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

Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035879

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Described:

Distribution: Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia

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

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Syntype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 1m 2f (Ta 1049-1050) - (Mikhailov, 2018a)

Taxonomic References

Aelurops variegatus Kroneberg, 1875: 51, pl. 5, f. 39 (Dmf) Original description

Aelurillus variegatus Simon, 1903a: 665

Rafalus variegatus Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 134, f. 55-64 (mf; in generic nomen nudum)

Rafalus variegatus Prószyński, 1999: 100, f. 36-37 (f, T from Aelurillus)

Rafalus variegatus Prószyński, 2003: 166, f. 673-674 (f)

References

Kroneberg, A. (1875). Araneae. In: Fedtschenko, A. P. (ed.) Puteshestvie v Tourkestan. Reisen in Turkestan. Zoologischer Theil. Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften zu Moskau 19(3): 1-58, pl. 1-5. [[includes 3 maps by Fedtschenko]] -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. & Rakov, S. Y. (1998). Miscellaneous notes on Middle Asian jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 7(2): 117-144. -- 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

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

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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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