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Genus: Zuniga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Zuniga laeta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036906

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil, Argentina

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

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Taxonomic References

Sarinda laeta Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 41, pl. 3, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Zuniga severa Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 44, pl. 3, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056005]

Sarinda laeta Simon, 1901a: 506, f. 600-603 (m)

Zuniga laeta Galiano, 1964a: 70, f. 1-7, 16, 18-19, 24-25 (mf, T from Sarinda, S of Zuniga severa)

Sarinda lateata Jackowska & Prószyński, 1975: 42, f. 4a (f, lapsus)

Zuniga laeta Galvis, 2016a: 2, f. 1-9 (mf)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1964a). Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. II. Revisión del género Zuniga Peckham, 1892. Acta Zoológica Lilloana 20: 67-79. -- Show included taxa

Galvis, W. (2016a). New records and updated distribution of the ant-like jumping spider genus Zuniga Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (Salticidae: Salticinae: Sarindini) in the Neotropics. Peckhamia 139.1: 1-11. -- Show included taxa

Jackowska, B. & Prószyński, J. (1975). In search of the natural system of ant-like Salticidae. Proceedings of the 6^th International Arachnological Congress, pp. 39-43. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1892). Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 2(1): 1-84, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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
2016-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Galvis, 2016a
2016-06-10	Species distribution update	Galvis, 2016a	Old value