Selimus

Selimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Selimus
Species: S. venustus
Binomial name
Selimus venustus

Selimus is a genus of jumping spiders found in Brazil. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Selimus venustus.[1] The species name is derived from Latin venustus "charming".

Saaristo (2006) erroneously erected a genus of the same name in the family Theridiidae for the species Anelosimus placens, described by Blackwall in 1877 as Theridion placens, and moved to Anelosimus by Saaristo (1978). If this new genus is valid it will have to be renamed.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. World Spider Catalog 8.5

References


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