Damoetas

Damoetas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Damoetas
Species: D. nitidus
Binomial name
Damoetas nitidus
Peckham & Peckham, 1886[1]

Damoetas is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Damoetas nitidus.[1] It was first described in 1886 by Peckham & Peckham. Two species species that were once in this family, Damoetas christae and Damoetas galianoae have since been moved to Myrmavola.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  2. Prószyński, J. (2001). Remarks on jumping spiders of the genus Damoetas related to Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae) with description of two new species. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 51: 517-522.
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