World Spider Catalog

Genus: Phaeacius Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phaeacius malayensis Wanless, 1981

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035353

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035353

Described:

Distribution: China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1980.4.9.1) - (Wanless, 1981b)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1f (1980.4.14.1) - (Wanless, 1981b)

Taxonomic References

Phaeacius malayensis Wanless, 1981b: 205, f. 6A-E, 7A-C (Dmf) Original description

Phaeacius malayensis Zhang & Li, 2005: 223, f. 2A-E (mf)

Phaeacius malayensis Peng, 2020: 285, f. 203a-d (mf)

References

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1981b). A revision of the spider genus Phaecius (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 41: 199-212. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, J. X. & Li, D. Q. (2005). Four new and one newly recorded species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae & Spartaeinae) from (sub)tropical China. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53: 221-229. -- 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
2020-07-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Peng, 2020