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Genus: Jotus L. Koch, 1881 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034151

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001635) -

Taxonomic References

Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881a: 1252, pl. 107, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Jotus debilis Otto & Hill, 2016a: 1, f. 1.4 (f, may be misplaced here)

Jotus debilis Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019: 62 (species inquirenda)

References

Baehr, B. C., Schubert, J. & Harms, D. (2019). The brushed jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 53-73. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1881a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 27]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1213-1271, pl. 104-108. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2016a). Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 133.1: 1-39. -- 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
2019-06-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019
2016-02-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2016a