| Platycryptus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Platycryptus undatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Platycryptus Hill, 1979 [1] |
| Type species | |
| P. undatus (De Geer, 1778) | |
| Species | |
4, see text | |
Platycryptus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by D. E. Hill in 1979. [2]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains four species, found only in North America, Central America, and Brazil: [1]
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Ashtabula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham in 1894.
Avitus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.
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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.
Chapoda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.
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.
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Nagaina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. The name is derived from Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters include Bagheera, Messua, and Akela.
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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.
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