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Genus: Naphrys Edwards, 2003 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Naphrys acerba (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1909)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033550

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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

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Syntype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA mm 1f - (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Taxonomic References

Habrocestum acerbum Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 522, pl. 44, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum acerbum Prószyński, 1976: 151, f. 114, 150 (mf)

Habrocestum acerbum Richman, 1981: 202, f. 3, 12-15 (mf)

Naphrys acerba Edwards, 2003a: 69, f. 5-8 (mf, T from Habrocestum)

Naphrys acerba Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36N (mf)

Naphrys acerba Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025: 18, f. 4A-H, 5A-F, 21A, E, I, M (mf)

References

Edwards, G. B. (2003a). A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico. Insecta Mundi 16(2002): 65-75. [[publ. in 2003]] -- Show included taxa

Maldonado-Carrizales, J., Valdez-Mondragón, A., Jiménez-Jiménez, M. L. & Ponce-Saavedra, J. (2025). Three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards (Araneae, Salticidae) under morphology and molecular data with notes in the distribution of Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham) from Mexico. PeerJ 13(e18775): 1-51. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18775 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1909). Revision of the Attidae of North America. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 16(1, 5): 355-646, pl. 29-51. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1976). Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodziną Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyższa Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260. [[pdf is made from a reprint from 1979]] -- 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

Richman, D. B. (1981). A revision of the genus Habrocestum (Araneae, Salticidae) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 197-206. -- 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
2025-02-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Maldonado-Carrizales et al., 2025
2017-09-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b