Spartaeus Explained
Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[1] These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[2]
The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.
Species
it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia:[3]
- Spartaeus abramovi Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Vietnam
- Spartaeus bani (Ikeda, 1995) – Japan
- Spartaeus banthamus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
- Spartaeus ellipticus Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan
- Spartaeus emeishan Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 – China
- Spartaeus forcipiformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
- Spartaeus jaegeri Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
- Spartaeus jianfengensis Song & Chai, 1991 – China
- Spartaeus noctivagus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
- Spartaeus pinniformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
- Spartaeus platnicki Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 – China
- Spartaeus serratus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
- Spartaeus spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) (type) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Borneo, Sumbawa)
- Spartaeus tengchongensis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
- Spartaeus thailandicus Wanless, 1984 – China, Thailand
- Spartaeus triapiculus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
- Spartaeus uplandicus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Spartaeus wildtrackii Wanless, 1987 – Malaysia
- Spartaeus zhangi Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos
Notes and References
- Thorell. T.. 1891. Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 1–149. 24. 2. Tamerlan Thorell.
- Web site: Web building and predatory behaviour of Spartaeus spinimanus and Spartaeus thailandicus, primitive jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from South-East Asia . Research Gate . 4 June 2016.
- Gen. Spartaeus Thorell, 1891. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
