Festucula lineata Simon, 1901

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047498

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Described:

Distribution: Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana


Type Repository Provide information
  • Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2j (19480, f syntype lost) - (Wesołowska, 1992)
Taxonomic References
Festucula lineata Simon, 1901c: 155 (Df) Original description
Festucula lineata Fage, 1923b: 299, f. 1 (m; misidentified as monticola per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301; re-assigned to lineata by Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 607)
Festucula lineata Lessert, 1933: 152, f. 73 (f)
Festucula lineata Wesołowska, 1992: 52 (nomen dubium)
Festucula lineata Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 369 (removed from nomen dubium, figs. see Festucula monticola)
Festucula lineata Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 369, f. 104-112 (m; f. 109-112 mislabelled as lawrencei; misidentified as monticola per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301; re-assigned to lineata by Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 607)
Festucula lineata Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 608, f. 10A-G (m)
References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2014). A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae). African Invertebrates 55(2): 351-375. doi: 10.5733/afin.055.0201 -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1923b). Arachnides rapportes par M. Chabanaud de la Guinee française et du Liberia (1919-1920). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 29(4): 298-302. -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1933). Araignées d'Angola. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola 1928-1929. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 40(1): 85-159. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117656 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901c). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161. -- Show included taxa

Wawer, W. & Wesołowska, W. (2025). Jumping spiders from Ghana collected by J. Prószyński (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(2): 599-628. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.2.013 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1992). A revision of the spider genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae Salticidae). Journal of African Zoology 106: 45-54. -- 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
2025-06-29 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2025-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025
2025-06-29 Species distribution update Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025 Old value
2025-06-29 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2024-10-09 Species distribution update Lessert, 1933 Old value
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Wesołowska, 1992
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Lessert, 1933
2023-12-04 Species distribution update Lessert, 1933 Old value
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941
2022-10-16 Species distribution update Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 Old value
2015-03-17 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Azarkina & Foord, 2014 Old value
2015-03-17 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2014
2015-03-17 New taxonomic reference entry Fage, 1923b
2015-03-17 New taxonomic reference entry Simon, 1901c
2015-03-17 Species updated Azarkina & Foord, 2014 Old value New status

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