Asaracus
| Asaracus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
|
5, see text | |
Asaracus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains five species, found only in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil:[1]
- Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil
- Asaracus modestissimus (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
- Asaracus rufociliatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil, Guyana
- Asaracus semifimbriatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
- Asaracus venezuelicus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
References
[edit]- 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ↑ Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. pp. 1–234.
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