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Genus: Kibo Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Kibo simoni (Lessert, 1925)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035698

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden m - (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021)
Paralectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 2m 13f - (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Pochyta simoni Lessert, 1925a: 505, f. 87-91 (Dmf) Original description

Kibo simoni Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 35, f. 144-157 (mf, T from Pochyta)

References

Lessert, R. de (1925a). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 5. Salticidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31: 429-528. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Szűts, T. (2021). A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina). Zootaxa 5052(1): 1-41. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1 -- 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
2021-10-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021
2021-10-13	Species transferred to new genus	Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021		Species transferred from Pochyta to Kibo
2021-10-13	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021	Old value