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Genus: Sympolymnia Perger & Rubio, 2020 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Sympolymnia lauretta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036429

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Described:

Distribution: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) j (00999, destroyed by the fire 2018) of Synemosyna melanura -
Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) f (58290, destroyed by the fire 2018) of Simonella atrogaster -

Taxonomic References

Synemosyna lauretta Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 79, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Synemosyna lauretta Simon, 1901a: 509, f. 610-611 (m)

Synemosyna melanura Mello-Leitão, 1917c: 142 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054339]

Simonella atrogaster Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 256 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054340]

Synemosyna lauretta Galiano, 1966a: 362, f. 23-24, 42-43, 47, 58 (mf, S of Simonella atrogaster and Synemosyna melanura)

Sympolymnia lauretta Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018: 154, f. 134, 135A-C, 136A-B, 137A-C (mf)

Sympolymnia lauretta Perger & Rubio, 2020b: 785, f. 3B, 4A, 8I-K (T from Synemosyna)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1966a). Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes V. Revisión del género Synemosyna Hentz, 1846. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 1: 339-380. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1917c). Aranhas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Thomisidas e Salticidas brasileiras. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro 1: 117-153, 2 pl. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941c). Aranhas do Paraná. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, Sao Paolo 11: 235-257. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1892). Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 2(1): 1-84, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Perger, R. & Rubio, G. D. (2020b). Sympolymnia, a new genus of Neotropical ant-like spider, with description of two new species and indirect evidence for transformational mimicry (Araneae, Salticidae, Simonellini). Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 781-795. doi: 10.3897/zse.96.55210 -- 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

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
2025-08-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Rubio, Baigorria & Scioscia, 2018
2020-11-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Perger & Rubio, 2020b
2020-11-23	Species transferred to new genus	Perger & Rubio, 2020b		Species transferred from Synemosyna to Sympolymnia
2020-11-23	Species distribution update	Perger & Rubio, 2020b	Old value