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

Thyene semiargentea (Simon, 1884)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036615

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Described:

Distribution: Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa

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

Mithion semiargenteus Simon, 1884k: 5, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Mithion semiargenteus Simon, 1906a: 1172 (Dm)

Thyene semiargentea Prószyński, 1987: 111-112 (mf)

References

Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej Siedlcach, 172 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884k). Arachnides recueillis à Khartoum (Soudan ègyptien) par M. Vossion, vice-consul de France et appartenant au Muséum de Paris. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9(1-2): 1-28. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1906a). Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr F. Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. VII. Araneida. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 115: 1159-1176. -- 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
2024-01-08	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Thyene aperta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)