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Genus: Festucula Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047495

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 2m 2f (000.851-852) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2014)
Paratype: National Museum, Bloemfontein (NMBA), South Africa 1m (5433) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2014)
Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1f - (Azarkina & Foord, 2014)
Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (81/54) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2014)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 8m 8f (77/287, 81/69, 92, 203, 664, 84/646, /274, 644, 734, 742, 2394, 2007/2541, 2008/2037, 4185, 2010/3350, 5782) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2014)

Taxonomic References

Festucula lawrencei Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 35, f. 50-52 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 362)

Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 362, f. 17, 24, 61-76 (Dmf) Original description

Festucula haddadi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 40, f. 1-9 (mf)

References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2014). A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae). African Invertebrates 55(2): 351-375. doi: 10.5733/afin.055.0201 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Van der Walt, V., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025b). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15266589 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C. R. (2009). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50(1): 13-103. doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0102 -- 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.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-04-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b
2015-03-17	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon	Azarkina & Foord, 2014	Old value
2015-03-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina & Foord, 2014
2015-03-17	New species inserted	Azarkina & Foord, 2014