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Genus: Malizna Wesołowska, 2021 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Malizna admirabilis Wesołowska, 2021

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053528

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Described:

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Distribution: Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda

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

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m - (Wesołowska, 2021)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 32m 17f - (Wesołowska, 2021)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 3m 7f - (Wesołowska, 2021)
Paratype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA), Gainesville, USA 1f - (Wesołowska, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Malizna admirabilis Wesołowska, 2021: 1003, f. 45-67 (Dmf) Original description

References

Wesołowska, W. (2021). Five new jumping spiders from Nigeria (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina). Arachnology 18(9): 998-1005. doi: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.998 -- 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
2025-06-29	Species distribution update	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2021-11-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, 2021
2021-11-09	New species inserted	Wesołowska, 2021