Plexippus (spider)

Plexippus
Plexippus setipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Genus: Plexippus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Attus paykullii
Audouin, 1826
Species

see text

Diversity
35 species

Plexippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), described by Audouin in 1826.

Name

In Greek mythology, Plexippus participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.

Species

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