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

Semiopyla viperina Galiano, 1985

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036115

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Described:

Distribution: Paraguay, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0027987) - (Galiano, 1985b)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 2m 10f (ARTO 27988-27994) - (Galiano, 1985b)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 4m 14f (8019-8026) - (Galiano, 1985b)

Taxonomic References

Semiopyla viperina Galiano, 1985b: 284, f. 6-8, 10-11, 14-16, 21-23 (Dmf) Original description

Semiopyla viperina Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018: 105, f. 66A-B, 71, 72A-C, 73A-B (mf)

References

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

Rubio, G. D., Baigorria, J. E. M. & Scioscia, C. L. (2018). Arañas saltícidas de Misiones. Guía para la identificación (tribus basales). Ediciones Fundación Azara, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 208 pp. -- 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
2025-08-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018