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Genus: Semiopyla Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Semiopyla cataphracta Simon, 1901

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036113

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Galiano, 1963a)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Semiopyla biimpressa - (Galiano, 1963a)

Taxonomic References

Semiopyla cataphracta Simon, 1901a: 577, f. 692-694 (Dm) Original description

Semiopyla biimpressa Simon, 1901a: 575 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064896]

Semiopyla biimpressa Galiano, 1963a: 442, pl. 34, f. 6 (f)

Semiopyla cataphracta Galiano, 1963a: 443, pl. 34, f. 8-12 (m)

Semiopyla cataphracta Cutler, 1971b: 144, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Semiopyla biimpressa)

Semiopyla cataphracta Galiano, 1985b: 282, f. 1-5, 20 (mf)

Semiopyla cataphracta Prószyński, 2017b: 69, f. 32C (mf)

Semiopyla cataphracta Suarez-Martinez et al., 2025: 66, f. 2A-F, 3A-C, 4A-B, 5A-G (mf)

References

Cutler, B. (1971b). The spider genus Semiopyla (Araneae: Salticidae). Entomological News 82: 141-146. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1963a). Las especies americanas de arañas de la familia Salticidae descriptas por Eugène Simon. Redescripciones basadas en los ejemplares típicos. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23(68): 273-470. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1985b). Two new species of Semiopyla with notes on S. cataphracta (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 92(2): 281-290. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.81616 -- 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. (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

Suarez-Martinez, L. A., Gallego-Lengua, K. S., Hoyos-Figueroa, L. F., Quirós-Rodríguez, J. A. & Bedoya-Róqueme, E. (2025). First record of the genus Semiopyla Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae: Sitticini) from Colombia. Intropica 19(1, 2024): 63-71. doi: 10.21676/23897864.5486 -- 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
2025-04-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Suarez-Martinez et al., 2025
2017-09-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b