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Genus: Saitis Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Saitis insectus (Hogg, 1896)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035964

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Described:

Distribution: Central Australia

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

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Taxonomic References

Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896: 334, pl. 24, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Saitis insecta Rainbow, 1911: 286

References

Hogg, H. R. (1896). Araneidae. In: Spencer, B. (ed.) Report of the Horn expedition to central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau and Co., London & Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne, pp. 309-356, pl. 24. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.52122 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- 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.

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
2015-03-31	Species updated		Old value	Species epithet corrected
2014-09-26	Species updated		Old value	Species epithet corrected