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Genus: Synagelides Strand, 1906 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Synagelides himalaicus Bohdanowicz, 1987

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036401

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Described:

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Distribution: Himalaya (Nepal, China)

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

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (33172) - (Bohdanowicz, 1987)
Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (33178) of Synagelides jiricus - (Bohdanowicz, 1987)

Taxonomic References

Synagelides himalaicus Bohdanowicz, 1987: 76, f. 35-44 (Dm) Original description

Synagelides jiricus Bohdanowicz, 1987: 83, f. 62-63 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036403]

Synagelides himalaicus Liu et al., 2025c: 253, f. 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-E (mf, removed from S of Synagelides martensi [rejecting Logunov & Hereward, 2006: 287], S of S. jiricus [removed from S of S. martensi, rejecting Logunov & Hereward, 2006: 287])

References

Bohdanowicz, A. (1987). Salticidae from the Nepal Himalayas: The genus Synagelides Bösenberg & Strand 1906. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 93: 65-86. -- Show included taxa

Liu, B. L., Ning, X. Q., Huang, S. H., Yao, Y. B., Lin, C. Y., Yang, J. & Liu, K. K. (2025c). Four new species and a new record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Salticidae) from China. ZooKeys 1245: 243-267. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1245.154908 -- 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
2025-07-15	Species synonymy	Liu et al., 2025c		Synagelides jiricus synonymized with Synagelides himalaicus
2025-07-15	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-07-15	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-07-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Liu et al., 2025c
2025-07-15	Species distribution update	Liu et al., 2025c	Old value
2025-07-15	Species updated	Liu et al., 2025c	Old value	Removed synonymy