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Genus: Ocrisiona Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Ocrisiona melancholica (L. Koch, 1879)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035035

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Eastern Australia, Lord Howe Is.)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (no number) of Marptusa melancholica L. Koch, 1879, potentially lost -

Taxonomic References

Marptusa melancholica L. Koch, 1879a: 1113, pl. 97, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Ocrisiona melancholica Rainbow, 1911: 292

Ocrisiona melancholica Żabka, 1990a: 37, f. 7A-C, 8A-E (f, Dm)

References

Koch, L. (1879a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1045-1156, pl. 91-100. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1990a). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon, 1901. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 27-43. -- 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]

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