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

Icius pulchellus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044047

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (2009/3569) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 2m (2009/3569, 3610) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)

Taxonomic References

Icius pulchellus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 76, f. 47, 57-62 (Dm) Original description

Icius pulchellus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 143, f. 12A-B, D-E, 13A-G, 14A-B (m, Df)

Icius pulchellus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 69, f. 1-12 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Walt, V. van der, Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025c). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 74 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17103454 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2011). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa. African Invertebrates 52(1): 51-134. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). African Invertebrates 65(2): 127-159. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083 -- 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
2025-09-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c
2024-11-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-11-20	First description of female	Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value