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Genus: Pellenes Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pellenes iva Caleb, 2018

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050264

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Described:

Distribution: India

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India m (34) - (Caleb & Kumar, 2018)
Paratype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India 1m (35) - (Caleb & Kumar, 2018)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 1m 1f (AA 1064-1065) - (Caleb & Kumar, 2018)

Taxonomic References

Pellenes (Pelmultus) iva Caleb in Caleb & Kumar, 2018: 6, f. 1-29 (Dmf) Original description

Pellenes iva Parmar et al., 2025a: 27392, f. 1-7 (m)

References

Caleb, J. T. D. & Kumar, V. (2018). Pellenes iva sp. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with a distinct M-shaped central epigynal pocket from India. Halteres 9: 6-11. -- Show included taxa

Parmar, S. I., Prajapati, H., Pandya, P. J. & Prajapati, D. A. (2025a). New distribution record of two jumping spider species of the genus Pellenes Simon, 1876 and Thyene Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Gujarat, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 17(8): 27391-27395. doi: 10.11609/jott.9757.17.8.27391-27395 -- 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
2025-08-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Parmar et al., 2025a
2018-04-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb & Kumar, 2018
2018-04-17	New species inserted	Caleb & Kumar, 2018