''Anasaitis'' 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
jumping spider
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
s (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950.
The name is derived from the salticid genus ''
Saitis
''Saitis'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as ''Maratus''.
Species
it contains thirty-two species, found wo ...
''.
Species
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:
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Anasaitis adorabilis''
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis arcuatus''
(Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba
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Anasaitis banksi''
(Roewer, 1951) – Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
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Anasaitis brunneus''
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis canalis''
(Chamberlin, 1925) – Panama, Colombia
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Anasaitis canosus''
(Walckenaer, 1837) – USA, Cuba
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Anasaitis champetera''
Galvis, Zapata-M & Malumbres-Olarte, 2020 – Colombia
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Anasaitis cubanus''
(Roewer, 1951) – Cuba
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Anasaitis decoris''
Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica
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Anasaitis elegantissimus''
(Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis emertoni''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
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Anasaitis gloriae''
(Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
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Anasaitis hebetatus''
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis laxus''
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis locuples''
(Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola
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Anasaitis milesae''
Logunov, 2024 – Presumably Caribbean. Introduced to Britain
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Anasaitis morgani''
(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) (
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
) – Jamaica, Hispaniola
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Anasaitis peckhami''
(Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Dominican Rep.
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Anasaitis perplexus''
(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica, Hispaniola
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Anasaitis placidus''
(Bryant, 1947) – Puerto Rico (Mona Is.)
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Anasaitis scintillus''
Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica
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Anasaitis squamatus''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Turks & Caicos
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Anasaitis venatorius''
(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
References
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of the Caribbean
Spiders of the United States
Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
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