Colaxes
| Colaxes | |
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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: | Colaxes Simon, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. nitidiventris Simon, 1900
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| Species | |
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Colaxes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa:[1]
- Colaxes benjamini Wesolowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Colaxes horton Benjamin, 2004 – Sri Lanka
- Colaxes nitidiventris Simon, 1900 (type) – India
- Colaxes wanlessi Benjamin, 2004 – Sri Lanka
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Colaxes Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.
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