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Genus: Thiratoscirtus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Thiratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036573

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Described:

Distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep.

External Resources*: Jumping Spides of the World Metzner (2025) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2016) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (21983) - (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Theratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903e: 112 (Dm) Original description

Thiratoscirtus torquatus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 762, f. 102-107, 131 (m, Df)

Thiratoscirtus torquatus Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026: 51, f. 45A-E, 46A-E (mf)

References

Simon, E. (1903e). Arachnides de la Guinée espagnole. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 1(3): 65-124. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Edwards, G. B. (2012). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Calabar area (SE Nigeria). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 733-772. doi: 10.3161/000345412X659786 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W., Russell-Smith, A. & Danflous, S. (2026). The jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the southwestern region of Central African Republic. Zootaxa 5743(1): 1-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5743.1.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2025). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2016). Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Part II. Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Version October 30th, 2016, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026
2026-01-12	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value