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Genus: Rafalus Prószyński, 1999 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035873

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Described:

Distribution: Egypt, United Arab Emirates

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel f - (Prószyński, 1999)

Taxonomic References

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999: 94, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 2003: 160, f. 650-651 (f)

Rafalus feliksi Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010: 55, f. 76-82 (f, Dm)

References

Prószyński, J. (1999). Description of Rafalus gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae), with special reference to the Near East fauna. Arthropoda Selecta 8(2): 89-101. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Harten, A. van (2010). Order Araneae, family Salticidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 3: 27-69. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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