World Spider Catalog

Genus: Menemerus Simon, 1868 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Menemerus transvaalicus Wesołowska, 1999

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034591

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034591

Described:

Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA m - (Wesołowska, 1999)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m 1f (1423, 4321) - (Wesołowska, 1999)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 3f 1j (1899.7.28.32-36) - (Wesołowska, 1999)

Taxonomic References

Menemerus transvaalicus Wesołowska, 1999: 339, f. 284-296 (Dmf) Original description

Menemerus transvaalicus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 150, f. 21A-B (f)

References

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). African Invertebrates 65(2): 127-159. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1999). A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 10(2): 251-353. -- 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
2024-11-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024
2014-09-29	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014	Old value