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Genus: Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Leptorchestes elisae Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066333

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Described:

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Distribution: Italy (Sicily)

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

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Holotype: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali ‘E. Caffi’, Bergamo (MCSNB/MSNB), Italy m - (Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025)
Paratype: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali ‘E. Caffi’, Bergamo (MCSNB/MSNB), Italy 1m 2f - (Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Leptorchestes elisae Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025: 179, f. 1A-D, 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-C, 6F, 7E (Dmf) Original description

References

Fusco, T., Cantone, S. & Di Giulio, A. (2025). A new species of the genus Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 from the Pantalica Natural Reserve (Sicily, Italy) (Araneae: Salticidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57(2): 177-187. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/1876 -- 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
2025-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025
2025-11-04	New species inserted	Fusco, Cantone & Di Giulio, 2025