Taxon details

Family: Salticidae / Genus: Semiopyla

Semiopyla cataphracta Simon, 1901

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-22
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036113]
  • Distribution: Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina
Type deposit provide information
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m (Galiano, 1963a)
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f of Semiopyla biimpressa (Galiano, 1963a)
Taxonomic references
Semiopyla cataphracta Simon, 1901a: 577, f. 692-694 (Dm).
Semiopyla biimpressa Simon, 1901a: 575 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064896].
Semiopyla biimpressa Galiano, 1963a: 442, pl. 34, f. 6 (f).
Semiopyla cataphracta Galiano, 1963a: 443, pl. 34, f. 8-12 (m).
Semiopyla cataphracta Cutler, 1971b: 144, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Semiopyla biimpressa).
Semiopyla cataphracta Galiano, 1985b: 282, f. 1-5, 20 (mf).
Semiopyla cataphracta Prószyński, 2017b: 69, f. 32C (mf).
Semiopyla cataphracta Suarez-Martinez et al., 2025: 66, f. 2A-F, 3A-C, 4A-B, 5A-G (mf).
References

Cutler, B. (1971b). The spider genus Semiopyla (Araneae: Salticidae). Entomological News 82: 141-146. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1963a). Las especies americanas de arañas de la familia Salticidae descriptas por Eugène Simon. Redescripciones basadas en los ejemplares típicos. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23(68): 273-470. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1985b). Two new species of Semiopyla with notes on S. cataphracta (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 92(2): 281-290. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.81616 download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. [last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Suarez-Martinez, L. A., Gallego-Lengua, K. S., Hoyos-Figueroa, L. F., Quirós-Rodríguez, J. A. & Bedoya-Róqueme, E. (2025). First record of the genus Semiopyla Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae: Sitticini) from Colombia. Intropica 19(1, 2024): 63-71. doi:10.21676/23897864.5486 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Metzner, H. (2019). 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. download pdf

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-04-22 New taxonomic reference entry Suarez-Martinez et al., 2025 n/a
2017-09-21 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2017b n/a