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

Plexippus pokharae Żabka, 1990

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035675

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Described:

Distribution: Nepal

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Plexippus pokharae Zabka, 1990, 1 m (35816-141) -

Taxonomic References

Plexippus pokharae Żabka, 1990b: 175, f. 34-37 (Dm) Original description

Plexippus pokharae Prószyński, 2017c: 62, f. 4S, 7K (m)

References

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

Żabka, M. (1990b). Salticidae from the Nepal and Bhutan Himalayas. Genera Pancorius Simon 1902, Plexippus C. L. Koch 1846, and Pseudamycus Simon 1885 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 70: 161-178. -- 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
2017-11-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017c