| Avitus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Avitus Peckham & Peckham, 1896 [1] |
| Type species | |
| A. diolenii Peckham & Peckham, 1896 | |
| Species | |
6, see text | |
Avitus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [2]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains six species, found in Brazil, Panama, Argentina, and on the Greater Antilles: [1]
Acragas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. The name is derived from the Greek name of Agrigentum, an ancient city on Sicily.
Ashtabula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham in 1894.
Balmaceda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.
Beata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1895.
Breda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.
Chira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. It is currently named after Rio Chira, a river in Peru, but the Peckhams originally called the genus Shira, later emended by Eugène Simon.
Corythalia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.
Cotinusa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.
Freya is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850. The name is derived from Freya, the fertility goddess of Norse mythology.
Gastromicans is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1917.
Lyssomanes is a spider genus of the family Salticidae, ranging from South and Central America, up to the southern United States.
Metaphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.
Psecas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.
Sarinda is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.
Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.
Semora is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.
Titanattus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name is a combination of "Titan" and the common salticid suffix -attus. It was merged with Agelista in 2017.
The Dendryphantina are a subtribe of jumping spiders that occur mainly in the New World. The subtribe was first defined by Anton Menge in 1879 as Dendryphantidae. Females of the subtribe generally show paired spots on the abdomen, and the males often have enlarged chelicerae. Females in this subtribe typically have S-shaped epigynal openings.
Senoculus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Senoculidae, and was first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1872. It is the only genus in the family Senoculidae.
Colonus is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Colonus species are endemic to North and South America, ranging from New York to Argentina. All members of the genus have two pairs of bulbous spines on the ventral side of the first tibiae. The function of these spines is unknown. Colonus was declared a junior synonym of Thiodina by Eugène Simon in 1903, but this was reversed by Bustamante, Maddison, and Ruiz in 2015.
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |