''Saitis insectus'' is a species of spider in the genus ''

Saitis ''Saitis'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as '' Maratus''. Species it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide: *'' Saitis anna ...

'' and the family, Salticidae. It is found in central

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Taxonomy

''Saitis insectus'' was first described in 1896 by Henry Roughton Hogg as ''Prostheclina insecta'' It was transferred to the genus, ''

'' in 1911 by William Joseph Rainbow (as ''Saitis insecta''). Hogg' describes a female spider, (K946) collected from Rudall's Creek in the Northern Territory in 1894.

References

insectus Endemic fauna of Australia Spiders of Oceania Spiders described in 1896 {{Salticidae-stub