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Genus: Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Epidelaxia falciformis Asima, Caleb, Prasad & Joseph, 2025

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064121

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Distribution: India

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Holotype: Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom (KUDZ), India m (2024.III.25) - (Asima et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Epidelaxia falciformis Asima et al., 2025: 596, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

References

Asima, A., Caleb, J. T. D., Prasad, G. & Joseph, M. M. (2025). First record of Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in India, with descriptions of two new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5590(4): 595-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10 -- 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
2025-02-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Asima et al., 2025
2025-02-25	New species inserted	Asima et al., 2025