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

Menemerus tropicus Wesołowska, 2007

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041240

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041240

Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 4m 5f - (Wesołowska, 2007a)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA 26m 66f 10j - (Wesołowska, 2007a)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 4m 5f (ARTO-0027998) - (Wesołowska, 2007a)
Paratype: National Museums of Kenya (NMK), Nairobi, Kenya 2m 8f 1j - (Wesołowska, 2007a)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (224648) - (Wesołowska, 2007a)

Taxonomic References

Menemerus tropicus Wesołowska, 2007a: 522, f. 13-21 (Dmf) Original description

Menemerus tropicus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 67, f. 44B-D (mf)

References

Wesołowska, W. (2007a). Taxonomic notes on the genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 18: 517-527. -- Show included taxa

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda – revised list, new species and distributional data. European Journal of Taxonomy 952: 1-171. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647 -- 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
2024-09-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024