diardi (Walckenaer, 1837)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034008

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Described:

Distribution: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines f of Hyllus maskaranus - (Caleb, 2023)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany m (1702) of Plexippus janthinus - (Moritz & Fischer, 1983)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1m 2jm (1697-1698) of Plexippus lacertosus - (Moritz & Fischer, 1983)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1m 2f 1jm (1700-1701) of Plexippus mutillarius - (Moritz & Fischer, 1983)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1m (1703) of Plexippus succinctus - (Moritz & Fischer, 1983)
Taxonomic References
Attus diardi Walckenaer, 1837: 460 (Df) Original description
Plexippus mutillarius C. L. Koch, 1846: 93, f. 1155-1156 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064462]
Plexippus janthinus C. L. Koch, 1846: 97, f. 1160 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034022]
Plexippus succinctus C. L. Koch, 1846: 98, f. 1161 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064463]
Plexippus lacertosus C. L. Koch, 1846: 94, f. 1157-1158 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034025]
Attus succinctus Doleschall, 1857: 431
Phidippa diardi Simon, 1864: 327
Hyllus diardi Simon, 1886a: 139 (S of Plexippus mutillarius)
Hyllus mutillarius Thorell, 1892a: 381
Hyllus janthinus Thorell, 1895b: 376 (S of Plexippus succinctus)
Hyllus lacertosus Simon, 1899a: 111
Hyllus diardi Prószyński, 1984a: 62 (f)
Hyllus janthinus Prószyński, 1984a: 63 (m; misidentified per Hoang, 2025: 285)
Hyllus lacertosus Prószyński, 1984a: 63 (m)
Hyllus diardi Żabka, 1985: 229, f. 217-220 (f)
Hyllus diardi Żabka, 1988: 458, f. 97-98 (f)
Hyllus janthinus Żabka, 1988: 458, f. 99-100 (m)
Hyllus diardi Peng et al., 1993: 96, f. 310-313 (f)
Hyllus maskaranus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 65, f. 29a-f (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034034]
Hyllus lacertosus Peng & Kim, 1998: 411, f. 1D-F (m)
Hyllus diardi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 514, f. 301E, 326L (f)
Hyllus diardi Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017: 23, f. 1A-G (mf, S of Hyllus janthinus and H. lacertosus)
Hyllus diardi Zhang & Wang, 2017: 587, 7 f. (mf)
Hyllus diardi Basumatary et al., 2018a: 35, f. 1-5 (f; misidentified per Hoang, 2025: 285)
Hyllus diardi Peng, 2020: 181, f. 119a-d (f)
Hyllus lacertosus Peng, 2020: 182, f. 120a-b (m)
Hyllus diardi Caleb, 2023: 394, f. 7-12 (f, S of Hyllus maskaranus and Phidippus tirapensis [revalidated by Hoang, 2025: 285])
Hyllus diardi Hoang, 2025a: 282, f. 1A-B, 2A-B, 8A-B, 10A-B (mf, S of Hyllus maskaranus confirmed)
References

Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A. (1995). Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 700 pp., 16 pls. -- Show included taxa

Basumatary, P., Das, S., Kalita, J. & Brahma, D. (2018a). New record of Hyllus diardi (Walckenaer 1837) (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Acta Arachnologica 67(1): 35-37. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.67.35 -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2023). Deciphering mysteries: on the identity of five enigmatic jumping spiders from northeast India, China and Philippines (Araneae, Salticidae). Zootaxa 5230(3): 391-400. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5230.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Doleschall, L. (1857). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie 13: 399-434, pl. 1-2. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.66068 -- Show included taxa

Hoang, Q. D. (2025a). Review of Hyllus C.L. Koch, 1846 in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 280-299. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2831 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J., Xie, L. P., Xiao, X. Q. & Yin, C. M. (1993). Salticids in China (Arachnida: Araneae). Hunan Normal University Press, 270 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. & Kim, J. P. (1998). Four species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from China. Korean Journal of Biological Sciences 2: 411-414. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- 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

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886a). Arachnides recueillis par M. A. Pavie (sous chef du service des postes au Cambodge) dans le royaume de Siam, au Cambodge et en Cochinchine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40: 137-166. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1899a). Contribution à la faune de Sumatra. Arachnides recueillis par M. J. L. Weyers, à Sumatra. (Deuxiéme mémoire). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 78-125. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-490. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Xiong, F., Liu, Z. P. & Zhang, Z. S. (2017). Review on the jumping spider genus Hyllus from China (Araneae Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 22-26. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.005 -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1985). Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 39: 197-485. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1988). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41(14): 421-479. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, Z. S. & Wang, L. Y. (2017). Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press, 954 pp. -- 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
2025-03-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Hyllus vietnamensis Hoang, 2025
2025-03-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Hyllus tirapensis (B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2006)
2025-03-24 New taxonomic reference entry Hoang, 2025a
2025-03-24 Species distribution update Hoang, 2025a Old value
2023-01-26 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, 2023
2023-01-26 Species distribution update Caleb, 2023 Old value
2023-01-26 Species synonymy Caleb, 2023 Hyllus tirapensis synonymized with Hyllus diardi
2023-01-26 Species synonymy Caleb, 2023 Hyllus maskaranus synonymized with Hyllus diardi
2021-11-09 New taxonomic reference entry Logunov, 2021e
2020-07-09 New taxonomic reference entry Peng, 2020
2020-07-09 New taxonomic reference entry Peng, 2020
2019-03-22 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang & Wang, 2017
2018-08-31 New taxonomic reference entry Basumatary et al., 2018a
2018-08-31 Species distribution update Basumatary et al., 2018a Old value
2017-07-07 Species distribution update Żabka & Gardzińska, 2017 Old value
2017-07-04 Species synonymy Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017 Hyllus janthinus synonymized with Hyllus diardi
2017-07-04 Species synonymy Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017 Hyllus lacertosus synonymized with Hyllus diardi
2017-07-04 New taxonomic reference entry Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017

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