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Genus: Gratianna Caleb, 2025 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Gratianna assam (Caleb, 2020)

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Described:

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Distribution: India, Nepal

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Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m (6938/18) - (Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Carrhotus assam Caleb, in Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020: 54, f. 11-17, 20-21 (Dm) Original description

Carrhotus assam Logunov, 2021d: 353, f. 1-2 (m)

Gratianna assam Caleb, 2025b: 6, f. 1-3, 7-11 (m, Df, T from Carrhotus)

Carrhotus assam Sherwood et al., 2025d: 511, f. 4A-F (m)

References

Caleb, J. T. D. (2025b). Gratianna gen. nov., a new jumping spider genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) from tropical and subtropical evergreen forests of southern China and Northeast India. Peckhamia 343.1: 1-8. -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D., Bera, C. & Acharya, S. (2020). New species and synonymies in the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini). Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 51-66. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.1.04 -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. (2021d). New species and records of the jumping spiders from India and Nepal (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 30(3): 351-361. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.30.3.08 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gonçalves, R. A., Peñaherrera-R., P., Jiménez, M.-L., Chamé-Vázquez, D., Sudhin, P. P., Sen, S., Azarkina, G. N., Caleb, J. T. D., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2025d). Palpal teratology in adult male spiders (Arachnida: Araneae): new cases and synopsis of the historical literature. Invertebrate Zoology 22(3): 505-518. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.3.10 -- Show included taxa

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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	Old value	Comment
2025-10-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, 2025b
2025-10-02	Species transferred to new genus	Caleb, 2025b		Species transferred from Carrhotus to Gratianna
2025-10-02	First description of female	Caleb, 2025b	Old value
2025-09-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2025d
2021-09-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Logunov, 2021d
2021-09-23	Species distribution update	Logunov, 2021d	Old value
2020-03-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020
2020-03-30	New species inserted	Caleb, Bera & Acharya, 2020