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Genus: Phaeacius Simon, 1900 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phaeacius lancearius (Thorell, 1895)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035350

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Described:

Distribution: India, Myanmar

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m - (Wanless, 1981b)
Paralectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 1m - (Wanless, 1981b)

Taxonomic References

Cocalus lancearius Thorell, 1895b: 357 (Dm) Original description

Phaeacius lancearius Wanless, 1981b: 205, f. 1, 2A-F, 5A, C-F (m)

Phaeacius lancearius Wanless, 1981c: 254, f. 1A-B (m)

Phaeacius lancearius Prószyński, 1984a: 99 (m)

Phaeacius lancearius Malamel, 2018: 115, f. 2E-F, 6G-I (m; figs titled Phaeacius wanlessi)

Phaeacius lancearius Caleb et al., 2025a: 91, f. 10A-F (m)

References

Caleb, J. T. D., Sudhin, P. P., Nisha, B. G., Maliye, C. C., Sanap, R. V., Kadam, G. & Sen, S. (2025a). Novel additions to the jumping spider subfamily Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 from India (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeini). European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 77-98. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2925 -- Show included taxa

Malamel, J. J. (2018). Species increments to the Indian Araneofauna (Arachnida, Araneae) from Pathiramanal Island. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 32: 112-116. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1981b). A revision of the spider genus Phaecius (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 41: 199-212. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1981c). A revision of the spider genus Cocalus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 41: 253-261. -- 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
2025-06-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb et al., 2025a
2018-07-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Malamel, 2018