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Genus: Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Carrhotus tholpettyensis Sudhin, Nafin, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2021

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053649

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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: Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology (CATE), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India m (8711A) - (Sudhin et al., 2021)
Paratype: Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology (CATE), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India 1f (8711B) - (Sudhin et al., 2021)

Taxonomic References

Carrhotus viduus Prószyński, 2009b: 158, f. 19-23 (mf; misidentified per Sudhin et al., 2021: 552)

Carrhotus tholpettyensis Sudhin et al., 2021: 552, f. 1-17 (Dmf) Original description

References

Prószyński, J. (2009b). Redescriptions of 16 species of Oriental Salticidae (Araneae) described by F. Karsch, E. Keyserling and C.L. Koch, with remarks on some related species. Arthropoda Selecta 18: 153-168. -- Show included taxa

Sudhin, P. P., Nafin, K. S., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2021). A new spider species of the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 30(4): 551-556. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.30.4.11 -- 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
2021-12-17	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon	Sudhin et al., 2021	Old value
2021-12-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Sudhin et al., 2021
2021-12-17	New species inserted	Sudhin et al., 2021