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Genus: Kima G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Kima variabilis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034238

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m (174) - (Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001)

Taxonomic References

Kima variabilis Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 253, pl. 29, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Kima variabilis Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001: 227, f. 39-44 (m)

Kima variabilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026: 6, f. 1-8 (m)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Van der Walt, V., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Uys, W. (2026). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 4 (K-Mogrus). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 70 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20542599 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1903). New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 14(1): 173-278, pl. 19-29. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Szeremeta, M. (2001). A revision of the ant-like salticid genera Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931, Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Salticidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32(2): 217-240. doi: 10.1163/187631201X00173 -- 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
2026-06-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026
2026-06-05	Type repository inserted	Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001