Saitis

Saitis
Saitis barbipes (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Saitis
Simon, 1876
Type species
Attus barbipes
Simon, 1868
Species

see text

Diversity
33 species

Saitis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The 30 recognized species are spread worldwide.

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Distribution

It is possible that the species from Australia belong to other genera, such as Lycidas.

Species

Only fourteen species have diagnostic drawings of any sort, and it is likely that at least some species should be transferred to other genera (Hall 2009).

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