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Genus: Lapsias Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Lapsias tovarensis Simon, 1901

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034213

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Maddison, 2019)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2m - (Maddison, 2019)

Taxonomic References

Lapsias tovarensis Simon, 1901a: 435 (Dmf) Original description

Lapsias tovarensis Galiano, 1963a: 383, pl. XXV, f. 13-15 (m)

Lapsias tovarensis Maddison, 2019: 28, f. 41-51 (mf)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1963a). Las especies americanas de arañas de la familia Salticidae descriptas por Eugène Simon. Redescripciones basadas en los ejemplares típicos. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23(68): 273-470. -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. (2019). A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon's Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae). ZooKeys 891: 17-29. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.891.38563 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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
2019-11-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Maddison, 2019