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Genus: Sassacus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036089

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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

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Taxonomic References

Metaphidippus paiutus Gertsch, 1934d: 18, f. 22 (Dm) Original description

Metaphidippus paiutus Prószyński, 1971e: 434 (T from Dendryphantes per Roewer)

Sassacus paiutus Maddison, 1996: 238 (T from Metaphidippus)

Sassacus paiutus Richman, 2008: 31, f. 9-14 (m, Df)

References

Gertsch, W. J. (1934d). Further notes on American spiders. American Museum Novitates 726: 1-26. -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. (1996). Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 215-368. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1971e). Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 28: 367-519. -- Show included taxa

Richman, D. B. (2008). Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America. Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 26-48. doi: 10.1636/H07-03.1 -- 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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