Dexippus (spider)
Appearance
Dexippus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Dexippus Thorell, 1891[1] |
Type species | |
D. kleini Thorell, 1891
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Species | |
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Dexippus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] The genus name is derived from Publius Herennius Dexippus, an ancient Greek historian.[citation needed] As of June 2019[update], it contains four species, found only in Asia:[1]
- Dexippus kleini Thorell, 1891 – India, Sumatra
- Dexippus pengi Wang & Li, 2020 – India, China
- Dexippus taiwanensis Peng & Li, 2002 – Taiwan
- Dexippus topali Prószyński, 1992 – India
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Dexippus Thorell, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 24 (2): 1–149.