The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family

Salticidae 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 ...

(jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984 to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by Eugène Simon. The Spartaeinae are

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, with an exceptional diversity in the

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s. They are unusual salticids that are considered basal to the phylogenetic tree of jumping spiders. Like the Lyssomaninae they lack many derived features that the Salticinae possess. Spartaeinae usually have large posterior median eyes. However, these were reduced in the genera ''Cyrba'', ''Gelotia'' and ''Wanlessia''.

Genera

In 2015, Spartaeinae was divided into three tribes with 29 genera. One has been added since.

Tribe Cocalodini

* '' Allococalodes'' Wanless, 1982 * '' Cocalodes'' Pocock, 1897 * '' Cucudeta'' Maddison, 2009 * '' Depreissia'' Lessert, 1942 * '' Tabuina'' Maddison, 2009 * '' Yamangalea'' Maddison, 2009

Tribe Lapsiini

*'' Amilaps'' Maddison, 2019 * '' Galianora'' Maddison, 2006 * '' Lapsamita'' Ruiz, 2013 * '' Lapsias'' Simon, 1900 * '' Soesiladeepakius'' Makhan, 2007 * '' Thrandina'' Maddison, 2006

Tribe Spartaeini

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Brettus ''Brettus'' is a genus of jumping spiders. Its six described species are found in southern Asia from India to China and Sulawesi, with a single species endemic to Madagascar. Two species in this genus, ''B. celebensis'' and ''B. madagascarensis ...

'' Thorell, 1895 * '' Cocalus'' C. L. Koch, 1846 * ''

Cyrba ''Cyrba'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus was erected by Hippolyte Lucas in 1846. Description ''Cyrba'' spiders are small to medium size spiders that are usually brightly colored. Their cephalothora ...

'' Simon, 1876 * ''

Gelotia ''Gelotia'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. Species It contains ten species, found only in Asia and on New Britain: *''Gelotia argenteolimbata'' ( Simon, 1900) – Singapore *''Gelotia bimacula ...

'' Thorell, 1890 * '' Holcolaetis'' Simon, 1886 * '' Meleon'' Wanless, 1984 * '' Mintonia'' Wanless, 1984 * '' Neobrettus'' Wanless, 1984 * '' Paracyrba'' Żabka & Kovac, 1996 * '' Phaeacius'' Simon, 1900 * '' Portia'' Karsch, 1878 * '' Sonoita'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 * '' Sparbambus'' Zhang, Woon & Li, 2006 * ''

Spartaeus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, 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 ...

'' Thorell, 1891 * '' Taraxella'' Wanless, 1984 * '' Veissella'' Wanless, 1984 * '' Wanlessia'' Wijesinghe, 1992 * '' Yaginumanis'' Wanless, 1984

References

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