Mogrus

Mogrus
	M. larisae
	M. mathisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Mogrus; Simon, 1882
Type species
	M. fulvovittatus; Simon, 1882
Species
	30, see text

Mogrus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1882.

Distribution

Mogrus are found in Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Species

female M. canescens
M. larisae
M. mathisi

As of April 2026^[update], this genus includes 30 species:

Mogrus albogularis Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Mogrus antoninus Andreeva, 1976 – Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China
Mogrus bonneti (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt to Yemen
Mogrus canescens (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Eastern Mediterranean
Mogrus cognatus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen, United Arab Emirates
Mogrus dalmasi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
Mogrus fabrei Simon, 1885 – India
Mogrus faizabadicus Andreeva, Kononenko & Prószyński, 1981 – Afghanistan
Mogrus flavescentemaculatus (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
Mogrus frontosus (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia), Sri Lanka (introduced?)
Mogrus fulvovittatus Simon, 1882 – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (type species)
Mogrus ignarus Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe
Mogrus incertus Denis, 1955 – Libya, Niger
Mogrus larisae Logunov, 1995 – Kazakhstan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan
Mogrus leucochelis Pavesi, 1897 – Somalia
Mogrus logunovi Prószyński, 2000 – Algeria, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen, United Arab Emirates
Mogrus macrocephalus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
Mogrus mathisi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Mogrus mirabilis Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq
Mogrus neglectus (Simon, 1868) – Algeria, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan
Mogrus praecinctus Simon, 1890 – Yemen
Mogrus pune Tripathi, Kulkarni & Kadam, 2026 – India
Mogrus rajasthanensis Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017 – India
Mogrus sahariensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Egypt, Niger
Mogrus semicanus Simon, 1910 – Namibia
Mogrus shuska Tripathi, Kulkarni & Kadam, 2026 – India
Mogrus sinaicus Prószyński, 2000 – Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Mogrus sivand Logunov, 2023 – Iran
Mogrus valerii Kononenko, 1981 – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Mogrus woodi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902) – Zimbabwe

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Mogrus Simon, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
↑ Simon, E. (1882), "II. Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional", Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso, dei signori G

External links

Citizen science observations for Mogrus at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Mogrus Simon, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.

[Simo1882-2] Simon, E. (1882), "II. Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional", Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso, dei signori G