Hypaeus frontosus Simon, 1900

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034071

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Described:

Distribution: Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil


Type Repository Provide information
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Borges & Ruiz, 2026)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m - (Borges & Ruiz, 2026)
  • Holotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy f (566) of Noegus lodovicoi - (Borges & Ruiz, 2026)
Taxonomic References
Hypaeus frontosus Simon, 1900d: 47 (Dm) Original description
Hypaeus frontosus Galiano, 1963a: 369, pl. XXIII, f. 8-11 (m)
Hypaeus frontosus Galiano, 1968c: 324 (S of Dasyophrys nigra [revalidated by Borges & Ruiz, 2026: 9, sub Hypaeus])
Noegus lodovicoi Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 490, f. 9-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042107]
Hypaeus frontosus Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB35, f. 153-154 (m)
Hypaeus frontosus Borges & Ruiz, 2026: 19, f. 64-73, 85-90, 123-124, 135–136, 144, 150 (mf, S of Noegus lodovicoi)
References

Borges, J. P. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2026). On species groups in the jumping spider genus Hypaeus Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycini), with a revision of the H. porcatus species group. Zootaxa 5814(1): 1-42. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5814.1.1 [[Zoobank: 81EA025D-4CB5-46CE-AA94-B7FB3309B70E]] -- Show included taxa

Carvalho, T. G. de & Gasnier, T. R. J. (2019). Illustrated inventory of spiders from Amazonas state, Brazil: 94 understory species from a forest fragment in Manaus. Scientia Amazonia 8(2): CB1-CB53. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1963a). Las especies americanas de arañas de la familia Salticidae descriptas por Eugène Simon. Redescripciones basadas en los ejemplares típicos. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23(68): 273-470. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1968c). Revision de los géneros Acragas, Amycus, Encolpius, Hypaeus, Mago y Noegus (Salticidae, Araneae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 2: 267-360. -- Show included taxa

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008c). Redescription and resolution of some Neotropical species of jumping spiders described by Caporiacco and description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(3): 487-494. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000300013 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1900d). Etudes arachnologiques. 30e Mémoire. XLVII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 69: 27-61. -- 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
2026-05-20 New taxonomic reference entry Borges & Ruiz, 2026
2026-05-20 New taxonomic reference entry Borges & Ruiz, 2026
2026-05-20 Species distribution update Borges & Ruiz, 2026 Old value
2026-05-20 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Borges & Ruiz, 2026 Taxonomic reference entry assigned to other taxon
2026-03-04 Species distribution update Courtial, Picard & Pétillon, 2026 Old value
2020-06-10 New taxonomic reference entry Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019

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