Platycryptus californicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1888)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035633

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Taxonomic References
Marptusa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1888: 81, pl. 1, f. 61, pl. 5, f. 61, pl. 6, f. 61 (Dmf) Original description
Marpissa californica Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 482, pl. 39, f. 2, pl. 40, f. 2 (mf, S of Marpissa melanura [revalidated by Edwards, 2006: 210] and M. minor [revalidated by Kraus, 1955b: 77])
Metacyrba californica Barnes, 1958: 39, f. 57-58, 61, 64, 68 (mf, T from Marpissa)
Platycryptus californica Hill, 1979: 215 (T from Metacyrba)
Platycryptus californicus Edwards, 2006: 209, f. 105-106 (m)
Platycryptus californicus Jiménez et al., 2024: 196, f. 59-60, 125-126 (f)
References

Barnes, R. D. (1958). North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae). American Museum Novitates 1867: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Edwards, G. B. (2006). A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda, with a comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae). Insecta Mundi 19: 193-226. -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (1979). The scales of salticid spiders. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 65(3): 193-218. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01091.x -- Show included taxa

Jiménez, M.-L., Chamé-Vázquez, D., Palacios-Cardiel, C. & Van Devender, T. R. (2024). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Sky Island Mountains of Sonora: a survey at Rancho Las Playitas, Arizpe and Bacoachi with new species records for Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 100(3): 175-211. doi: 10.3956/2024-100.3.175 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1888). Attidae of North America. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 7: 1-104, pl. 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1909). Revision of the Attidae of North America. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 16(1, 5): 355-646, pl. 29-51. -- 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
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2024-10-14 New taxonomic reference entry Jiménez et al., 2024

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