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

Hyllus sansibaricus Roewer, 1951

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034051

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania (Zanzibar)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0002249) of Hyllus sansibaricus Roewer, 1951 -

Taxonomic References

Attus gracilis Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 30, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1837, see Pseudeuophrys erratica, and by Hentz, 1846, see Salticus gracilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061564]

Hyllus sansibaricus Roewer, 1951: 450 (replacement name) Original description

References

Bösenberg, W. & Lenz, H. (1895). Ostafrikanische Spinnen gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann in den Jahren 1888 und 1889. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 12(2): 27-51. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1951). Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 32: 437-456. -- 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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