World Spider Catalog

Genus: Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Afraflacilla matabelensis (Wesołowska, 2011)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044512

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 1m - (Wesołowska, 2011b)
Paratype: National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek (NMNW) [= State Museum of Namibia/SMN], Namibia 2m 3f (39910, 42421, 43018) - (Wesołowska, 2011b)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (238236) - (Wesołowska, 2011b)

Taxonomic References

Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011b: 338, f. 73-78 (Dmf) Original description

Afraflacilla Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 131 (T from Pseudicius)

References

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). African Invertebrates 65(2): 127-159. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2011b). New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22: 307-346. -- 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
2024-11-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-11-20	Species transferred to new genus	Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024		Species transferred from Pseudicius to Afraflacilla
2018-12-11	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018	Old value