- Sassacus (genus)
Taxobox
name = "Sassacus"
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image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Dendryphantinae
tribus =Dendryphantini
genus = "Sassacus"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1895
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Sassacus
diversity = 20 species
type_species = "Sassacus papenhoei "
type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1895
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Sassacus" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders).Name
The genus is probably named after
Sassacus , a Native American chief of the 16th century.pecies
* "
Sassacus alboguttatus " (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) —Mexico
* "Sassacus arcuatus " Simon, 1901 —Brazil
* "Sassacus arcuatus " Simon, 1901 — Brazil
* "Sassacus aurantiacus " Simon, 1901 — Brazil
* "Sassacus aztecus " Richman, 2008 — Mexico
* "Sassacus barbipes " (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) —USA toCosta Rica
* "Sassacus biaccentuatus " Simon, 1901 —Paraguay
* "Sassacus cyaneus " (Hentz, 1846) — USA
* "Sassacus dissimilis " Mello-Leitão, 1941 —Argentina
* "Sassacus flavicinctus " Crane, 1949 —Venezuela
* "Sassacus glyphochelis " Bauab, 1979 — Brazil
* "Sassacus helenicus " (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Brazil
* "Sassacus lirios " Richman, 2008 — Mexico to Costa Rica
* "Sassacus ocellatus " Crane, 1949 — Venezuela
* "Sassacus paiutus " (Gertsch, 1934) — USA
* "Sassacus papenhoei " Peckham & Peckham, 1895 — USA
* "Sassacus resplendens " Simon, 1901 — Venezuela
* "Sassacus samalayucae " Richman, 2008 — Mexico
* "Sassacus sexspinosus " (Caporiacco, 1955) — Venezuela
* "Sassacus trochilus " Simon, 1901 — Brazil
* "Sassacus vitis " (Cockerell, 1894) — USA, MexicoReferences
* (2008): Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America. "Journal of Arachnology" 36(1): 26-48. doi|10.1636/H07-03.1 [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA/JoA_v36_n1/arac-36-1-26.pdf Full Article]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 9.0. "American Museum of Natural History".External links
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/sassacus/papen-gb.htm Pictures of "P. papenhoei"]
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