''Siler'' 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 Asian
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
Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.
They specialize in hunting
ants
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
.
Species
it contains twelve species, found only in Asia:
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Siler bielawskii''
Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
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Siler collingwoodi''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan
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Siler cupreus''
Simon, 1889 (
type
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) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
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Siler flavocinctus''
(Simon, 1901) – Singapore
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Siler hanoicus''
Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam
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Siler lewaense''
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba)
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Siler niser''
Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 - India
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Siler pulcher''
Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
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Siler ruber''
Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019 - Japan
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Siler semiglaucus''
(Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines
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Siler severus''
(Simon, 1901) – China
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Siler zhangae''
Wang & Li, 2020 - China
References
External links
Photograph of ''S. semiglaucus'' (?)
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Asia
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