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Genus: Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Plexippus perfidus Thorell, 1895

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035672

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 2f - (Ono et al., 2026)
Syntype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 1f (1791/6518; presumably one of the London syntypes) - (Prószyński, 1984a)

Taxonomic References

Plexippus perfidus Thorell, 1895b: 366 (Df) Original description

Plexippus perfidus Prószyński, 1984a: 112 (f)

Plexippus perfidus Prószyński, 2017c: 62, f. 6A-A1 (f)

References

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017c). Remarks on the genus Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 13: 39-69. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.13.5 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- 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
2026-03-30	Type repository inserted	Ono et al., 2026
2017-11-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017c