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Genus: Vicirionessa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Vicirionessa equestris (Simon, 1903)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036745

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon

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

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2m 1f 1j (19983) - (Clark, 1974)

Taxonomic References

Viciria equestris Simon, 1903f: 723 (Dm) Original description

Viciria equestris Berland & Millot, 1941: 379, f. 77B-E, 78 (m)

Viciria equestris pallida Berland & Millot, 1941: 381 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036746]

Viciria monodi Berland & Millot, 1941: 384, f. 82 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036756]

Vicirionessa equestris Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 130, f. 77A-E, 78A-D (mf, T from Viciria, S of Viciria equestris pallida and V. monodi)

Vicirionessa equestris Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 903 (S of Viciria equestris pallida confirmed)

References

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903f). Etudes arachnologiques. 33e Mémoire. LII. Etude sur les arachnides recueillis par M. le Lieutenant de vaisseau Blaise dans l'estuaire du Gabon, pendant qu'il commandait la canonnière "la Cigogne" au Congo français (1894–1896). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 71(4, 1902): 719-725. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2022). Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 841: 1-143. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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
2025-10-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-10-02	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2022-10-17	Species synonymy	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022		Vicirionessa monodi synonymized with Vicirionessa equestris
2022-10-17	Species synonymy	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022		Vicirionessa equestris pallida synonymized with Vicirionessa equestris
2022-10-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022
2022-10-17	Species transferred to new genus	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022		Species transferred from Viciria to Vicirionessa
2022-10-17	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022	Old value