Gelotia

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Gelotia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Spartaeinae Genus: Gelotia Thorell, 1890
Species
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Gelotia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus and Mintonia. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.

[edit] Species

• Gelotia argenteolimbata (Simon, 1900) (Singapore)
• Gelotia bimaculata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra, Borneo)
• Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra)
• Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 (Sri Lanka)
• Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984 (New Britain)
• Gelotia salax (Thorell, 1877) (Sulawesi)
• Gelotia syringopalpis Wanless, 1984 (China, Malaysia, Borneo)

[edit] External links

• Description and drawings
• Photographs of Gelotia sp