World Spider Catalog

Genus: Harmochirus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Harmochirus exaggeratus Caleb & Mathai, 2015

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047418

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Described:

Distribution: India

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka, India m (QA471) - (Caleb, 2020b)
Allotype: National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka, India f (QA472) - (Caleb, 2020b)
Paratype: National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 1m (QA468) - (Caleb, 2020b)

Taxonomic References

Harmochirus exaggeratus Caleb & Mathai, 2015: 117, f. 1-26 (Dmf) Original description

Harmochirus exaggeratus Caleb, 2020b: 15732, f. 15H-K, 16A-C, 28C (mf)

References

Caleb, J. T. D. & Mathai, M. T. (2015). Description of a new species of Harmochirus Simon (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 10(1): 117-121. -- 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

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
2020-05-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, 2020b
2015-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb & Mathai, 2015
2015-02-24	New species inserted	Caleb & Mathai, 2015