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Genus: Manzuma Azarkina, 2020 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Manzuma lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035876

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden m (70049) - (Azarkina, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Aelurillus lymphus Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994: 34, f. 1a-f (Dm; not stated as adjective, therefor evaluated as noun) Original description

Rafalus lymphus Prószyński, 1999: 100 (Tm from Aelurillus)

Manzuma lympha Azarkina, 2020: 24, f. 107-130 (m, Df, T from Rafalus)

References

Azarkina, G. N. (2020). Manzuma gen. nov., a new aelurilline genus of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 611: 1-47. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.611 -- Show included taxa

Próchniewicz, M. & Hęciak, S. (1994). The jumping spiders of the Ethiopian Region. Part II. New species of Aelurillus, Langona, Phlegra, Stenaelurillus (Araneae, Salticidae) from Kenya and Tanzania. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 45: 33-41. -- Show included taxa

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

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
2020-03-08	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Manzuma tanzanica Azarkina, 2020
2020-03-08	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Manzuma nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941)
2020-03-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina, 2020
2020-03-08	Species transferred to new genus	Azarkina, 2020		Species transferred from Rafalus to Manzuma
2020-03-08	First description of female	Azarkina, 2020	Old value
2020-03-08	Species distribution update	Azarkina, 2020	Old value