Ascyltus
For the character in the Satyricon, see Satyricon#Principal characters.
| Ascyltus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Ascyltus Karsch, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Hyllus pterygodes L. Koch, 1865 | |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 9 species | |
Ascyltus is a genus of jumping spiders. The nine described species occur on islands in the Pacific Ocean, including Queensland.
Species
- Ascyltus audax (Rainbow, 1897) (Funafuti)
- Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878 (Queensland, Fiji)
- Ascyltus ferox (Rainbow, 1897) (Funafuti)
- Ascyltus lautus (Keyserling, 1881) (New Guinea, Samoa)
- Ascyltus minahassae Merian, 1911 (Sulawesi)
- Ascyltus opulentus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Tonga)
- Ascyltus pterygodes (L. Koch, 1865) (Pacific Is.)
- Ascyltus rhizophora Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 (Fiji)
- Ascyltus similis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 (Fiji, Samoa)
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