Philaeus

Taxobox
name = "Philaeus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Plexippinae
tribus = Hyllini
genus = "Philaeus"
genus_authority = Thorell, 1869
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Philaeus
diversity = 13 species
type_species = "Aranea chrysops"
type_species_authority = Poda, 1761
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"Philaeus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

"Philaeus maoniuensis" was moved to genus "Yllenus" in 2003 [Platnick 2007] .

Distribution

"Philaeus" has a wide distribution, with most species coming from the Mediterranian and West Africa. Single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands. [Murphy & Murphy 2000: 279]

pecies

* "Philaeus albovariegatus" (Simon, 1871) — Spain, Sicily
* "Philaeus chrysops" (Poda, 1761) — Palearctic
* "Philaeus corrugatulus" Strand, 1917 — Algeria
* "Philaeus daoxianensis" Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 — China
* "Philaeus fallax" (Lucas, 1846) — Algeria
* "Philaeus jugatus" (L. Koch, 1856) — Spain
* "Philaeus pacificus" Banks, 1902 — Galapagos Islands
* "Philaeus raribarbis" Denis, 1955 — Morocco
* "Philaeus ruber" Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — Guatemala
* "Philaeus stellatus" Franganillo, 1910 — Portugal
* "Philaeus steudeli" Strand, 1906 — West Africa
* "Philaeus superciliosus" Bertkau, 1883 — Germany (introduced)
* "Philaeus varicus" (Simon, 1868) — Spain to Russia

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".

External links

* [http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/philaeus/chry-hol-ph.htm Photograph of "P. chrysops"]