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

Stenaelurillus ilesai Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051625

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Described:

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Distribution: Sri Lanka

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

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Holotype: National Museum of Sri Lanka (NMSL), Colombo, Sri Lanka m (IFS_SAL_307) - (Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a)
Paratype: National Museum of Sri Lanka (NMSL), Colombo, Sri Lanka 1f (IFS_SAL_308) - (Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a)

Taxonomic References

Stenaelurillus ilesai Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a: 9, f. 4A-H, 5A-F, 6A-E, 7A-E (Dmf) Original description

References

Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a). On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578 -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-12-31	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934
2020-12-31	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934
2020-02-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, 2014a
2020-02-06	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2020-02-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a
2020-02-06	New species inserted	Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020a