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Genus: Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Langelurillus rufus (Lessert, 1925)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034201

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia, Tanzania

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO 27938) - (Lessert, 1925a)
Allotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (208018) of Langelurillus difficilis - (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)
Paratype: Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw (MNHW), Poland 6m 1f of Langelurillus difficilis - (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)
Paratype: Antony Russell-Smith Private Collection, Sittingbourne, UK 19m 2f of Langelurillus difficilis - (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (207969) of Langelurillus difficilis - (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)

Taxonomic References

Langona rufa Lessert, 1925a: 475, f. 62-63 (Dm) Original description

Langelurillus difficilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 52, f. 116-125 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034171]

Langelurillus rufus Wesołowska, 2012a: 210, f. 27-34 (mf, T from Langona, S of Langelurillus difficilis)

References

Lessert, R. de (1925a). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 5. Salticidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31: 429-528. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 11-127. doi: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2012a). Redescriptions of some jumping spiders described by R. Lessert from Central Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 23(2): 201-221. -- 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]

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