World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pilia Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pilia escheri Reimoser, 1934

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035629

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Described:

Distribution: India

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-0027911) - (Reimoser, 1934b)

Taxonomic References

Pilia escheri Reimoser, 1934b: 501, f. 23 (Dm) Original description

Pilia escheri Prószyński, 1983b: 287, f. 13-15 (m)

References

Prószyński, J. (1983b). Redescriptions of types of Oriental and Australian Salticidae (Aranea) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 44(2): 283-297. -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1934b). Araneae aus Süd-Indien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 41: 465-511. -- 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
2016-01-28	Species distribution update	Reimoser, 1934b	Old value