Philaeus
male Philaeus chrysops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Philaeus
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
P. chrysops
(Poda, 1761)
Species

7, see text

Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.[1]

Species

As of August 2019 it contains seven species with a wide distribution. Most species are from the Mediterranean and West Africa, but single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Philaeus Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.


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