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Genus: Phidippus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phidippus birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1944

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035436

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina 1m 1f (16825) - (Galiano, 1981a)
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Phidippus birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1944, (01441); 1 f (probably destroyed by the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Phidippus birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 386, f. 84 (Dmf) Original description

Dendryphantes birabeni Roewer, 1955c: 1191

Phidippus birabeni Edwards, 2004: 5 (misplaced in this genus)

References

Edwards, G. B. (2004). Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11: 1-156. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944b). Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 3: 311-393. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- 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.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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