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Genus: Stagetillus Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Stagetillus opaciceps Simon, 1885

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036320

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Stagetillus opaciceps Simon, 1885a: 32 (Dm) Original description

Stagetillus opaciceps Simon, 1901a: 472, f. 538

Stagetillus opaciceps Prószyński, 1987: 103 (m)

Stagetillus opaciceps Prószyński, 2017b: 26, f. 11T (m)

Stagetillus opaciceps Maddison et al., 2020b: 61, f. 8, 15-16, 23, 31, 143-150 (mf)

References

Maddison, W. P., Beattie, I., Marathe, K., Ng, P. Y. C., Kanesharatnam, N., Benjamin, S. P. & Kunte, K. (2020b). A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini). ZooKeys 1004: 27-97. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej Siedlcach, 172 pp. -- 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. (1885a). Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29(C.R.): 30-39. -- 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

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
2020-12-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Maddison et al., 2020b
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b