Charippus

Charippus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Charippus
Thorell, 1895
Species: C. errans
Binomial name
Charippus errans
Thorell, 1895
Diversity
1 species

Charippus is a genus of spiders in the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, C. errans, is endemic to Burma.

The species was described from a single male in 1895. Thorell put it close to Euophrys. A redescription of this male, together with drawings of pedipalp, chelicerae and habitus, was provided by Fred Wanless in 1988.[1]

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek Χάριππος, (literally, "graceful rider"), according to Thorell taken from Persian mythology.

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271

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