Ascyltus

Ascyltus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Ascyltus
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
Hyllus pterygodes
Diversity[1]
9 species

Ascyltus is a genus of jumping spiders. The nine described species occur on islands in the Pacific Ocean and Queensland, Australia.[1]

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Ascyltus audax (Rainbow, 1897) – Funafuti
  • Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878 – Queensland, Fiji
  • Ascyltus ferox (Rainbow, 1897) – Funafuti
  • Ascyltus lautus (Keyserling, 1881) – New Guinea, Samoa
  • Ascyltus minahassae Merian, 1911 – Sulawesi
  • Ascyltus opulentus (Walckenaer, 1837) – Tonga
  • Ascyltus pterygodes (L. Koch, 1865) (type species) – Pacific Is.
  • Ascyltus rhizophora Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Fiji
  • Ascyltus similis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Fiji, Samoa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Ascyltus Karsch, 1878", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-10


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