Homalattus punctatus

Spotted Homalattus Jumping Spider
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Homalattus
Species:	H. punctatus
Binomial name
	Homalattus punctatus; Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Last updated October 16, 2025

Homalattus punctatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.^[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the spotted Homalattus jumping spider.^[3]

Distribution

Homalattus punctatus has only been sampled from Durban, Kloof, and Umhlanga Rocks in the South African KwaZulu-Natal Province.^[3]

Habitat and ecology

This species is a free-living plant-dweller sampled from the Savanna and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt biomes at altitudes ranging from 17 to 496 m.^[3]

Description

Conservation

Homalattus punctatus is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. This species is undersampled and more sampling is needed to complete an assessment. Additional sampling is needed to collect the male and determine the species' range.^[3]

Taxonomy

Homalattus punctatus was described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903 from Durban.^[1]

1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.
↑ "Homalattus punctatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-08.
1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 52. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

External links

Citizen science observations for Homalattus punctatus at iNaturalist

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[peckham1903-1] 1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.

[wsc-2] "Homalattus punctatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-08.

[dippenaar2025-3] 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 52. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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