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

Phlegra certa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042465

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Described:

Distribution: Mozambique, South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 2m (2006/1240, 2008/2750) - (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009)
Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1m (21830) - (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009)
Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (2009/671) - (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009)

Taxonomic References

Phlegra certa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 71, f. 142-146 (Dm) Original description

References

Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C. R. (2009). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50(1): 13-103. doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0102 -- 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
2024-12-30	Species distribution update	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value