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Genus: Evarcha Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Evarcha soricina (Thorell, 1899)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034491

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Described:

Distribution: Cameroon, Mozambique

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

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Holotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden m (1708) - (Prószyński, 1984a)

Taxonomic References

Marptusa soricina Thorell, 1899: 91 (Dm) Original description

Marptusa soricina Roewer, 1955c: 1580 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Marpissa soricina Prószyński, 1984a: 139 (m, removed from nomen dubium)

Evarcha soricina Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 17, f. 10A-E (m, T from Marpissa)

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

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(IV, 1): 1-105. -- 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.

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
2024-12-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-12-29	Species transferred to new genus	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024		Species transferred from Marpissa to Evarcha
2024-12-29	Species distribution update	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value