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

Phlegra etosha Logunov & Azarkina, 2006

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040971

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0027948) - (Logunov & Azarkina, 2006)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 2m (ARTO-0027949) - (Logunov & Azarkina, 2006)

Taxonomic References

Phlegra etosha Logunov & Azarkina, 2006: 730, f. 8-15 (Dm) Original description

Phlegra etosha Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 102, f. 136-137, 146-150 (m, Df)

References

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2011). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa. African Invertebrates 52(1): 51-134. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. & Azarkina, G. N. (2006). New species and records of Phlegra from Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113(4): 727-748. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.80371 -- 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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