Saitissus

Taxobox
name = "Saitissus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Saitini
genus = "Saitissus"
genus_authority = Roewer, 1938
species = "S. squamosus"
binomial = "Saitissus squamosus"
binomial_authority = Roewer, 1938
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"Saitissus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, "S. squamosus", has only been found on New Guinea.

Name

The genus name is derived from the similar genus "Saitis". The species name is Latin for "scaly".

Further reading

Roewer, C.F. (1938). Araneae. In "Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Leopold de Belgique". "Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg." 3(19): 1-94.