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Genus: Wedoquella Galiano, 1984 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Wedoquella punctata (Tullgren, 1905)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036789

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Described:

Distribution: Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019) Pensacola variegata Mello-Leitão, 1939, 1 f (NMB-ARAN-01212 a) -

Taxonomic References

Euophrys punctata Tullgren, 1905: 74, pl. 10, f. 39 (Df) Original description

Pensacola variegata Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 89, f. 80 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064269]

Wedoquella punctata Galiano, 1984a: 349, f. 7-9, 14-15, 18-19 (Dm, f, T from Euophrys, S of Pensacola variegata)

Wedoquella punctata Edwards, 2015: 71, f. 33N-O (mf)

References

Edwards, G. B. (2015). Freyinae, a major new subfamily of Neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4036(1): 1-87. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4036.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1984a). Descripcion de Wedoquella nuevo genero (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 11: 343-352. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1939e). Araignées américaines du Musee d'histoire naturelle de Bâle. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 46(2): 43-93. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117928 -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1905). Aranedia from the Swedish expedition through the Gran Chaco and the Cordilleras. Arkiv för Zoologi 2(19): 1-81. -- 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
2015-11-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Edwards, 2015