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Genus: Messua G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Messua donalda (Kraus, 1955)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034600

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Described:

Distribution: El Salvador

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Dendryphantes donaldus Kraus, 1955, 1 m (8458-141) -

Taxonomic References

Dendryphantes (Metaphidippus) donaldus Kraus, 1955b: 70, f. 202-204 (Dm) Original description

Metaphidippus donaldus Prószyński, 1971e: 432 (T from Dendryphantes)

Messua donalda Maddison, 1996: 233 (T from Metaphidippus)

References

Kraus, O. (1955b). Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 493: 1-112. -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. (1996). Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 215-368. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1971e). Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 28: 367-519. -- 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]

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