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Genus: Lictor Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Lictor perspicuus (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046091

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, DR Congo

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (138474) - (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2m (126530, 132821) - (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 1f - (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a)

Taxonomic References

Thiratoscirtus perspicuus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013a: 256, f. 14-27 (Dmf) Original description

Lictor perspicuus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023: 380 (T from Thiratoscirtus)

References

Wesołowska, W. & Wiśniewski, K. (2023). A contribution to thiratoscirtines from Central Africa with description of new genera and species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 73(3): 375-387. doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2023.73.3.002 -- Show included taxa

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesołowska, W. (2013a). New Thiratoscirtus species from equatorial Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 24: 251-260. -- 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
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2023-10-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023
2023-10-03	Species transferred to new genus	Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023		Species transferred from Thiratoscirtus to Lictor