Hypaeus

Hypaeus
Female Hypaeus benignus in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Hypaeus Simon, 1900 [1]
Type species
Attus porcatus Taczanowski, 1871 [1]
Species
see text

Hypaeus is a South American genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). ^[1]

Species

As of December 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 29 species: ^[1]

• Hypaeus annulifer Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus arhuaco Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
• Hypaeus barromachadoi Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
• Hypaeus benignus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Panama
• Hypaeus concinnus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus cucullatus Simon, 1900 – Ecuador
• Hypaeus duodentatus Crane, 1943 – Guyana
• Hypaeus estebanensis Simon, 1900 – Venezuela
• Hypaeus femoratus Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
• Hypaeus flavipes Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus flemingi Crane, 1943 – Venezuela, Brazil
• Hypaeus frontosus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus ignicomus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus luridomaculatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus miles Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
• Hypaeus mystacalis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Ecuador, Peru
• Hypaeus nigrocomosus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus olympeae Courtial & Picard, 2023 – French Guiana
• Hypaeus pauciaculeis (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
• Hypaeus porcatus (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
• Hypaeus poseidon Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
• Hypaeus proszynskii Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
• Hypaeus quadrinotatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
• Hypaeus taczanowskii (Mello-Leitão, 1948) – French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil (type species)
• Hypaeus terraemediae Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
• Hypaeus tridactylus Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
• Hypaeus triplagiatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Peru
• Hypaeus varzea Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
• Hypaeus venezuelanus Simon, 1900 – Venezuela

References

1. "Gen. Hypaeus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-12-10.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Hypaeus at iNaturalist
• Image catalogue for Hypaeus at Jumping spiders of the world