genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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
Eugène Louis Simon
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Logunyllus'' and ''
Marusyllus
''Marusyllus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, found in Russia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and China.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Marusyllus'' was erected by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016 when he split the genus ''Yllenus'' into ...
'' by
Jerzy Prószyński
Jerzy Prószyński (born 1935 in Warsaw) is a Polish arachnologist specializing in systematics of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, a long-term employee of the Siedlce University of Natural Scienc ...
in 2016.
'' Y. arenarius'' is peculiar in building silken nests under the sand surface of sandy dunes it inhabits.
Species
it contains eighteen species, found from central Europe to China:
*'' Yllenus arenarius'' Simon, 1868 (
type
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) – Central,
Eastern Europe
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India
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Kazakhstan
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Mongolia
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Yllenus dunini
''Yllenus'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. Until 2019, it was considered a senior synonym of ''Pseudomogrus'', and many of the species formerly placed here were tra ...
'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 –
Azerbaijan
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Russia
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, Mongolia
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Yllenus flavociliatus
''Yllenus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. Until 2019, it was considered a senior synonym of ''Pseudomogrus'', and many of the species formerly placed here were transferred to new genera '' L ...
'' Simon, 1895 – Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia,
China
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Yllenus gajdosi
''Yllenus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. Until 2019, it was considered a senior synonym of ''Pseudomogrus'', and many of the species formerly placed here were transferred to new genera '' L ...
'' Logunov & Marusik, 2000 – Mongolia
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Yllenus horvathi
''Yllenus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. Until 2019, it was considered a senior synonym of ''Pseudomogrus'', and many of the species formerly placed here were transferred to new genera '' L ...
'' Chyzer, 1891 –
Hungary
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,
Bulgaria
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,
Romania
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,
Ukraine
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Yllenus karakumensis
''Yllenus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. Until 2019, it was considered a senior synonym of ''Pseudomogrus'', and many of the species formerly placed here were transferred to new genera '' L ...
'' Logunov & Marusik, 2003 –
Turkmenistan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Europe
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Caucasus
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