Hirriusa

Hirriusa
Female H. bidentata from South Africa
Male H. arenacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Philodromidae
Genus:	Hirriusa Strand, 1932 [1]
Type species
H. variegata (Simon, 1895)
Species
Hirriusa arenaceaH. arenacea (Lawrence, 1927)Hirriusa bidentata H. bidentata(Lawrence, 1927) H. variegata(Simon, 1895)

Hirriusa is a genus of African running crab spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. ^[2] Its three species are endemic to southern Africa. ^[1]

Species

• 
  female H. arenacea
• 
  H. variegata

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes three species: ^[1]

• Hirriusa arenacea (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
• Hirriusa bidentata (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia, South Africa
• Hirriusa variegata (Simon, 1895) – South Africa (type species)

See also

• List of Philodromidae species

References

1. "Genus Hirriusa". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.
2. Strand, E. (1932). "Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica, III, IV". Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Rigā. 4: 193–196.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Hirriusa at iNaturalist