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Genus: Langona Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044509

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek (NMNW) [= State Museum of Namibia/SMN], Namibia f (41462) - (Wesołowska, 2011b)
Paratype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 3m (A 9880) - (Wesołowska, 2011b)

Taxonomic References

Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011b: 330, f. 56-60 (Dmf) Original description

Langona tortuosa Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 42, f. 30A-B (m)

References

Haddad, C. R., Wiśniewski, K. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). The jumping spiders of Mozambique (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 5560(1): 1-92. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5560.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2011b). New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22: 307-346. -- 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
2024-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-12-30	Species distribution update	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value