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

Gedea sinensis Song & Chai, 1991

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033516

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Described:

Distribution: China

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m - (Song & Chai, 1991)

Taxonomic References

Gedea sinensis Song & Chai, 1991: 17, f. 6A-D (Dm) Original description

Gedea sinensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 511, f. 297J-K (m)

Gedea sinensis Peng, 2020: 148, f. 95a-b (m)

References

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Chai, J. Y. (1991). New species and new records of the family Salticidae from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Araneae). In: Qian, Y. W. et al. (ed.) Animal Science Research. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 13-30. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- 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
2020-07-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Peng, 2020