Chalcoscirtus Explained

Chalcoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880.^[1] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: chalc-, meaning "copper", and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: scirt-, meaning "leap".

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it contains forty-five species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Egypt:^[2]

• Chalcoscirtus alpicola (L. Koch, 1876) – North America, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia (European to Far East)
• Chalcoscirtus ansobicus Andreeva, 1976 – Tajikistan
• Chalcoscirtus atratus (Thorell, 1875) – Europe
• Chalcoscirtus bortolgois Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Mongolia
• Chalcoscirtus brevicymbialis Wunderlust 1980 – Germany, Austria to Kazakhstan
• Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Emerton, 1917 – USA, Canada, Russia
• Chalcoscirtus catherinae Prószyński, 2000 – Egypt, Israel, Turkey
• Chalcoscirtus charynensis Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Kazakhstan
• Chalcoscirtus diminutus (Banks, 1896) – USA
• Chalcoscirtus flavipes Caporiacco, 1935 – Tajikistan, Karakorum
• Chalcoscirtus fulvus Saito, 1939 – Japan
• Chalcoscirtus glacialis Caporiacco, 1935 – USA (Alaska), Russia (Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
  • Chalcoscirtus g. sibiricus Marusik, 1991 – Russia
• Chalcoscirtus grishkanae Marusik, 1988 – Russia (Siberia)
• Chalcoscirtus hosseinieorum Logunov, Marusik & Mozaffarian, 2002 – Iran
• Chalcoscirtus hyperboreus Marusik, 1991 – Russia
• Chalcoscirtus infimus (Simon, 1868) (type) – Southern, Central Europe to Central Asia
• Chalcoscirtus iranicus Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Iran
• Chalcoscirtus janetscheki (Denis, 1957) – Spain
• Chalcoscirtus jerusalemicus Prószyński, 2000 – Israel
• Chalcoscirtus kamchik Marusik, 1991 – Uzbekistan
• Chalcoscirtus karakurt Marusik, 1991 – Central Asia, Iran
• Chalcoscirtus kirghisicus Marusik, 1991 – Kyrgyzstan
• Chalcoscirtus koponeni Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Russia
• Chalcoscirtus lepidus Wesolowska, 1996 – Central Asia, Iran
• Chalcoscirtus lii Lei & Peng, 2010 – China
• Chalcoscirtus martensi Zabka, 1980 – Central Asia, Nepal, India, China
• Chalcoscirtus michailovi Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Kazakhstan
• Chalcoscirtus minutus Marusik, 1990 – Tajikistan
• Chalcoscirtus molo Marusik, 1991 – Kyrgyzstan
• Chalcoscirtus nenilini Marusik, 1990 – Kyrgyzstan
• Chalcoscirtus nigritus (Thorell, 1875) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China
• Chalcoscirtus paraansobicus Marusik, 1990 – Russia, Central Asia
• Chalcoscirtus parvulus Marusik, 1991 – Greece to Central Asia
• Chalcoscirtus picinus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2011 – United Arab Emirates
• Chalcoscirtus platnicki Marusik, 1995 – Kazakhstan
• Chalcoscirtus pseudoinfimus Ovtsharenko, 1978 – Georgia
• Chalcoscirtus rehobothicus (Strand, 1915) – Israel
• Chalcoscirtus sinevi Marusik, Fomichev & Vahtera, 2018 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Chalcoscirtus sublestus (Blackwall, 1867) – Madeira
• Chalcoscirtus talturaensis Logunov & Marusik, 2000 – Russia
• Chalcoscirtus tanasevichi Marusik, 1991 – Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
• Chalcoscirtus tanyae Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Russia
• Chalcoscirtus vietnamensis Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
• Chalcoscirtus yinae Lei & Peng, 2010 – China
• Chalcoscirtus zyuzini Marusik, 1991 – Central Asia

Notes and References

1. Bertkau. P.. 1880. Verzeichniss der bisher bei Bonn beobachteten Spinnen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 215–343. 37. Philipp Bertkau.
2. Gen. Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.