Spartaeus

Spartaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Spartaeus
Thorell, 1891
Type species
Boethus spinimanus
Thorell, 1878
Species

see text

Diversity
14 species

Spartaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Fourteen accepted species are included in to the genus.[1]

The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.

The members of the genus build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, these spiders wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[2]

Species

  • Spartaeus abramovi Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Spartaeus bani (Ikeda, 1995) — Japan
  • Spartaeus banthamus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Laos
  • Spartaeus ellipticus Bao & Peng, 2002 — Taiwan
  • Spartaeus emeishan Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 — China
  • Spartaeus jaegeri Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Laos
  • Spartaeus jianfengensis Song & Chai, 1991 — China
  • Spartaeus noctivagus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Laos
  • Spartaeus platnicki Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 — China
  • Spartaeus spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) — Sri Lanka to Borneo, Sumbawa
  • Spartaeus thailandicus Wanless, 1984 — China, Thailand
  • Spartaeus uplandicus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Spartaeus wildtrackii Wanless, 1987 — Malaysia
  • Spartaeus zhangi Peng & Li, 2002 — China, Laos

References

  1. ↑ "Gen. Spartaeus Thorell, 1891". World Spoider Catalog. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Web building and predatory behaviour of Spartaeus spinimanus and Spartaeus thailandicus, primitive jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from South-East Asia". Research Gate. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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