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Genus: Onomastus Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Onomastus patellaris Simon, 1900

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035049

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Distribution: India

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

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Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (14858) - (Wanless, 1980c)

Taxonomic References

Onomastus patellaris Simon, 1900d: 29 (Dm) Original description

Onomastus patellaris Wanless, 1980c: 183, f. 3A-G (m, Df)

Onomastus patellaris Wanless, 1980d: 216, f. 3C

Onomastus patellaris Benjamin, 2010: 733, f. 17A-C (m)

Onomastus patellaris Jose, Benjamin & Sudhikumar, 2026: 516, f. 6A-H (mf)

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2010). Revision and cladistic analysis of the jumping spider genus Onomastus (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(3): 711-745. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00580.x -- Show included taxa

Jose, A., Benjamin, S. P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2026). Three new species of Onomastus Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India and Sri Lanka: highlighting the value of collaborative cross-border taxonomic research. Zootaxa 5839(3): 507-526. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5839.3.5 ZooBank: 65C560E5-A8B8-4618-8A19-FC24D6068EAC -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1900d). Etudes arachnologiques. 30e Mémoire. XLVII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 69: 27-61. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1980c). A revision of the spider genus Onomastus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 39(3): 179-188. doi: 10.5962/p.13271 -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1980d). A revision of the spider genera Asemonea and Pandisus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 39(4): 213-257. -- 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
2026-06-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Jose, Benjamin & Sudhikumar, 2026