Asaracus
| Asaracus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
|
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| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Asaracus is a genus of jumping spiders.
Species
- Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 — Brazil
- Asaracus pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
- Asaracus roeweri Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
- Asaracus rufociliatus (Simon, 1902) — Brazil, Guyana
- Asaracus semifimbriatus (Simon, 1902) — Brazil
- Asaracus venezuelicus (Caporiacco, 1955) — Venezuela
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Photographs of several Asaracus species from Brazil
- Awesome Spiders: Photograph of male Asaracus species from northeastern Costa Rica
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