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Genus: Mogrus Simon, 1882 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Mogrus mathisi (Berland & Millot, 1941)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035513

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Described:

Distribution: Senegal, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Yemen, Saudi Arabia

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Wesołowska, 2003b)
Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland f (ARAN-02382a) of Mogrus dillae - (Prószyński, 1989a)
Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2m 2f (7m 4f per Denis, 1955b: 126) of Philaeus senilis - (Wesołowska, 2003b)

Taxonomic References

Philaeus mathisi Berland & Millot, 1941: 341, f. 46 (Dm) Original description

Philaeus senilis Denis, 1955b: 126, f. 26-28 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035517]

Philaeus mathisi Prószyński, 1984a: 110 (m)

Philaeus senilis Prószyński, 1984a: 110 (mf)

Mogrus dillae Prószyński, 1989a: 40, f. 18-20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034691]

Mogrus dillae Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 56, f. 115-116 (f)

Mogrus dillae Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 70, f. 185-187 (f)

Mogrus mathisi Wesołowska, 2003b: 426, f. 1-10 (mf, T from Philaeus, S of Mogrus dillae and Philaeus senilis)

Mogrus mathisi Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007: 235, f. 131-134 (mf)

Mogrus mathisi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026: 67, f. 1-9 (mf)

References

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

Denis, J. (1955b). Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Araignées. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 17(A): 99-146. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Van der Walt, V., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Uys, W. (2026). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 4 (K-Mogrus). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 70 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20542599 -- 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. (1989a). Salticidae (Araneae) of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia 10: 31-64. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Harten, A. van (1994). The jumping spiders (Salticidae, Araneae) of Yemen. Yemeni-German Plant Protection Project, Sana'a, 86 pp. -- 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. (2003b). A redescription of Mogrus mathisi (Berland et Millot, 1941) and its synonyms (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14: 425-430. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Harten, A. van (2007). Additions to the knowledge of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 23: 189-269. -- 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
2026-06-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026