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Genus: Siler Simon, 1889 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Siler ruber Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051522

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Described:

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Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (16974) - (Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 3m 4f (16975~78) - (Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019)

Taxonomic References

Silerella sp. Chikuni, 1989b: 154, 283, f. 38 (mf, per Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019: 255)

Siler rubrum Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019: 255, f. 1-12 (Dmf) [N.B.: Siler is masculine, epithet adopted] Original description

Siler ruber Baba, 2020: 44, f. 1-2 (m)

Siler ruber Kokami & Baba, 2025: 85, f. 19-20 (f)

References

Baba, Y. (2020). [Proposal of a Japanese name for a jumping spider species (Siler ruber)]. Kishidaia 116: 43-45. -- Show included taxa

Baba, Y. G., Yamasaki, T. & Tanikawa, A. (2019). A new species of Siler (Araneae: Salticidae) from Japan. Arachnology 18(3): 253-257. doi: 10.13156/arac.2019.18.3.253 -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa

Kokami, S. & Baba, Y. G. (2025). Spiders collected on Takarajima Island in the Tokara islands, Japan, in 2024. Kishidaia 126: 82-86. -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-07-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Kokami & Baba, 2025
2021-04-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Baba, 2020
2019-11-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Chikuni, 1989b
2019-11-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019
2019-11-29	New species inserted	Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019