Salpesia Explained

Salpesia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, four that occur in Australia and one species found on the Seychelles.^[2]

• Salpesia bicolor (Keyserling, 1883) – Australia (Queensland)
• Salpesia bimaculata (Keyserling, 1883) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Salpesia soricina Simon, 1901 (type) – Seychelles
• Salpesia squalida (Keyserling, 1883) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Salpesia villosa (Keyserling, 1883) – Australia

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1901. Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. L. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 66–76. 70. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Salpesia Simon, 1901. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.