Pharacocerus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Pharacocerus Simon, 1902 [1] |
Type species | |
P. sessor Simon, 1902
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Species | |
7, see text |
Pharacocerus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. [2] Males are about 4 to 6 millimetres (0.16 to 0.24 in) long, and they are likely related to Plexippus. [3]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains seven species and two subspecies, found only in Africa: [1]