Zeuxippus
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This article is about the spider genus. For the great Roman baths in Constantinople, see Baths of Zeuxippus.
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Zeuxippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Spiders in this genus looks similar to those of Rhene[1].
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[edit] Description
The abdomen is longish oval, more slender than that of Rhene. The first pair of legs is thicker than the others.[1]
[edit] Species
- Zeuxippus atellanus Thorell, 1895 — Burma
- Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 — India
- Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895 — Bangladesh, Burma, China, Vietnam
- Zeuxippus yunnanensis Peng & Xie, 1995 — China
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
