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Genus: Natta Karsch, 1879 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Natta splendidissima (Caporiacco, 1949)

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Distribution: Kenya

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Syntype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona (MCSNV), Italy 1f (Di Caporiacco 134) - (Ballarin, Salmaso & Latella, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Cyllobelus splendidissimus Caporiacco, 1949a: 479 (Df) Original description

Natta splendidissima Wesołowska, 1993a: 17 (impossible to verify due to loss of their types, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1949a). Aracnidi della colonia del Kenya raccolti da Toschi e Meneghetti negli anni 1944-1946. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 13: 309-492. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1993a). Notes on the genus Natta Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Salticidae). Genus 4(1): 17-32. -- Show included taxa

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-11-02	Species updated	Caporiacco, 1949a	Old value	Species epithet corrected