Saitis Explained

Saitis is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.^[1] The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as Maratus.

Species

it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:^[2]

• Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894 – Jamaica
• Saitis aranukanus Roewer, 1944 – Kiribati (Gilbert Is.)
• Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 – Greece (Crete)
• Saitis auberti Berland, 1938 – Vanuatu
• Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (type) – Northern Africa, southern Europe to Turkey
• Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951 – Vanuatu
• Saitis breviusculus Simon, 1901 – Gabon
• Saitis catulus Simon, 1901 – Venezuela
• Saitis chaperi Simon, 1885 – India, Sri Lanka
• Saitis cupidon (Simon, 1885) – New Caledonia
• Saitis cyanipes Simon, 1901 – Brazil
• Saitis graecus Kulczyński, 1905 – Albania, Greece, Bulgaria
• Saitis imitatus (Simon, 1868) – Croatia, Montenegro
• Saitis insectus (Hogg, 1896) – Central Australia
• Saitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• Saitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013 – Sri Lanka
• Saitis lacustris Hickman, 1944 – Central Australia
• Saitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928 – Libya
• Saitis magniceps (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
• Saitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil
• Saitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil
• Saitis perplexides (Strand, 1908) – Jamaica
• Saitis relucens (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Saitis sengleti (Metzner, 1999) – Greece (incl. Crete)
• Saitis signatus (Keyserling, 1883) – Unknown
• Saitis spinosus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina
• Saitis splendidus (Walckenaer, 1837) – Timor
• Saitis taeniatus Keyserling, 1883 – Australia
• Saitis tauricus Kulczyński, 1905 – Italy, Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine
• Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
• Saitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales)

External links

• Photograph of S. barbipes

Further reading

• David Edwin. Hill. 2009. Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneaee: Salticidia: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitis). Peckhamia. 74. 1. 1–27.

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1876. Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Saitis Simon, 1876. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.