Saitis insectus | |
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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: | Saitis |
Species: | S. insectus
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Binomial name | |
Saitis insectus | |
Synonyms | |
Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896 |
Saitis insectus is a species of spider in the genus Saitis and the family, Salticidae. [1] It is found in central Australia. [1]
Saitis insectus was first described in 1896 by Henry Roughton Hogg as Prostheclina insecta [1] [2] It was transferred to the genus, Saitis in 1911 by William Joseph Rainbow (as Saitis insecta). [1] [3] [4] Hogg' describes a female spider, [2] (K946) collected from Rudall's Creek in the Northern Territory in 1894. [5]