Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056022

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (probably lost) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2023)
Taxonomic References
Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941: 345, f. 48 (Df) Original description
Festucula monticola Wesołowska, 1992: 54 (description is insufficient to identify the species = nomen dubium)
Festucula festuculaeformis Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 746, f. 44-45 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301)
Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 374 (nomen dubium confirmed, probably a junior S of Festucula lineata)
Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301, f. 22-28 (f, removed from nomen dubium)
Festucula monticola Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025: 610, f. 11A-F, 12A-E (Dmf)
References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2014). A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae). African Invertebrates 55(2): 351-375. doi: 10.5733/afin.055.0201 -- Show included taxa

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2023). Further notes on the Afrotropical genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1185: 285-308. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.110365 -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. -- Show included taxa

Wawer, W. & Wesołowska, W. (2025). Jumping spiders from Ghana collected by J. Prószyński (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(2): 599-628. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.2.013 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1992). A revision of the spider genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae Salticidae). Journal of African Zoology 106: 45-54. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Edwards, G. B. (2012). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Calabar area (SE Nigeria). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 733-772. doi: 10.3161/000345412X659786 -- 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.

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-06-29 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Festucula lineata Simon, 1901
2025-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025
2025-06-29 Species distribution update Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025 Old value
2025-06-29 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Festucula lineata Simon, 1901
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2014
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2023
2023-12-04 Species distribution update Azarkina & Foord, 2023 Old value
2023-12-04 Species updated Azarkina & Foord, 2023 Old value New status

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