Platycryptus

Platycryptus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by D. E. Hill in 1979.[2]

Platycryptus
Platycryptus undatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Platycryptus
Hill, 1979[1]
Type species
P. undatus
(De Geer, 1778)
Species

4, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in North America, Central America, and Brazil:[1]

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Platycryptus Hill, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. Hill, D. E. (1979). "The scales of salticid spiders". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 65 (3): 193–218. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01091.x.


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