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

Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035880

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Described:

Distribution: Bhutan

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019) Aelurillus wittmeri Prószyński, 1978, 1 m (NMB-ARAN-20016 ) -
Paratype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019) Aelurillus wittmeri Prószyński, 1978, 3 m (NMB-ARAN-20017 ) -

Taxonomic References

Aelurillus wittmeri Prószyński, 1978a: 9, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Rafalus wittmeri Prószyński, 1999: 100, f. 38-40 (Tm from Aelurillus)

Rafalus wittmeri Prószyński, 2003: 166, f. 675-676 (m)

References

Prószyński, J. (1978a). Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Araneae: Fam. Salticidae, Genera Aelurillus, Langona, Phlegra and Cyrba. Entomologica Basiliensis 3: 7-21. -- 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

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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