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Salticus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Description [edit]

Salticus species are typically marked with a black and white pattern, with some featuring transverse stripes, often gaining them the popular name "zebra spiders". Mature males have very long chelicerae on which they rest their long, thin pedipalps. Females are from 3.5 to 7 mm long, males up to 5 mm.^[1]

Habits [edit]

Salticus are often found on rocks and tree trunks, where the sun can reach. S. scenicus is often seen on sunny walls.^[1]

Distribution [edit]

This genus was used for a long time as a salticid dump, with many species originally described as Salticus now moved to other genera. The remaining species have mostly a palearctic distribution, with some species reaching into the Mediterranean region and South Asia. A few species are found in the New World. S. perogaster is endemic to a small island in New Guinea, S. annulatus is found in South Africa.

Salticus melanopus, the single described species from southeast Asia (Thailand),^[2] is a nomen dubium.^[3]

Species [edit]

• Salticus afghanicus Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 — Afghanistan
• Salticus aiderensis Logunov & Rakov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Salticus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1995 — Canary Islands
• Salticus amitaii Prószyński, 2000 — Israel
• Salticus annulatus (Giebel, 1870) — South Africa
• Salticus austinensis Gertsch, 1936 — USA, Mexico, Central America
• Salticus beneficus (O. P-Cambridge, 1885) — Yarkand
• Salticus brasiliensis Lucas, 1833 — Brazil
• Salticus canariensis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
• Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797) — Palearctic
• Salticus confusus Lucas, 1846 — Spain, Corsica, Bulgaria, Algeria
• Salticus conjonctus (Simon, 1868) — France, Italy
• Salticus devotus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1885) — Yarkand
• Salticus dzhungaricus Logunov, 1992 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
• Salticus flavicruris (Rainbow, 1897) — New South Wales
• Salticus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
• Salticus iteacus Metzner, 1999 — Greece
• Salticus jugularis Simon, 1900 — Queensland
• Salticus kraali (Thorell, 1878) — Amboina
• Salticus latidentatus Roewer, 1951 — Russia, Mongolia, China
• Salticus major (Simon, 1868) — Portugal, Spain, France
• Salticus mandibularis (Simon, 1868) — Greece
• Salticus marenzelleri Nosek, 1905 — Turkey
• Salticus meticulosus Lucas, 1846 — Algeria
• Salticus modicus (Simon, 1875) — France
• Salticus mutabilis Lucas, 1846 — Europe, Azores, Georgia, Argentina
• Salticus noordami Metzner, 1999 — Greece
• Salticus olivaceus (L. Koch, 1867) — Spain to Israel
• Salticus palpalis (Banks, 1904) — USA
• Salticus paludivagus Lucas, 1846 — Algeria
• Salticus peckhamae (Cockerell, 1897) — USA
• Salticus perogaster (Thorell, 1881) — Yule Island (New Guinea)
• Salticus propinquus Lucas, 1846 — Mediterranean
• Salticus proszynskii Logunov, 1992 — Kyrgyzstan
• Salticus quagga Miller, 1971 — Hungary, Slovakia
• Salticus ravus (Bösenberg, 1895) — Canary Islands
• Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757) — Holarctic
• Salticus scitulus (Simon, 1868) — Corsica, Sicily
• Salticus tricinctus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Israel to Central Asia
• Salticus truncatus Simon, 1937 — France
• Salticus turkmenicus Logunov & Rakov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Salticus unciger (Simon, 1868) — Southern Europe
• Salticus unicolor (Simon, 1868) — Corfu
• Salticus unispinus (Franganillo, 1910) — Portugal
• Salticus zebraneus (C. L. Koch, 1837) — Palearctic

Footnotes [edit]

References [edit]

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.