Stergusa Explained

Stergusa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found only in Asia and on New Caledonia:^[2]

• Stergusa aurata Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
• Stergusa aurichalcea Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
• Stergusa improbula Simon, 1889 (type) – New Caledonia
• Stergusa incerta Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumbawa)
• Stergusa stelligera Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1889. Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXII. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Nouvelle Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 237–247. 8. 6. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Stergusa Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.