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

Icius peculiaris Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041758

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Described:

Distribution: Central African Rep., Ethiopia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m (219326) - (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (219325) - (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008)

Taxonomic References

Icius peculiaris Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 20, f. 82-86 (Dm) Original description

Icius peculiaris Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 20, f. 15A-G (m, Df)

References

Wesołowska, W. & Tomasiewicz, B. (2008). New species and records of Ethiopian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 4: 3-59. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W., Russell-Smith, A. & Danflous, S. (2026). The jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the southwestern region of Central African Republic. Zootaxa 5743(1): 1-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5743.1.1 -- 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
2026-01-12	First description of female	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026
2026-01-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026
2026-01-12	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value