Zeuxippus
This article is about the spider genus. For the great Roman baths in Constantinople, see Baths of Zeuxippus.
For other uses, see Zeuxippus (disambiguation).
| Zeuxippus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 4 species | |
Zeuxippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Spiders in this genus look similar to those of Rhene.[1]
Description
The abdomen is longish oval, more slender than that of Rhene. The first pair of legs is thicker than the others.[1]
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
Footnotes
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.