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Saitis

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Saitis
Saitis barbipes (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Saitis
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
Euophrys barbipes[1]
Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868
Species

32, see text

Saitis is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.[2] The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as Maratus.

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Saitis Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris.
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Further reading

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  • Hill, David Edwin (2009). "Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneaee: Salticidia: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitis)". Peckhamia. 74 (1): 1–27.