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Genus: Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Vailimia ajmerensis Caleb & Jangid, 2020

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051888

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Described:

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Distribution: India

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

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Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m (6590/18) - (Basumatary et al., 2020a)

Taxonomic References

Ptocasius strupifer Kaur et al., 2014: 503, pl. 2A-G (m; misidentified per Caleb, 2019b: 55 and Basumatary et al., 2020: 180)

Vailimia ajmerensis Caleb & Jangid, in Basumatary et al., 2020a: 180, f. 1-11 (Dm) Original description

Vailimia ajmerensis Parmar & Prajapati, 2023: 23277, image 2-3, 6-7 (m)

References

Basumatary, P., Caleb, J. T. D., Das, S., Jangid, A. K., Kalita, J. & Brahma, D. (2020a). First record of the genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Zootaxa 4790(1): 178-186. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.11 -- Show included taxa

Kaur, M., Das, S. K., Anoop, K. R. & Siliwal, M. (2014). Preliminary checklist of spiders of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan with first record of Ptocasius strupifer Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 9(1): 501-509. -- Show included taxa

Parmar, S. & Prajapati, D. A. (2023). New distribution records of two jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Gujarat, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(5): 23276-23278. doi: 10.11609/jott.8463.15.5.23276-23278 -- 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
2023-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Parmar & Prajapati, 2023
2020-06-10	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2020-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Basumatary et al., 2020a
2020-06-10	New species inserted	Basumatary et al., 2020a