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Genus: Icius Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Icius congener (Simon, 1871)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034088

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France (Corsica), Italy, Malta, Algeria, Libya

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Attus nebulosus Simon, 1868b: 572 (m; misidentified per Simon, 1871a: 184)

Attus congener Simon, 1871a: 184 (Dm, new name for Attus nebulosus sensu Simon, 1868) Original description

Icius congener Simon, 1876a: 58 (Df)

Icius congener Simon, 1937: 1216, 1217, 1264, f. 1948 (mf)

Icius nebulosus Roewer, 1955c: 1220 (nebulosus sensu Simon, 1868 = congener)

Icius congener Prószyński, 1987: 46 (m)

Icius congener Alicata & Cantarella, 1994: 120, f. 2, 8, 14, 37-45 (mf; N.B.: f may be misidentified, per Logunov, 2015: 67)

Icius congener Wunderlich, 2023: 76, f. 191-192 (m)

References

Alicata, P. & Cantarella, T. (1994). The Euro-mediterranean species of Icius (Araneae, Salticidae): a critical revision and description of two new species. Animalia 20(1993): 111-131. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej Siedlcach, 172 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1871a). Révision des Attidae européens. Supplément à la monographie des Attides (Attidae Sund.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 1: 125-230, 329-360. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1937). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 5e et derniére partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 979-1298. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2023). Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 16: 4-112, 231-233. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2023-11-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Wunderlich, 2023