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

Orsima ichneumon (Simon, 1901)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035088

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Cosmophasis ichneumon Simon, 1901c: 148 (Dm) Original description

Orsima formica Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 630 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056091]

Cosmophasis ichneumon Prószyński, 1984a: 20 (m)

Orsima ichneumon Żabka, 1992a: 12, f. 10-17 (mf, T from Cosmophasis, S of Orsima formica)

Orsima ichneumon Hill, 2025c: 1, f. 1.1, 18.1-18, 19.1-18, 20.1-10 (mf)

References

Hill, D. E. (2025c). Orsima ichneumon and other iridescent chrysoid jumping spiders of tropical Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini: Chrysoida). Peckhamia 336.1: 1-48. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1907). The Attidae of Borneo. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 15(2): 603-653. -- 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

Simon, E. (1901c). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1992a). Orsima Simon (Araneae: Salticidae), a remarkable spider from Africa and Malaya. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 10-12. -- 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
2025-07-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Hill, 2025c