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

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035182

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe

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

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Taxonomic References

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000a: 160, f. 47-51 (Dmf) Original description

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2011b: 333, f. 65-68, 92-93 (mf)

Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 72, f. 42A-E (f)

References

Wesołowska, W. (2000a). New and little known species of jumping spiders from Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10: 145-174. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2011b). New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22: 307-346. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2022). Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 841: 1-143. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2022-10-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022
2022-10-16	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022	Old value