Dendryphantinae

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Dendryphantinae
female Phidippus johnsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Diversity
5 tribes, 54 genera
Genera

See text.

The Dendryphantinae are a subfamily of jumping spiders that occur mainly in the New World. The females generally show paired spots on the abdomen, and the males often have enlarged chelicerae.[1]

[edit] Systematics

The inclusion of genera, and the categorization into tribes follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

  • Dendryphantini
  • Donaldius Chickering, 1946 — Panama (1 species)
  • Rhenini
  • Agassa Simon, 1901 — Mexico, USA (1 species)
  • Alcmena C. L. Koch, 1846 — South America to Mexico (5 species)
  • Homalattus White, 1841 — South Africa, Sierra Leone (6 species)
  • Napoca Simon, 1901Israel (1 species)
  • Rhene Thorell, 1869 — Asia, Africa, South America (47 species)
  • Romitia Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana (1 species)
  • Tacuna Peckham & Peckham, 1901 — Brazil, Argentina (4 species)
  • Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891 — Asia (4 species)
  • Rudrini
  • Mabellina Chickering, 1946 — Panama (1 species)
  • Nagaina Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — South America to Mexico (6 species)
  • Poultonella Peckham & Peckham, 1909 — USA (2 species)
  • Pseudomaevia Rainbow, 1920Polynesia (2 species)
  • Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — South America to Guatemala (10 species)
  • Zygoballini
  • Messua Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Central America (11 species)
  • Rhetenor Simon, 1902 — USA, Brazil (2 species)
  • Zygoballus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — Americas, India (21 species)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tree of Life Web: Dendryphantinae

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