Pharacocerus
| Pharacocerus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Pharacocerus Simon, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Pharacocerus sessor Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
Pharacocerus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Most described species in this genus occur in West Africa, with two found in Madagascar. Two species that were described from southern China have been transferred to genus Evarcha.[1]
Pharacocerus is possibly close to Plexippus.[2]
Males are about four to six millimeters long.[2]
Species
- Pharacocerus castaneiceps Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
- Pharacocerus ebenauensis Strand, 1908 — Madagascar
- Pharacocerus ephippiatus (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon
- Pharacocerus fagei Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
- Pharacocerus rubrocomatus Simon, 1910 — Congo basin
- Pharacocerus sessor Simon, 1902 — Madagascar
- Pharacocerus xanthopogon Simon, 1903 — Equatorial Guinea
Footnotes
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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