Brettus
Brettus is a genus of jumping spiders. Its six described species are found in southern Asia from India to China and Sulawesi, with a single species endemic to Madagascar.
| Brettus | |
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| Brettus sp. in Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Brettus Thorell, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
Two species in this genus, B. celebensis and B. madagascarensis, were originally described as members of the genus Macopaeus.[1]
According to Thorell, the genus name is taken from Greek mythology. Brettos (Βρεττος) was a son of Heracles[2] (appears at Stephanus of Byzantium).
Species
- Brettus adonis Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka
- Brettus albolimbatus Simon, 1900 — India, China - found to be female of B. cingulatus in 2017
- Brettus anchorum Wanless, 1979 — India, Nepal
- Brettus celebensis (Merian, 1911) — Sulawesi
- Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895 — India, Myanmar
- Brettus madagascarensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) — Madagascar
- Brettus storki Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Borneo
Footnotes
- World Spider Catalog
- Greek Mythology Index: Brettus
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Further reading
- Tamerlan Thorell 1895: Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma
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