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Genus: Schenkelia Lessert, 1927 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036095

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (122331) - (Wanless & Clark, 1975)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1f (122342) - (Wanless & Clark, 1975)

Taxonomic References

Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975: 286, f. 20-22 (Df) Original description

Schenkelia benoiti Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 888, f. 75A-D (f)

References

Wanless, F. R. & Clark, D. J. (1975). On a collection of spiders of the family Salticidae from the Ivory Coast (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 89: 273-296. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value