Philaeus
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Philaeus is a genus from the jumping spider family(Salticidae). After the species Philaeus maoniuensis was assigned tothe genus Yllenus in 2003, the genus still includes 13 species today.
distribution
Species of the genus Philaeus are particularly widespread in the Mediterranean and West Africa. Jumping spiders are also found occasionally in Guatemala and on the Galápagos Islands . Its most famous representative is the golden-eyed jumping spider , which is spread over large parts of the southern Palearctic . It occurs in Central Europe (up to some Polish areas).
species
- Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) - Palearctic
- Philaeus corrugatulus beach , 1917 - Algeria
- Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 - China
- Philaeus fallax ( Lucas , 1846) - Algeria
- Philaeus raribarbis Denis, 1955 - Morocco
- Philaeus ruber Peckham & Peckham , 1885 - Guatemala
- Philaeus Steudeli Beach, 1906 - West Africa
literature
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia . Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Web links
Commons : Phylaeus - collection of images, videos and audio files
Philaeus in the World Spider Catalog