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Genus: Irura G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Irura pygaea (Thorell, 1891)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034121

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia

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

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Taxonomic References

Euophrys pygaea Thorell, 1891: 135 (Df) Original description

Euophrys pygaea Workman & Workman, 1892: 6, pl. 6 (f)

Irura pygaea Roewer, 1955c: 1008

Irura pygaea Logunov, 2022b: 231 (species inquirenda)

References

Logunov, D. V. (2022b). On four species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) collected by John and Frances Murphy from south-east Asia. Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 229-237. doi: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.229 -- 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

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

Workman, T. & Workman, M. E. (1892). Malaysian spiders. Published by the author, Belfast, UK, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.101972 -- 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
2022-06-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Logunov, 2022b