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Genus: Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033274

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Described:

Distribution: Mediterranean

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

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Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy Attus gambosus Simon, 1868 - (Prószyński, 1971e)

Taxonomic References

Attus gambosus Simon, 1868b: 593, pl. 6, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Euophrys gambosa Simon, 1876a: 181

Euophrys gambosa Metzner, 1999: 49, f. 14a-g (mf)

Euophrys gambosa Prószyński, 2003: 49, f. 163-170, 174-176, 182-183, 188-189, 194-195 (mf)

Euophrys gambosa Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 37, f. 4C, 11H-L, 22A,D (mf)

Euophrys gambosa Marusik, 2019: 566, f. 4-5, 12 (m habitus)

Euophrys gambosa Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 142, f. 88B-H (m)

References

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. (2019). A new species of Euophrys (Aranei: Salticidae) from Israel. Arthropoda Selecta 28(4): 562-566. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.28.4.09 -- Show included taxa

Metzner, H. (1999). Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J., Lissner, J. & Schäfer, M. (2018). Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol. Ecologica Montenegrina 18: 26-74. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2019-12-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik, 2019
2018-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018