Hyllus (spider)

Hyllus
Hyllus semicupreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Genus: Hyllus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Hyllus giganteus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

see text

Diversity
70 species

Hyllus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar, many in Australasia up to India. H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran; however, it is considered misplaced in this genus.[1]

Hyllus semicupreus hunting a grasshopper

Name

Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology.

Species

Footnotes

  1. Logunov 2001

References

Further reading

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