''Saitissus'' is a monotypic genus of Papuan

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

containing the single species, ''Saitissus squamosus''. It was first described by

Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third (2,260) of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerou ...

in 1938, and is found only in Papua New Guinea. The genus name is derived from the similar 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 ...

''. The species name is Latin for "scaly".

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Spiders of New Guinea Monotypic Salticidae genera Salticidae Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer {{Jumping-spider-stub