Philaeus

For other uses, see Philaeus (disambiguation).
Philaeus
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
Species

see text

Diversity
13 species

Philaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.[1]

Distribution

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]

Species

Footnotes

  1. Platnick 2007
  2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 279

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