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Genus: Massagris Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Massagris constricta Simon, 1900

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051342

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (9925) [lost per Wesolowska, 1993c: 140] [a paratype f is mentioned by Clark, 1974: 20, but it was not described by Simon] - (Clark, 1974)

Taxonomic References

Massagris constricta Simon, 1900b: 397 (Dm) Original description

Massagris constricta Simon, 1901a: 450, f. 517

Massagris constricta Wesołowska, 1993c: 140 (type lost, not identifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Simon, E. (1900b). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 381-407. -- 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

Wesołowska, W. (1993c). A revision of the spider genus Massagris Simon, 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae). Genus 4(2): 133-141. -- 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.

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