Mantius (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Mantius"

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image_caption = female "M. russatus"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Hasariinae
tribus = Hasariini
genus = "Mantius"
genus_authority = Thorell, 1891
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Mantius
diversity = 5 species
type_species = "Mantius russatus"
type_species_authority = Thorell, 1891
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

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

There is no recent information on any of the five described species from south east Asia. The genus is said to be close to "Ptocasius".Murphy & Murphy 2000: 285]

Description

Females are 5 to 8 mm long, males 6 to 10 mm. The cephalothorax is often dark reddish-brown. The abdomen is yellowish-brown with whitish hairs and plump oval. The legs are yellowish-brown except for the front pair, which is reddish brown.

Name

Mantius was the son of Melampus and Lysippe in Greek mythology.

pecies

* "Mantius armipotens" Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
* "Mantius difficilis" Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
* "Mantius frontosus" (Simon, 1899) — Java
* "Mantius ravidus" (Simon, 1899) — Sumatra
* "Mantius russatus" Thorell, 1891 — Malaysia

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".