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Genus: Neaetha Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Neaetha bulawayoensis (Wesołowska, 2000)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035261

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Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe m (A966) - (Wesołowska, 2000a)
Paratype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2m (A6829) - (Wesołowska, 2000a)

Taxonomic References

Pellenes bulawayoensis Wesołowska, 2000a: 163, f. 52-56 (Dm) Original description

Pellenes bulawayoensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 202, f. 110-112 (m)

Pellenes bulawayoensis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 93, f. 106-107, 116-122 (m, Df)

Neaetha bulawayoensis Azevedo, Hedin & Maddison, 2024: 12 (T from Pellenes)

References

Azevedo, G. H. F., Hedin, M. & Maddison, W. P. (2024). Phylogeny and biogeography of harmochirine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 197(108109): 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108109 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2011). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa. African Invertebrates 52(1): 51-134. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 -- Show included taxa

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. & Cumming, M. S. (2008). Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae); a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabwe. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 58: 167-230. -- 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
2024-09-06	Species distribution update	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value
2024-07-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Azevedo, Hedin & Maddison, 2024
2024-07-18	Species transferred to new genus	Azevedo, Hedin & Maddison, 2024		Species transferred from Pellenes to Neaetha
2014-09-29	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014	Old value