World Spider Catalog

Genus: Kelawakaju Maddison & Ruiz, 2022 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Kelawakaju leucomelas Maddison & Ng, 2022

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056458

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Described:

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Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula), Singapore

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

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Holotype: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore m - (Maddison et al., 2022)
Paratype: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore 1m 2f - (Maddison et al., 2022)

Taxonomic References

Kelawakaju leucomelas Maddison & Ng, in Maddison et al., 2022: 96, f. 14, 55-63, 79-81 (Dmf) Original description

References

Maddison, W. P., Ruiz, G. R. S., Ng, P. Y. C., Vishnudas, E. H. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2022). Kelawakaju gen. nov., a new Asian lineage of marpissine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Marpissina). ZooKeys 1130: 79-102. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1130.87730 -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-11-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Maddison et al., 2022
2022-11-18	New species inserted	Maddison et al., 2022