Saratus

Saratus is a genus of Australian jumping spiders containing the single species, Saratus hesperus. It was first described by J. C. Otto & D. E. Hill in 2017,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] It is placed in the tribe Euophryini of the subfamily Salticinae.[2]

Saratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Tribe: Euophryini
Genus: Saratus
Otto & Hill, 2017[1]
Species:
S. hesperus
Binomial name
Saratus hesperus
Otto & Hill, 2017

References

  1. "Gen. Saratus Otto & Hill, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. Otto, J. C.; Hill, D. E. (2017). "Five new peacock spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878 and Saratus, new genus)". Peckhamia. 147.1: 1–86.


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