Saitis

Saitis is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.[2] The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as Maratus.

Saitis
Saitis barbipes (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Saitis
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
S. barbipes
(Simon, 1868)
Species

32, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:[1]

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Saitis Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris.

Further reading

  • Hill, David Edwin (2009). "Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneaee: Salticidia: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitis)". Peckhamia. 74 (1): 1–27.


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