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Genus: Mondeku Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Mondeku albopilosum Azarkina & Haddad, 2020

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052662

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Described:

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Distribution: Kenya

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

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Holotype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany m - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 2m 5f - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)
Paratype: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 1m 1f (001.8553) - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)
Paratype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1m 1f (Arach 50485) - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m 1f - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)
Paratype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom 1m 1f (G7645.2; lost per Logunov, 2025b) - (Azarkina & Haddad, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Mondeku albopilosum Azarkina & Haddad, 2020: 46, f. 66, 77-78, 209-238, 450 (Dmf) Original description

References

Azarkina, G. N. & Haddad, C. R. (2020). Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 15-92. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4 -- 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
2020-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
2020-12-30	New species inserted	Azarkina & Haddad, 2020