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Genus: Pellenes Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pellenes dahli Lessert, 1915

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035267

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Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 1m 1f (ARTO-0027945) - (Lessert, 1915a)

Taxonomic References

Pellenes dahli Lessert, 1915a: 76, pl. 3, f. 72, 81-83 (Dmf) Original description

Pellenes dahli Prószyński, 1984a: 103-104 (mf)

References

Lessert, R. de (1915a). Arachnides de l'Ouganda et de l'Afrique orientale allemande. Voyage du Dr J. Carl dans la région des lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 23(1): 1-89, pl. 1-3. -- 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

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	Comment
2016-10-01	Species distribution update	Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016	Old value