Zeuxippus

Zeuxippus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Zeuxippus ; Thorell, 1891
Type species
	Z. histrio ; Thorell, 1891
Species
	4, see text

Last updated March 31, 2025

Zeuxippus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.^[2] They look similar to members of Rhene , but their abdomen is longer, more obtuse, and thinner. In addition, the first pair of legs is thicker than the others.^[3]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains four species, found in Asia:^[1]

Zeuxippus atellanus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 (type) – India
Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895 – Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam
Zeuxippus yunnanensis Peng & Xie, 1995 – China

References

1 2 "Gen. Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-12.
↑ Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 24 (2): 1–149.
↑ Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-12.

[Thor1891-2] Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 24 (2): 1–149.

[Murp2000-3] Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.

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