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Genus: Gelotia Thorell, 1890 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li, 2016

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048888

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Described:

Distribution: China, Vietnam

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m - (Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016)

Taxonomic References

Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li in Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016: 78, f. 24A-D, 25A-B (Dm) Original description

Gelotia zhengi Wang & Li, 2020a: 41, f. 9A-D, 10A-G, 17G, 18G, 19G (m, Df)

Gelotia zhengi Hoang, Phan & Vo, 2024b: 301, f. 5A-D, 6A-D (mf)

References

Cao, Q., Li, S. Q. & Żabka, M. (2016). The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 630: 43-104. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.630.8466 -- Show included taxa

Hoang, Q. D., Phan, Q. T. & Vo, V. M. (2024b). First record of Gelotia Thorell, 1890 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Vietnam with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72: 294-302. doi: 10.26107/RBZ-2024-0024 -- Show included taxa

Wang, C. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). On eight species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 909: 25-57. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.909.47137 -- 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
2024-08-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Hoang, Phan & Vo, 2024b
2024-08-31	Species distribution update	Hoang, Phan & Vo, 2024b	Old value
2020-02-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang & Li, 2020a
2020-02-06	First description of female	Wang & Li, 2020a	Old value
2016-11-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016
2016-11-11	New species inserted	Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016