Tylogonus Explained

Tylogonus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Phintodes.^[2]

Species

it contains eleven species, found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama:^[3]

• Tylogonus auricapillus Simon, 1902 (type) – Ecuador
• Tylogonus chiriqui Galiano, 1994 – Panama
• Tylogonus miles Simon, 1903 – Venezuela
• Tylogonus parabolicus Galiano, 1985 – Colombia
• Tylogonus parvus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
• Tylogonus pichincha Galiano, 1985 – Ecuador
• Tylogonus prasinus Simon, 1902 – Brazil
• Tylogonus putumayo Galiano, 1985 – Colombia
• Tylogonus vachoni Galiano, 1960 – Brazil
• Tylogonus viridimicans (Simon, 1901) – Ecuador
• Tylogonus yanayacu Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1902. Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 363–406. 46. Eugène Simon.
2. Galiano. M. E.. 1985. Tres nuevas especies de Tylogonus Simon, 1902 (Araneae, Salticidae). Historia natural, Corrientes. 5. 153.
3. Gen. Tylogonus Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-29. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.