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Genus: Menemerus Simon, 1868 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Menemerus hottentotus Strand, 1907

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Distribution: South Africa

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

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Holotype: f (destroyed during World War II) - (Wesołowska, 1999)

Taxonomic References

Menemerus hottentotus Strand, 1907a: 547 (Df) Original description

Menemerus hottentotus Strand, 1907n: 716 (Df)

Menemerus hottentotus Wesołowska, 1999: 345 (nomen dubium)

References

Strand, E. (1907a). Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907n). Afrikanische Spinnen (exkl. Aviculariiden) hauptsächlich aus dem Kapland. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 557-731. -- 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.

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