Biology:Philaeus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Philaeus | |
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| male Philaeus chrysops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Philaeus Thorell, 1869[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. chrysops (Poda, 1761)
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Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.[1]
Species
(As of August 2019) it contains seven species with a wide distribution. Most species are from the Mediterranean and West Africa, but single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands:[1]
- Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) (type) – Europe, North Africa to Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, China , Mongolia, Korea
- Philaeus corrugatulus Strand, 1917 – Algeria
- Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 – China
- Philaeus fallax (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
- Philaeus raribarbis Denis, 1955 – Morocco
- Philaeus ruber Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – Guatemala
- Philaeus steudeli Strand, 1906 – West Africa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Philaeus Thorell, 1869. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2883. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7 (3): 1–108.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q140614 entry
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