Siler (spider) explained

Siler is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.^[1] They specialize in hunting ants.^[2]

Species

it contains twelve species, found only in Asia:^[3]

• Siler bielawskii Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
• Siler collingwoodi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan
• Siler cupreus Simon, 1889 (type) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
• Siler flavocinctus (Simon, 1901) – Singapore
• Siler hanoicus Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam
• Siler lewaense Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba)
• Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 - India
• Siler pulcher Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
• Siler ruber Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019 - Japan
• Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines
• Siler severus (Simon, 1901) – China
• Siler zhangae Wang & Li, 2020 - China

External links

• Photograph of S. semiglaucus (?)

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1889. Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXIII. Descriptions de quelques espèces receillies au Japon, par A. Mellotée. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 248–252. 8. 6. Eugène Simon.
2. Jackson. RR. Van Olphen. A. May 1992. Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Chrysilla, Natta and Siler, ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Kenya and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoology. 227. 1. 163–170. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb04351.x.
3. Gen. Siler Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.