Philaeus | |
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male Philaeus chrysops | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Philaeus Thorell, 1869 [1] |
Type species | |
P. chrysops (Poda, 1761)
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Species | |
7, see text |
Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. [2] Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003. [1]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains seven species with a wide distribution. Most species are from the Mediterranean and West Africa, but single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands: [1]