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Genus: Pseudemathis Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pseudemathis trifida Simon, 1902

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035764

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Described:

Distribution: Mauritius, Réunion

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Pseudemathis trifida Simon, 1902d: 391 (Dmf) Original description

Lophostica mauriciana Wesołowska, 2000b: 95, f. 1-8 (mf, misidentified)

Pseudemathis trifida Duhem, Ledoux & Wesołowska, 2005: 532, f. 12-24 (mf)

Pseudemathis trifida Ledoux, 2007: 22, f. 3E, 17, 17A-E (mf)

Pseudemathis trifida Prószyński, 2017b: 77, f. 33H (mf)

References

Duhem, B., Ledoux, J.-C. & Wesołowska, W. (2005). A commentary on Lophostica et Pseudemathis, two jumping spider genera from the Mascarene Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 16: 527-536. -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. (2007). Araignées de l'île de La Réunion: II. Salticidae. Revue Arachnologique 17: 9-34. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1902d). Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 24-56, 363-406. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2000b). A redescription of Lophostica mauriciana Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 11: 95-98. -- 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
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b