Tusitala hirsuta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036687

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa


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  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Tusitala sansibarica Strand, 1907, (19571–72) -
Taxonomic References
Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902: 330 (Dm) Original description
Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 244, pl. 28, f. 3 (m)
Tusitala sansibarica Strand, 1907d: 748 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066066]
Tusitala hirsuta Próchniewicz, 1989: 225, f. 59-66 (mf, removed from S of Tusitala barbata [rejecting Lessert, 1927: 461], S of T. sansibarica [removed from S of T. barbata, rejecting Lessert, 1927: 461])
Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 110, f. 307-309 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299)
Tusitala barbata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 92, f. 203-204 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299)
Tusitala hirsuta Azarkina & Foord, 2015: 299, f. 7, 12, 59-92 (mf)
References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2015). A review of three Tusitala (Araneae: Salticidae) species from southern Africa, with a new synonymy and description of a new species from Botswana. African Invertebrates 56(2): 285-307. doi: 10.5733/afin.056.0204 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1902). Some new genera and species of Attidae from South Africa. Psyche 9(312): 330-335. doi: 10.1155/1902/13502 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1903). New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 14(1): 173-278, pl. 19-29. -- Show included taxa

Próchniewicz, M. (1989). Über die Typen von Arten der Salticidae (Araneae) aus der äthiopischen Region im Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 65(2): 207-228. doi: 10.1002/mmnz.19890650204 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907d). Diagnosen neuer Spinnen aus Madagaskar und Sansibar. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 725-748. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 11-127. doi: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C. R. (2009). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50(1): 13-103. doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0102 -- 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
2015-09-07 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Azarkina & Foord, 2015 Old value
2015-09-07 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Azarkina & Foord, 2015 Old value
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2015
2015-09-07 Species distribution update Azarkina & Foord, 2015 Old value

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