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Genus: Wesolowskana Koçak & Kemal, 2008 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Wesolowskana marginella (Simon, 1883)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034264

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Described:

Distribution: Cape Verde

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

Salticus lepidus Blackwall, 1865a: 83 (Dm; preoccupied by Guérin, 1834, see Zenodorus lepidus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066829]

Menemerus marginellus Simon, 1883: 303, pl. 8, f. 21 (Dm) Original description

Plexippus lepidus Berland, 1936: 81, f. 26-27 (m, Df, S of Menemerus marginellus)

Plexippus marginellus Roewer, 1955c: 1087 (S of Plexippus lepidus sensu Blackwall)

Plexippus lepidus Denis, 1945b: 55, f. 30, text-f. 2 (f)

Luxuria lepida Wesołowska, 1998: 126, f. 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 20 (mf, T from Plexippus)

Wesolowskana marginella Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Luxuria)

References

Berland, L. (1936). Mission de M. A. Chevalier aux iles du Cap Vert (1934). 1. Araignées. Revue Française d'Entomologie 3: 67-88. -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1865a). Descriptions of recently discovered spiders collected in the Cape de Verde Islands by John Gray, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(92): 80-101. doi: 10.1080/00222936508679383 -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1945b). Descriptions d'araignées nord-africaines. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 79(1, 1944): 41-57. -- Show included taxa

Koçak, A. Ö. & Kemal, M. (2008a). New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers 139-140: 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1883). Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1998). Taxonomic notes on jumping spiders from the Cape Verde Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 50: 125-135. -- 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]

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