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Genus: Tutelina Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Tutelina similis (Banks, 1895)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036698

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Described:

Distribution: Canada, USA

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

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Taxonomic References

Icius similis Banks, 1895e: 100 (Dmf) Original description

Icius similis Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 498, pl. 41, f. 2 (mf)

Tutelina similis Chickering, 1944: 216, f. 151-154 (mf)

Icius similis Kaston, 1948: 489, f. 1812-1813, 1838-1840 (mf)

Dendryphantes similis Prószyński, 1976: 149, f. 38, 66 (mf, T from Icius)

Tutelina similis Richman & Cutler, 1978: 101 (T from Dendryphantes)

Tutelina similis Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 203, f. 2276-2278 (mf)

Tutelina similis Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 41T, 42W (mf)

References

Banks, N. (1895e). Some new Attidae. The Canadian Entomologist 27(4): 96-102. doi: 10.4039/Ent2796-4 -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1944). The Salticidae of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 29: 139-222. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1909). Revision of the Attidae of North America. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 16(1, 5): 355-646, pl. 29-51. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1976). Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodziną Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyższa Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260. [[pdf is made from a reprint from 1979]] -- 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

Richman, D. B. & Cutler, B. (1978). A list of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the United States and Canada. Peckhamia 1: 82-110. -- 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
2017-09-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b