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Genus: Salticus Latreille, 1804 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Salticus scitulus (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036033

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Described:

Distribution: France (Corsica)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR15800) - (Schäfer, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Callietherus scitulus Simon, 1868b: 659 (Dm; preoccupied in Salticus by Blackwall, 1862, see Salticus scitulus) Original description

Salticus scitulus Simon, 1937: 1203, 1260, f. 1916 (m)

Salticus scitulus Schäfer, 2025: 11, f. 7a-b (m, f. 8-9 is Salticus sp., misidentified as scitulus in ZMB)

References

Schäfer, M. (2025). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der spanischen Balearen-Insel Ibiza mit der Erstbeschreibung von Salticus ebusitanus sp. nov. und elf Erstnachweisen für die Insel und vier für die Balearen. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 70: 9-17. doi: 10.30963/aramit7003 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1937). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 5e et derniére partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 979-1298. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2026-01-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Schäfer, 2025