Salticus unicolor (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036038

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Distribution: Slovakia, Hungary, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m (1747.18) - (Schäfer, 2021)
  • Holotype: National Museum – Natural History Museum, Praha (NMP), Czech Republic m of Salticus quagga probably lost per Růžička et al., 2005, but pedipalps still present (P6A 7391) - (Schäfer, 2021)
Taxonomic References
Callietherus unicolor Simon, 1868b: 661 (Dm) Original description
Calliethera unicolor Simon, 1876a: 76
Epiblemum unicolor Pavesi, 1877: 327
Salticus unicolor Reimoser, 1919: 107
Salticus quagga Miller, 1971: 132, pl. XVIII, f. 20-21 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036030]
Salticus zebraneus Miller, 1971: 132, pl. 18, f. 19 (f; misidentified per Schäfer, 2021: 90)
Salticus zebraneus Metzner, 1999: 116, f. 82d-e (f; misidentified per Schäfer, 2021: 90)
Salticus quagga Szűts et al., 2003: 52, f. 6-9 (m)
Salticus unicolor Schäfer, 2021: 90, f. 12a-b, 13a-b, 16a-b, 17b, 18a-b, 19a-c (m, Df, S of Salticus quagga)
Salticus unicolor Geci et al., 2026b: 27, f. 31A-F (m)
References

Geci, D., Hoerrmann, T., Ibrahimi, H., Bilalli, A., Musliu, M., Grapci-Kotori, L. & Sherwood, D. (2026b). Forty new faunistic records of spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae) for the Republic of Kosovo. Animals 16(17, 2748): 1-42. doi: 10.3390/ani16172748 ZooBank: 62B0701B-457D-4692-81CE-34523348DD2D -- Show included taxa

Metzner, H. (1999). Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa

Pavesi, P. (1877). Sugli Aracnidi di Grecia. Rendiconti, Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere (2) 10: 323-327. -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1919). Katalog der echten Spinnen (Araneae) des Paläarktischen Gebietes. Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 10(2): 1-280. -- Show included taxa

Schäfer, M. (2021). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der griechischen Insel Korfu mit vier Erstnachweisen für die Insel und Anmerkungen zur Gattung Salticus. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 84-97. doi: 10.30963/aramit6114 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- Show included taxa

Szűts, T., Szinetár, C., Samu, F. & Szita, É. (2003). Check list of the Hungarian Salticidae with biogeographical notes. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 25: 45-61. doi: 10.5431/aramit2505 -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2026-09-02 Species distribution update Geci et al., 2026b Old value
2026-09-02 New taxonomic reference entry Geci et al., 2026b
2021-04-27 New taxonomic reference entry Metzner, 1999
2021-04-27 New taxonomic reference entry Miller, 1971
2021-04-27 First description of female Schäfer, 2021 Old value
2021-04-27 Species distribution update Schäfer, 2021 Old value
2021-04-27 New taxonomic reference entry Schäfer, 2021
2021-04-27 Species synonymy Schäfer, 2021 Salticus quagga synonymized with Salticus unicolor

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