''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian

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that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist

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Species

it contains seven species, found only in Asia: *'' Colyttus bilineatus'' Thorell, 1891 (

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) – Indonesia (

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, Moluccas) *'' Colyttus kerinci'' ( Prószyński &

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Colyttus lehtineni ''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finland, Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen. Species it contains seven species, found o ...

'' Zabka, 1985 –

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Colyttus nigriceps ''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen. Species it contains seven species, found only in Asia: *'' Co ...

'' ( Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''

Colyttus proszynskii ''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen. Species it contains seven species, found only in Asia: *'' Co ...

'' Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2018 – India *''

Colyttus robustus ''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen. Species it contains seven species, found only in Asia: *'' Co ...

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, 2012 – Malaysia *''

Colyttus striatus ''Colyttus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. ''C. lehtinen'' is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen. Species it contains seven species, found only in Asia: *'' Co ...

'' (Simon, 1902) – Borneo

References

Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Jumping-spider-stub