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

Evarcha squamulata (Simon, 1902)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035705

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Described:

Distribution: Sierra Leone

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (20151) - (Szűts, 2007)

Taxonomic References

Polemus squamulatus Simon, 1902d: 44 (Dm) Original description

Evarcha squamulata Szűts, 2007: 92, f. 31-33 (m, T from Polemus)

Evarcha [?] squamulata Prószyński, 2018b: 155, f. 15P (m)

References

Prószyński, J. (2018b). Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 130-179. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.12 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1902d). Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 24-56, 363-406. -- Show included taxa

Szűts, T. (2007). Illustrations and redescriptions of Simon's little known salticid taxa from West-Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest 36: 85-95. -- 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
2018-04-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2018b