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Genus: Canama Simon, 1903 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Canama dilanians (Thorell, 1881)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032430

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Described:

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Distribution: Indonesia (Aru Is.)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

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Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy Plexippus dilanians Thorell, 1881 - (Prószyński, 1971e)
Syntype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Dudasia fissidentata Strand, 1911, 2f (2457) -

Taxonomic References

Plexippus dilanians Thorell, 1881: 548 (Dmf) Original description

Dudasia fissidentata Strand, 1911d: 190, pl. 4, f. 18, pl. 6, f. 87 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055587]

Bathippus dilanians Prószyński, 1984a: 6-8 (mf, S of Dudasia fissidentata)

Canama dilanians Takács-Vágó et al., 2026: 251 (T from Bathippus)

References

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1911d). Araneae von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 127-199. -- Show included taxa

Takács-Vágó, H., Mayer, Á. S., Szabó, K., Kovács, T. & Szűts, T. (2026). First chance to see: New jumping-spider species from Batanta, Indonesia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini). ZooKeys 1293: 241-263. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.190325 ZooBank: A19252CA-4DAF-440D-B1F1-A0428CC69316 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- 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.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Takács-Vágó et al., 2026
2026-10-07	Species transferred to new genus	Takács-Vágó et al., 2026		Species transferred from Bathippus Thorell, 1892 to Canama Simon, 1903