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Genus: Mopsus Karsch, 1878 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Mopsus mormon Karsch, 1878

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034714

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Described:

Distribution: New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea), Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) m (2613) - (Karsch, 1878d)
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) mm ff (1673, 1675–83, 2617) - (Karsch, 1878d)

Taxonomic References

Mopsus mormon Karsch, 1878d: 31 (Dm) Original description

Ascyltus penicillatus Karsch, 1878d: 30 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058160]

Ascyltus penicillatus Keyserling, 1881a: 1319, pl. 112, f. 4-5 (mf)

Mopsus penicillatus Keyserling, 1883b: 1476

Mopsus mormon Simon, 1903a: 687, f. 816-818 (m)

Mopsus mormon Chrysanthus, 1968: 63, f. 70-74 (m, Df)

Mopsus penicillatus Prószyński, 1984a: 3 (m)

Mopsus mormon Prószyński, 1984a: 167 (m)

Mopsus mormon Davies & Żabka, 1989: 250, pl. 51 (mf)

Mopsus mormon Żabka, 1991c: 41 (S of Mopsus penicillatus)

Mopsus mormon Żabka, 2000: 696, f. 2A-B (m)

Mopsus mormon Prószyński, 2017b: 22, f. 8H, 9E (mf)

Mopsus mormon Hill, 2025d: 1, f. 1.1-2, 2.1-6, 3.1-6, 5.1-11, 6.1-7, 6.9, 6.11-17, 7.1-7, unnumbered figs on pp. 16, 21, 22 (mf)

References

Chrysanthus, P. (1968). Spiders from south New Guinea X. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 111: 49-74. -- Show included taxa

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (2025d). Male colour morphs of the Australasian jumping spider Mopsus mormon (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Mopsini). Peckhamia 340.1: 1-25. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1878d). Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2: 22-32. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1881a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 28]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1272-1324, pl. 109-112. doi: bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1883b). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 31]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1421-1489, pl. 120-123. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- 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

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1991c). Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (2000). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XIII: the genus Sandalodes Keyserling. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(5): 695-704. doi: 10.1071/IT99006 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2025-08-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Hill, 2025d
2025-08-05	Species distribution update	Hill, 2025d	Old value
2017-09-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b