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Genus: Protaeus Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Protaeus jianfeng (Song & Zhu, 1998)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035715

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Described:

Distribution: China (Hainan)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China m - (Song & Zhu, 1998b)
Paratype: Department of Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China 1m - (Song & Zhu, 1998b)

Taxonomic References

Portia jianfeng Song & Zhu, 1998b: 26, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Portia jianfeng Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 541, f. 311K-L (m)

Portia jianfeng Peng & Li, 2002f: 257, f. 1A-D (m)

Portia jianfeng Peng, 2020: 347, f. 248a-d (m)

Protaeus jianfeng Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025b: 21, f. 9a-f, 10a-e, 11a-d (m, Df, T from Portia)

References

Ni, Y., Yu, K. & Zhang, J. X. (2025b). Phylogenomic placement of a new genus and species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini) based on UCE data. Invertebrate Systematics 39(8, IS25033): 1-25. doi: 10.1071/IS25033 -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. & Li, S. Q. (2002f). Chinese species of the jumping spider genus Portia Karsch (Araneae: Salticidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 78: 255-264. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Zhu, M. S. (1998b). Two new species of the family Salticidae (Araneae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 7(1): 26-29. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.47.26 -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- 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
2025-09-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025b
2025-09-11	Species transferred to new genus	Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025b		Species transferred from Portia to Protaeus
2025-09-11	First description of female	Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025b	Old value
2020-07-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Peng, 2020