Colaxes Explained

Colaxes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found only in India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1900. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 381–407. 44. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Colaxes Simon, 1900. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.