Rafalus

Rafalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1999.[2]

Rafalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Rafalus
Prószyński, 1999[1]
Type species
R. christophori
Prószyński, 1999
Species

12, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in Africa and Asia:[1]

  • Rafalus arabicus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
  • Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999 (type) – Egypt, Israel
  • Rafalus desertus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
  • Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999 – Egypt, United Arab Emirates
  • Rafalus insignipalpis (Simon, 1882) – Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
  • Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
  • Rafalus lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) – Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen
  • Rafalus minimus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
  • Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
  • Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
  • Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Central Asia
  • Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978) – Bhutan
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References
  1. "Gen. Rafalus Prószyński, 1999". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. Prószyński, J. (1999). "Description of Rafalus gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae), with special reference to the Near East fauna". Arthropoda Selecta. 8: 89–101.


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