Chinoscopus Explained

Chinoscopus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found only in South America, Panama, and on Trinidad:^[2]

• Chinoscopus ernsti (Simon, 1900) – Venezuela
• Chinoscopus flavus (Peckham, Peckham & Wheeler, 1889) – Panama, Colombia
• Chinoscopus gracilis (Taczanowski, 1872) (type) – Ecuador, Brazil, French Guiana
• Chinoscopus maculipes Crane, 1943 – Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador

External links

• Photographs of C. gracilis

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Chinoscopus Simon, 1901. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.