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Genus: Balmaceda G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Balmaceda minor (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034475

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador

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

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Taxonomic References

Marpissa minor F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 250, pl. 22, f. 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Marpissa minor Kraus, 1955b: 77, f. 221-222 (m, removed from S of Marpissa californica [now Platycryptus californicus], S of M. melanura [revalidated by Edwards, 2006: 210], both rejecting Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 482)

Balmaceda minor Edwards & Baert, 2018: 18, f. 11A-F (mf, T from Marpissa)

References

Edwards, G. B. & Baert, L. (2018). New species, combinations, and records of jumping spiders in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 67: 1-27. -- Show included taxa

Kraus, O. (1955b). Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 493: 1-112. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2, pp. 193-312, pl. 15-30. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- 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
2018-05-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Edwards & Baert, 2018
2018-05-29	Species transferred to new genus	Edwards & Baert, 2018		Species transferred from Marpissa to Balmaceda