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Genus: Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049580

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)

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

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Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 3f (A0003591) - (Trębicki et al., 2021)

Taxonomic References

Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882: 1383, pl. 117, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Cytaea alburna Prószyński, 1984a: 30 (mf)

Cytaea alburna Davies & Żabka, 1989: 220, pl. 30 (mf)

Cytaea alburna Prószyński, 2017b: 74, f. 34P, 39C (mf, removed from S of Cytaea severa, rejecting Żabka, 1991c: 25, see Cytaea aspera)

Cytaea alburna Trębicki et al., 2021: 940, f. 3A-I, 4A-K, 5A-G (mf)

References

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 29-30]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1325-1420, pl. 113-120. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- 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

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Trębicki, Ł., Patoleta, B. M., Dabert, M. & Żabka, M. (2021). Redescription of type species of the genus Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae) – an integrative approach. The European Zoological Journal 88(1): 933-947. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1961029 -- 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
2021-10-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Trębicki et al., 2021
2021-10-02	Species distribution update	Trębicki et al., 2021	Old value
2017-09-11	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2017-09-11	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2017-09-11	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2017-09-11	Species updated	Prószyński, 2017b	Old value	Removed synonymy
2017-09-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b