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Genus: Leikung Benjamin, 2004 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Leikung porosa (Wanless, 1978)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034432

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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

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Taxonomic References

Marengo porosa Wanless, 1978e: 268, f. 7A-G; pl. 2e-f; 3a-f (Df) Original description

Leikung porosa Benjamin, 2004b: 50, f. 4D, 48A-E, 49A-D, 50A-C, 51A-F, 52A-I, 53A-F, 54A-D (Tf from Marengo, Dm)

Leikung porosa Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 41, f. 71-77 (mf)

Leikung porosa Prószyński, 2017b: 90, f. 40I (mf)

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2004b). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142(1): 1-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00123.x -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2012). Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago. II. Salticidae of Java and Sumatra, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta 21(1): 29-60. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1978e). A revision of the spider genus Marengo (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 33(4): 259-278. -- 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
2017-09-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b