Pharacocerus

Pharacocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Genus: Pharacocerus
Simon, 1902
Type species
Pharacocerus sessor
Simon, 1902
Species

see text

Diversity
7 species

Pharacocerus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Most described species in this genus occur in West Africa, with two found in Madagascar. Two species that were described from southern China have been transferred to genus Evarcha.[1]

Pharacocerus is possibly close to Plexippus.[2]

Males are about four to six millimeters long.[2]

Species

  • Pharacocerus castaneiceps Simon, 1910Guinea-Bissau
  • Pharacocerus ebenauensis Strand, 1908Madagascar
  • Pharacocerus ephippiatus (Thorell, 1899)Cameroon
  • Pharacocerus fagei Berland & Millot, 1941Ivory Coast
    • Pharacocerus fagei soudanensis Berland & Millot, 1941Mali
    • Pharacocerus fagei verdieri Berland & Millot, 1941Guinea
  • Pharacocerus rubrocomatus Simon, 1910Congo basin
  • Pharacocerus sessor Simon, 1902 – Madagascar
  • Pharacocerus xanthopogon Simon, 1903Equatorial Guinea

Footnotes

  1. Platnick 2007
  2. 1 2 Murphy & Murphy 2000: 277

References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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