Sassacus (spider)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Sassacus
Peckham & Peckham, 1895
Species

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

[edit] Etymology

Probably after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th century.

[edit] Species

  • Sassacus alboguttatus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
  • Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 (Brazil)
  • Sassacus aurantiacus Simon, 1901 (Brazil)
  • Sassacus barbipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) (USA to Costa Rica)
  • Sassacus biaccentuatus Simon, 1901 (Paraguay)
  • Sassacus dissimilis Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Argentina)
  • Sassacus flavicinctus Crane, 1949 (Venezuela)
  • Sassacus glyphochelis Bauab, 1979 (Brazil)
  • Sassacus helenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1943) (Brazil)
  • Sassacus ocellatus Crane, 1949 (Venezuela)
  • Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934) (USA)
  • Sassacus papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (USA)
  • Sassacus resplendens Simon, 1901 (Venezuela)
  • Sassacus sexspinosus (Caporiacco, 1955) (Venezuela)
  • Sassacus trochilus Simon, 1901 (Brazil)
  • Sassacus vanduzeei Chamberlin, 1924 (Mexico)
  • Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894) (USA, Mexico)

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