''Aelurillus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Description

Species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' are typically about 7 mm long in females, and up to five mm in males. They are stout, squat-shaped and rather furry, with females often uniformly mottled sandy brown, while males are often black, sometimes with a pattern and with light, annulated legs.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 273

Habits

Spiders in this genus mainly catch and feed on ants ( myrmecophagy). A Southeast Asian species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' has been observed to jump around 30-40 times its body length straight onto the back of a large gnaphosid spider and kill it. They like hot, dry, stony places or small bare open areas with dead twigs or similar amongst low vegetation.

Distribution

Species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' occur in the Palaearctic and Africa, with a few species known from India (''A. improvisus'', ''A. minimontanus'') and Sri Lanka (''A. kronestedti'', ''A. quadrimaculatus''). ''Aelurillus subfestivus'' is found in Japan.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Aelurillus'': * '' Aelurillus aeruginosus'' (Simon, 1871) – Mediterranean * '' Aelurillus afghanus'' Azarkina, 2006 – Afghanistan * '' Aelurillus alboclypeus'' Azarkina & Komnenov, 2015 – Turkey * '' Aelurillus ambiguus'' (Denis, 1966) – Libya * ''

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'' Nenilin, 1984 – Central Asia * '' Aelurillus angularis'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Aelurillus ater'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia * '' Aelurillus balearus'' Azarkina, 2006 –

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* '' Aelurillus basseleti'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria, Tunisia * '' Aelurillus blandus'' (Simon, 1871) – Greece, Crete * '' Aelurillus bokerinus'' Prószynski, 2003 – Israel * '' Aelurillus bosmansi'' Azarkina, 2006 – Spain * '' Aelurillus brutus'' Wesołowska, 1996 – Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan * '' Aelurillus catherinae'' Prószynski, 2000 – Egypt * ''

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'' Azarkina, 2002 – Crete * '' Aelurillus cristatopalpus'' Simon, 1902 – South Africa * '' Aelurillus cypriotus'' Azarkina, 2006 – Cyprus * '' Aelurillus deltshevi'' Azarkina & Komnenov, 2015 – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan * '' Aelurillus desertus'' (Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010) – United Arab Emirates * '' Aelurillus dorthesi'' ( Audouin, 1826) – Egypt * '' Aelurillus dubatolovi'' Azarkina, 2003 – Central Asia * '' Aelurillus faragallai'' Prószynski, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, Yemen * '' Aelurillus galinae'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates * '' Aelurillus gershomi'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Aelurillus guecki'' Metzner, 1999 – Greece * '' Aelurillus helvenacius'' Logunov, 1993 – Mongolia * '' Aelurillus hirtipes'' Denis, 1960 – North Africa * '' Aelurillus improvisus'' Azarkina, 2002 – India * '' Aelurillus jerusalemicus'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Aelurillus khorasanicus'' Azarkina & Mirshamsi, 2014 – Iran * '' Aelurillus kochi'' Roewer, 1951 – Greece, Israel, Syria * '' Aelurillus kopetdaghi'' Wesołowska, 1996 – Turkmenistan * '' Aelurillus kronestedti'' Azarkina, 2004 – Sri Lanka * '' Aelurillus laniger'' Logunov & Marusik, 2000 – Macedonia, Kazakhstan * '' Aelurillus latebricola'' Spassky, 1941 – Tajikistan * '' Aelurillus leipoldae'' (Metzner, 1999) – Crete * '' Aelurillus logunovi'' Azarkina, 2004 – Afghanistan, Pakistan * '' Aelurillus lopadusae'' Cantarella, 1983 – Italy, Algeria * '' Aelurillus lucasi'' Roewer, 1951 – Canary Islands,

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* '' Aelurillus luctuosus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean to Turkmenistan * '' Aelurillus lutosus'' (Tyschchenko, 1965) – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan * '' Aelurillus marusiki'' Azarkina, 2002 – Iran * '' Aelurillus minimontanus'' Azarkina, 2002 – India * '' Aelurillus mirabilis'' Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia * '' Aelurillus m-nigrum'' Kulczynski, 1891 –

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* '' Aelurillus madagascariensis'' Azarkina, 2009 – Madagascar * '' Aelurillus marusiki'' Azarkina, 2002 – Iran * '' Aelurillus minimontanus'' Azarkina, 2002 – India * '' Aelurillus minutus'' Azarkina, 2002 – Syria, Eritrea * '' Aelurillus mirabilis Wesołowska, 2006'' Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia * '' Aelurillus monardi'' (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean * '' Aelurillus murphyorum'' Azarkina, 2022 – Kenya * '' Aelurillus nabataeus'' Prószynski, 2003 – Israel * '' Aelurillus nenilini'' Azarkina, 2002 – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan * '' Aelurillus numidicus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria * '' Aelurillus plumipes'' ( Thorell, 1875) – Algeria, Tunisia * '' Aelurillus politiventris'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece to Israel * '' Aelurillus quadrimaculatus'' Simon, 1889 – India, Sri Lanka * '' Aelurillus rugatus'' (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) – Tanzania * '' Aelurillus russellsmithi'' Azarkina, 2009 – Ivory Coast * '' Aelurillus schembrii'' Cantarella, 1982 – Sicily, Malta * '' Aelurillus simplex'' (Herman, 1879) – Hungary * '' Aelurillus spinicrus'' (Simon, 1871) – Morocco * '' Aelurillus steinmetzi'' Metzner, 1999 – Greece * '' Aelurillus subaffinis'' Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia * '' Aelurillus subfestivus'' Saito, 1934 – Japan * '' Aelurillus thailandicus'' Azarkina, 2019 – Thailand * '' Aelurillus tumidulus'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Aelurillus unitibialis'' Azarkina, 2002 – Iran * '' Aelurillus v-insignitus'' (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic ** ''Aelurillus v-insignitus morulus'' (Simon, 1937) – France ** ''Aelurillus v-insignitus obsoletus'' Kulczynski, 1891 – Eastern Europe * '' Aelurillus westi'' Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 – Iran

References

* Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur.

External links

(with drawings)
Redescription of Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947
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