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Genus: Pochyta Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pochyta aurantiaca Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053466

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Described:

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Distribution: Gabon

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

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Holotype: Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM), Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia (UBC–SEM), Vancouver, Canada m - (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021)
Paratype: Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM), Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia (UBC–SEM), Vancouver, Canada 5m 6f - (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m 1f - (Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Pochyta aurantiaca Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021: 4, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

References

Wesołowska, W. & Szűts, T. (2021). A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina). Zootaxa 5052(1): 1-41. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1 -- 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	Old value	Comment
2021-10-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021
2021-10-13	New species inserted	Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021