Biology:Colopsus

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Short description: Genus of jumping spiders

Colopsus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Colopsus
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
C. cancellatus
Simon, 1902
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cheliceroides Żabka, 1985[2]

Colopsus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] It was synonymized with Evarcha in 1984,[4] but the name was revalidated in 2021.[5] It is a senior synonym of Cheliceroides.[2]

Species

(As of March 2022) it contains six species:[1]

  • C. cancellatus Simon, 1902 (type) – Sri Lanka
  • C. cinereus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – India, Sri Lanka
  • C. ferruginus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • C. longipalpis (Żabka, 1985) – China, Vietnam
  • C. magnus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • C. tenuesi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka

See also

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q106672417 entry