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Genus: Simaethulina Wesołowska, 2012 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Simaethulina castanea (Lessert, 1927)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036176

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo, Mozambique

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden m - (Wesołowska, 2012a)
Paralectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 2m 9f - (Wesołowska, 2012a)

Taxonomic References

Simaetha (?) castanea Lessert, 1927: 469, f. 38-39 (Dmf) Original description

Simaethulina castanea Wesołowska, 2012a: 215, f. 47-54 (mf, T from Simaetha)

Simaethulina castanea Prószyński, 2017b: 18, f. 6J (mf)

References

Lessert, R. de (1927). Araignées du Congo (Premiere partie). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 34(17): 405-475. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117612 -- 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

Wesołowska, W. (2012a). Redescriptions of some jumping spiders described by R. Lessert from Central Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 23(2): 201-221. -- 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
2024-12-30	Species distribution update	Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value
2017-09-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b