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

Phlegra abessinica Strand, 1906

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035560

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)

Taxonomic References

Phlegra abessinica Strand, 1906b: 664 (Dj) Original description

Phlegra abessinica Caporiacco, 1941b: 156 (Df)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1941b). Arachnida (esc. Acarina). Araneae. Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo, Reale Accademia d’Italia, Roma 12(Zoologia 6): 46-175. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906b). Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 604-637, 655-690. -- 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]

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