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Genus: Mikrus Wesołowska, 2001 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Mikrus ugandensis Wesołowska, 2001

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038266

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Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (211430) - (Wesołowska, 2001c)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2m - (Wesołowska, 2001c)

Taxonomic References

Mikrus ugandensis Wesołowska, 2001c: 586, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Mikrus ugandensis Prószyński, 2018a: 27, f. 6U (m)

Mikrus ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 70, f. 46A-D (f)

References

Prószyński, J. (2018a). Review of the genus Hasarius (Araneae: Salticidae) - a taxonomic fiasco. Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 16-31. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.2 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2001c). Mikrus ugandensis, a new genus and species of diminutive jumping spider from eastern Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 12: 585-588. -- 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
2018-01-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2018a