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Genus: Zenodorus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Zenodorus lepidus (Guérin, 1834)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036887

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (Moluccas, New Guinea), Papua New Guinea

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

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Taxonomic References

Salticus lepidus Guérin, 1834: 8, pl. 7 (Df) Original description

Attus lepidus Walckenaer, 1837: 478

Salticus regulus Doleschall, 1859: 23, pl. 5, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066717]

Plexippus regulus Thorell, 1878b: 310

Ephippus lepidus Thorell, 1881: 644 (S of Plexippus regulus)

Zenodorus lepidus Simon, 1901a: 649, f. 768-770 (m)

Zenodorus lepidus Prószyński, 1984a: 150 (mf)

Zenodorus lepidus Prószyński, 2017b: 76 (T from Omoedus)

References

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1834). Description de Salticus lepidus. Magasin de Zoologie 4(8): pl. 7. -- 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. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- 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
2017-09-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b
2017-09-18	Species transferred to new genus	Prószyński, 2017b		Species transferred from Omoedus to Zenodorus