World Spider Catalog

Genus: Josa Keyserling, 1891 | Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Josa olimpica Martínez, Kochalka, Cabra-García & Ramírez, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063522

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle (MUSENUV), Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia m (Ar-2682) - (Martínez et al., 2025)
Paratype: Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle (MUSENUV), Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia 9m 13f 1j (Ar 2683-2685, 2687, 2689, 2691-2700) - (Martínez et al., 2025)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1m 1f (Ar 46696-46697) - (Martínez et al., 2025)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m 2f (IZ 170963-170965) - (Martínez et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Josa olimpica Martínez et al., 2025: 223, f. 17A-E, 18A-E, 19A-F, 20A-E, 21A-I, 22A-F (Dmf) Original description

References

Martínez, L., Kochalka, J. A., Cabra-García, J. & Ramírez, M. J. (2025). Revealing the identity of Josa chazaliae (Simon, 1897) (Araneae: Anyphaenidae): new species and the highest altitude record for a spider in South America. Zootaxa 5566(2): 201-242. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.2.1 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Martínez et al., 2025
2025-01-08	New species inserted	Martínez et al., 2025