Spartaeus

Spartaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Spartaeus
Thorell, 1891
Type species
Boethus spinimanus
Thorell, 1878
Species

see text

Diversity
14 species

Spartaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Fourteen accepted species are included in to the genus.[1]

The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.

The members of the genus build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, these spiders wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[2]

Species

References

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