''Aillutticus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of South American
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...
that was first described by
María Elena Galiano
María Elena Galiano (1928 – October 30, 2000) was an Argentine arachnologist. She was one of the leading taxonomists of Neotropical jumping spiders. Galiano worked at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires. She di ...
in 1987.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
:
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Aillutticus knysakae''
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
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Aillutticus montanus''
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
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Aillutticus nitens''
Galiano, 1987 (
type
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) – Argentina, Brazil
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Aillutticus pinquidor''
Galiano, 1987 – Argentina
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Aillutticus raizeri''
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
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Aillutticus rotundus''
Galiano, 1987 – Brazil
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Aillutticus soteropolitano''
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
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Aillutticus viripotens''
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
References
Sitticini
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Argentina
Spiders of Brazil
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