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Genus: Nimbarus Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Nimbarus pratensis Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038272

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Togo, Nigeria

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 4m - (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Szűts & Maddison, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Nimbarus pratensis Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002: 301, f. 14A-F (Dm) Original description

Nimbarus pratensis Prószyński, 2017b: 107, f. 47M (m)

Nimbarus pratensis Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 864, f. 53A-G, 54A-E, 55A-D (m, Df)

References

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

Rollard, C. & Wesołowska, W. (2002). Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema 24: 283-307. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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
2026-01-10	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-10-01	First description of female	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2017-09-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b