World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pochytoides Wesołowska, 2020 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pochytoides spiniger (Wesołowska, 2018)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050204

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (237858) - (Wesołowska, 2018a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 5m 6f - (Wesołowska, 2018a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium mm ff - (Wesołowska, 2018a)

Taxonomic References

Pochytoides spiniger Wesołowska, 2018a: 20, f. 13A-G, 14A-F, 15A-D (Dmf, sub generic nomen nudum) Original description

Pochytoides spiniger Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 882, f. 70A-C (f)

References

Wesołowska, W. (2018a). A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 418: 1-26. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.418 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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	Comment
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2022-10-17	Species updated		Old value	Species epithet corrected
2022-10-17	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022	Old value
2020-02-11	Species updated		Old value
2018-03-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, 2018a
2018-03-31	New species inserted	Wesołowska, 2018a