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

Cerionesta aurantia Mello-Leitão, 1940

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Distribution: Brazil

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

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Holotype: m (lost) - (Galiano, 1980b)
Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Cerionesta aurantia Mello-Leitão, 1940, (01440); 1 m (probably destroyed by the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Cerionesta aurantia Mello-Leitão, 1940h: 32 (Dm) Original description

Cerionesta aurantia Galiano, 1976a: 61 (unidentifiable, species inquirenda, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1976a). Revisión de los géneros Cerionesta y Hyetussa (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 35(90-91): 57-64, 231-242. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940h). Aranhas do Xingu colhidas pelo Dr. Henry Leonardos. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 12: 21-32. -- 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.

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