Saitissus

Saitissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Saitissus
Species: S. squamosus
Binomial name
Saitissus squamosus
Roewer, 1938[1]

Saitissus is a genus of jumping spiders only found on New Guinea. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Saitissus squamosus.[1] The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".

References

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-20.

Further reading

Roewer, C.F. (1938). Araneae. In Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Leopold de Belgique. Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. 3(19): 1-94.

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