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Genus: Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Langelurillus nigritus (Berland & Millot, 1941)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033572

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria

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 - (Berland & Millot, 1941)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Habrocestum diversipes - (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002)

Taxonomic References

Habrocestum nigritum Berland & Millot, 1941: 303, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Habrocestum diversipes Berland & Millot, 1941: 301, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033558]

Langelurillus nigritus Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002: 298, f. 12A-H, 13A-F (mf, T from Habrocestum, S of Habrocestum diversipes)

Langelurillus nigritus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 50, f. 31A-E (mf)

Langelurillus nigritus Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 845, f. 33A-F (f)

References

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. -- Show included taxa

Rollard, C. & Wesołowska, W. (2002). Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema 24: 283-307. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2022). Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 841: 1-143. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Henrard, A. (2025). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 75(3): 811-912. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.010 -- 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
2026-01-10	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2025-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025
2025-06-29	Species distribution update	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025	Old value
2022-10-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022