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Genus: Langona Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Langona hirsuta Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044048

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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

Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (2009/3593) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 45m 5f 2j (2009/3595, 3600, 3645-3646, 3650) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: National Museum, Bloemfontein (NMBA), South Africa 1m 1f (14106) - (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011)
Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1m (22634) - (Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m (230339) - (Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Langona hirsuta Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011: 79, f. 64-65, 76-84 (Dmf) Original description

Langona hirsuta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2026: 16, p. 13: f. 1-2, p. 16: f. 1-11 (mf)

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

Haddad, C. R. & Wesołowska, W. (2011). New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from central South Africa. African Invertebrates 52(1): 51-134. doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105 -- 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