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

Pseudicius punctatus (Marples, 1957)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035820

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Described:

Distribution: Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is.

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

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Taxonomic References

Savaiia punctata Marples, 1957: 388, f. 1 (Df; preoccopied in Pseudicius by Denis, 1947, see Afraflacilla tamaricis) Original description

Pseudicius punctatus Prószyński, 1990: 298, 316 (T from Savaiia)

Pseudicius punctatus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998: 167, f. 53-54, 60-61 (f)

Pseudicius punctatus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 51, f. 160-162 (f)

Afraflacilla punctata Prószyński, 2017b: 43 (T from Pseudicius; not accepted here, as it is the type species of Savaiia Marples, 1957, which is a syn. of Pseudicius Simon, 1885 per Prószyński, 1990: 316 - and this generic synonymy is not changed or discussed; see also Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90)

References

Berry, J. W., Beatty, J. A. & Prószyński, J. (1998). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of seven genera with descriptions of nineteen new species and two new genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189. -- Show included taxa

Marples, B. J. (1957). Spiders from some Pacific islands, II. Pacific Science 11: 386-395. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1990). Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach, 366 pp. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2012). Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago. II. Salticidae of Java and Sumatra, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta 21(1): 29-60. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04 -- 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

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
2017-09-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b