| Philaeus | |
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| male Philaeus chrysops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Philaeus Thorell, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Aranea chrysops Poda, 1761 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 13 species | |
Philaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.[1]
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Philaeus has a wide distribution, with most species coming from the Mediterranean and West Africa. Single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands.[2]