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Genus: Phintelloides Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phintelloides jesudasi (Caleb & Mathai, 2014)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047200

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Described:

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India m (I/SP 7) - (Caleb, 2020b)
Allotype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India f (I/SP 8) - (Caleb, 2020b)
Paratype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India 1f (I/SP 9) - (Caleb, 2020b)

Taxonomic References

Chrysilla jesudasi Caleb & Mathai, 2014b: 63, f. 1-14 (Dmf) Original description

Phintelloides jesudasi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019: 41, f. 3, 6E-H, 17A-E, 18A-D (mf, T from Chrysilla)

Phintelloides jesudasi Caleb, 2020b: 15739, f. 17E-G, 29B (mf)

Phintelloides jesudasi Deeleman-Reinhold, Addink & Miller, 2024: 38, f. 10a-b (f)

References

Caleb, J. T. D. & Mathai, M. T. (2014b). Description of some interesting jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2(5): 63-71. -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi: 10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766 -- Show included taxa

Deeleman-Reinhold, C., Addink, W. & Miller, J. (2024). The genera Chrysilla and Phintelloides revisited with the description of a new species (Araneae, Salticidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e129438): 1-57. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e129438 -- Show included taxa

Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2019). Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 839: 1-81. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.839.28312 -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-09-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Deeleman-Reinhold, Addink & Miller, 2024
2020-05-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, 2020b
2019-04-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019
2019-04-18	Species transferred to new genus	Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019		Species transferred from Chrysilla to Phintelloides
2019-04-18	Species distribution update	Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019	Old value
2014-09-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb & Mathai, 2014b
2014-09-29	New species inserted	Caleb & Mathai, 2014b