Philaeus
For other uses, see Philaeus (disambiguation).
| Philaeus | |
|---|---|
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| male Philaeus chrysops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Philaeus Thorell, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Aranea chrysops Poda, 1761 | |
| Species | |
|
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| Diversity | |
| 13 species | |
Philaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.[1]
Distribution
Philaeus has a wide distribution, with most species coming from the Mediterranean and West Africa. Single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands.[2]
Species
- Philaeus albovariegatus (Simon, 1871) — Spain, Sicily
- Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) — Palearctic
- Philaeus corrugatulus Strand, 1917 — Algeria
- Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 — China
- Philaeus fallax (Lucas, 1846) — Algeria
- Philaeus jugatus (L. Koch, 1856) — Spain
- Philaeus pacificus Banks, 1902 — Galapagos Islands
- Philaeus raribarbis Denis, 1955 — Morocco
- Philaeus ruber Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — Guatemala
- Philaeus stellatus Franganillo, 1910 — Portugal
- Philaeus steudeli Strand, 1906 — West Africa
- Philaeus superciliosus Bertkau, 1883 — Germany (introduced)
- Philaeus varicus (Simon, 1868) — Spain to Russia
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.
External links
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