Synageles Explained

Synageles is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.^[1]

Species

it contains nineteen species, found in the Old World from Spain to China, with one found in northern Africa (S. repudiatus from Egypt), and in the New World from Mexico to Canada, and the Bahamas:^[2]

• Synageles albotrimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) – Spain, France, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey
• Synageles bishopi Cutler, 1988 – USA
• Synageles canadensis Cutler, 1988 – USA, Canada
• Synageles charitonovi Andreeva, 1976 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia
• Synageles dalmaticus (Keyserling, 1863) – Mediterranean, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
• Synageles hilarulus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Korea, Japan
• Synageles idahoanus (Gertsch, 1934) – USA
• Synageles leechi Cutler, 1988 – Canada
• Synageles mexicanus Cutler, 1988 – USA, Mexico
• Synageles morsei Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Russia (Far East)
• Synageles nigriculus Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East)
• Synageles noxiosus (Hentz, 1850) – North America, Bahama Is.
• Synageles occidentalis Cutler, 1988 – USA, Canada
• Synageles persianus Logunov, 2004 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
• Synageles ramitus Andreeva, 1976 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
• Synageles repudiatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt
• Synageles scutiger Prószyński, 1979 – Greece, Ukraine, Azerbaijan
• Synageles subcingulatus (Simon, 1878) – Central Europe, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
• Synageles venator (Lucas, 1836) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada

External links

• Photograph of S. venator
• Photograph of female S. venator

Further reading

• Cutler. B.. 1987. A revision of the American species of the antlike jumping spider genus Synageles (Araneae, Salticidae). J. Arachnol.. 15. 321–348.

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1876. Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. IX-XIII. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Synageles Simon, 1876. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.