''Spartaeus'' is a
genus of Asian
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 ...
that was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.
These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.
The genus was renamed from ''Boethus'' in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.
Species
it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia:
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Spartaeus abramovi
''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual w ...
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Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –
Vietnam
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Spartaeus bani''
(Ikeda, 1995) –
Japan
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Spartaeus banthamus''
Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –
Laos
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Spartaeus ellipticus''
Bao & Peng, 2002 –
Taiwan
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Spartaeus emeishan''
Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 –
China
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Spartaeus forcipiformis''
Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
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Spartaeus jaegeri''
Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
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Spartaeus jianfengensis''
Song & Chai, 1991 – China
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Spartaeus noctivagus''
Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
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Spartaeus pinniformis''
Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
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Spartaeus platnicki''
Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 – China
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Spartaeus serratus''
Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
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Spartaeus spinimanus''
(Thorell, 1878) (
type
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) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (
Borneo,
Sumbawa)
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Spartaeus tengchongensis''
Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
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Spartaeus thailandicus''
Wanless, 1984 – China,
Thailand
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Spartaeus triapiculus''
Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
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Spartaeus uplandicus''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –
Philippines
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Spartaeus wildtrackii''
Wanless, 1987 –
Malaysia
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Spartaeus zhangi''
Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos
References
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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