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Genus: Nycerella Galiano, 1982 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035020

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (7440) - (Galiano, 1982b)
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil 1m (02246, destroyed by the fire 2018) - (Galiano, 1982b)

Taxonomic References

Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982b: 60, f. 4-6, 46 (Dm) Original description

Nycerella melanopygia Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025: 6, f. 9-17 (m, Df)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1982b). Revision del genero Nycerella (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (Secc. C) 41: 53-63. -- Show included taxa

Ruiz, G. R. S., Paz, A. V. & Bustamante, A. A. (2025). The jumping spider genus Nycerella Galiano, 1982 in Brazil, with description of the female of Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais 20(1, e20251008): 1-13. doi: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v20i1.1008 -- 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
2025-05-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025
2025-05-13	First description of female	Ruiz, Paz & Bustamante, 2025	Old value