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Genus: Rogmocrypta Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Rogmocrypta elegans (Simon, 1885)

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Described:

Distribution: New Caledonia

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Chalcoscirtus elegans Simon, 1885b: 90 (Dmf) Original description

Rogmocrypta elegans Simon, 1900b: 387 (T from Chalcoscirtus)

Rogmocrypta elegans Simon, 1901a: 445, f. 505-506 (m)

Rogmocrypta elegans Prószyński, 1984a: 123-124 (mf)

Rogmocrypta elegans Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2017: 76, f. 1-9 (mf)

Rogmocrypta elegans Prószyński, 2017b: 129, f. 56U (mf)

References

Patoleta, B. M., Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. (2017). New species of Rogmocrypta Simon, 1900 from New Caledonia, with remarks on relationships and distribution (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 697: 73-86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.697.13381 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- 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

Simon, E. (1885b). Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29(C.R.): 87-92. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1900b). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 381-407. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page 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]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2017