''Spartaeus'' is a

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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

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way. The genus was renamed from ''Boethus'' in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.

Species

it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia: *'' Spartaeus abramovi'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

*'' Spartaeus bani'' (Ikeda, 1995) –

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

*'' Spartaeus banthamus'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

*'' Spartaeus ellipticus'' Bao & Peng, 2002 –

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

*'' Spartaeus emeishan'' Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

*'' Spartaeus forcipiformis'' Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China *'' Spartaeus jaegeri'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos *''

Spartaeus jianfengensis ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Song & Chai, 1991 – China *'' Spartaeus karigiri'' Caleb et al., 2025 – India *''

Spartaeus noctivagus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in ...

'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos *'' Spartaeus pinniformis'' Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China *''

Spartaeus platnicki ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 – China *''

Spartaeus serratus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China *'' Spartaeus spinimanus'' (Thorell, 1878) (

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) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

Sumbawa Sumbawa, is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but th ...

) *''

Spartaeus tengchongensis ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China *''

Spartaeus thailandicus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Wanless, 1984 – China,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

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Spartaeus triapiculus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual ...

'' Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China *''

Spartaeus uplandicus ''Spartaeus'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in ...

'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

*'' Spartaeus wildtrackii'' Wanless, 1987 –

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

*'' Spartaeus zhangi'' Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos

References

Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Jumping-spider-stub