World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pseudicius Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044489

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044489

Described:

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA m (U196/96) - (Wesołowska, 2011a)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA 14m 6f - (Wesołowska, 2011a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 4m 1f - (Wesołowska, 2011a)

Taxonomic References

Pseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011a: 485, f. 21-26, 32 (Dmf) Original description

References

Wesołowska, W. (2011a). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae) from the Lake Victoria area. Journal of Arachnology 39(3): 482-489. doi: 10.1636/A11-63.1 -- 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]

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