Zeuxippus

Zeuxippus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zeuxippus
Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
Zeuxippus histrio
Thorell, 1891[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
4 species

Zeuxippus is a genus of spiders in the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).[1]

Description

Spiders in this genus look similar to those of Rhene. However, the abdomen is longish oval, more slender than that of Rhene. The first pair of legs is thicker than the others.[2]

Species

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-03
  2. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society, ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8


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