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Genus: Parajotus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Parajotus cinereus Wesołowska, 2004

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039116

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Rep. Congo, Uganda

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary m - (Wesołowska, 2004a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m 1f - (Wesołowska, 2004a)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA 2f - (Wesołowska, 2004a)
Paratype: Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw (MNHW), Poland 1f - (Wesołowska, 2004a)

Taxonomic References

Parajotus cinereus Wesołowska, 2004a: 135, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Parajotus cinereus Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 15P, 17M (mf)

References

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

Wesołowska, W. (2004a). A new species of Parajotus from Central Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 15: 135-140. -- 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
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b