Plexippus (spider)

Plexippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[4] It is considered a senior synonym of Hissarinus[3] and Apamamia.[2]

Plexippus
Plexippus petersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Plexippus
C. L. Koch, 1846[1]
Type species
P. paykulli
(Audouin, 1826)
Species

45, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of August 2019 it contains forty-five species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa, Mexico, Paraguay, and on the Pacific Islands:[1]

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References

  1. "Gen. Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. Ledoux, J.-C.; Hallé, N. (1995). "Araignées de l'île Rapa (îles Australes, Polynésie)". Revue Arachnologique. 11: 12.
  3. Andreeva, E. M. (1975). "Distribution and ecology of spiders (Aranei) in Tadjikistan". Fragmenta Faunistica, Warsaw. 20: 339.
  4. Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band. pp. 1–234.

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