Evarcha werneri (Simon, 1906)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036343

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa


Type Repository Provide information
  • Lectotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria f (m not traceable) - (Logunov & Azarkina, 2018)
Taxonomic References
Stenaelurillus werneri Simon, 1906a: 1174 (Dmf; m not traceable per Logunov & Azarkina, 2018: 110) Original description
Stenaelurillus werneri Prószyński, 1984a: 139 (f)
Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 26, f. 42-44 (f; misidentified per Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 49)
Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 14, f. 52-53 (f; misidentified per Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 49)
Evarcha elegans Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 30, f. 32-33 (f; misidentified per Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 49)
Evarcha werneri Logunov & Azarkina, 2018: 110, f. 499–503 (f, T from Stenaelurillus, S of Evarcha elegans; rejected by Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 49, see Hyllus dotatus)
Evawes elegans Prószyński, 2018b: 153, f. 13E-F (f; misidentified sensu Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 49)
Evarcha werneri Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 831, f. 19A-B (f)
Evarcha werneri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 37, f. 1-4 (f; m f. 5 see Hyllus dotatus)
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Van der Walt, V., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025b). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15266589 -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. & Azarkina, G. N. (2018). Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 430: 1-126. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.430 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2018b). Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 130-179. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.12 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1906a). Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr F. Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. VII. Araneida. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 115: 1159-1176. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 11-127. doi: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Tomasiewicz, B. (2008). New species and records of Ethiopian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 4: 3-59. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C. R. (2009). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50(1): 13-103. doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0102 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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
2025-10-01 New taxonomic reference entry Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-10-01 Species distribution update Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 Old value
2025-04-24 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b
2025-04-24 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b Old value
2024-09-06 Species distribution update Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 Old value
2019-01-20 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2018b
2018-05-02 Species synonymy Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 Evarcha elegans synonymized with Evarcha werneri
2018-05-02 New taxonomic reference entry Logunov & Azarkina, 2018
2018-05-02 Species transferred to new genus Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 Species transferred from Stenaelurillus to Evarcha
2018-05-02 Species distribution update Logunov & Azarkina, 2018 Old value
2017-11-02 Species distribution update El-Hennawy, 2017a Old value

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