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Genus: Telamonia Thorell, 1887 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Telamonia elegans (Thorell, 1887)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036493

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy jm - (Ono et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Viciria elegans Thorell, 1887: 390 (Dj) Original description

Viciria elegans Thorell, 1895b: 371 (Dmf)

Telamonia elegans Prószyński, 1984c: 429, f. 33-35 (mf, T from Viciria)

Telamonia elegans Żabka, 1985: 449, f. 591-595 (mf)

References

Prószyński, J. (1984c). Remarks on Viciria and Telamonia (Araneae, Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 37: 417-436. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1985). Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 39: 197-485. -- 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
2026-03-30	Type repository inserted	Ono et al., 2026