Menemerus lesserti Lawrence, 1927

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034562

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa f (2432) - (Wesołowska, 1999)
Taxonomic References
Menemerus lesserti Lawrence, 1927: 60, pl. 2, f. 45 (Df) Original description
Menemerus lesserti Wesołowska, 1999: 302, f. 171-176 (f)
Menemerus lesserti Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 147, f. 17A-B, D-E, 18A-H, 19A-D (Dmf)
References

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). On some new and poorly-known Chrysillini from arid western South Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). African Invertebrates 65(2): 127-159. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1999). A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 10(2): 251-353. -- 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.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-11-20 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-11-20 First description of male Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024 Old value

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