Saitis insectus

Saitis insectus is a species of spider in the genus Saitis and the family, Salticidae.[1] It is found in central Australia.[1]

Saitis insectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Saitis
Species:
S. insectus
Binomial name
Saitis insectus
Synonyms

Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896

Taxonomy

Saitis insectus was first described in 1896 by Henry Roughton Hogg as Prostheclina insecta[1][2] It was transferred to the genus,Saitis in 1911 by William Joseph Rainbow (as Saitis insecta).[1][3][4] Hogg' describes a female spider,[2] (K946) collected from Rudall's Creek in the Northern Territory in 1894.[5]

References
  1. "Saitis insectus Hogg, 1896". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. Hogg, H.R. (1896). "Araneidae". In Spencer, B. (ed.). Report of the Horn expedition to central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau and Co., London & Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne. pp. 309–356, 354.
  3. "Saitis insectus". Jumping spiders pf the world.
  4. Rainbow, W.J. (1911). "A census of Australian Araneidae". Records of the Australian Museum. 9 (2): 107–319, 286. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928.
  5. "Occurrence Detail 478302517: Saitis insectus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.


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