''Jotus'' is a
spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of the family
Salticidae
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
(jumping spiders), native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia.
There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.
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]
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:[
*'' Jotus albimanus'' Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (]New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
)
*'' Jotus auripes'' L. Koch, 1881 (type species
In 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 species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
*'' Jotus braccatus'' L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
)
*'' Jotus debilis'' L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
*'' Jotus fortiniae'' Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
*'' Jotus frosti'' Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria, South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
)
*'' Jotus insulanus'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland ...
)
*'' Jotus karllagerfeldi'' Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
*'' Jotus maculivertex'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia ( Kei Islands)
*'' Jotus minutus'' L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
*'' Jotus moonensis'' Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
*'' Jotus newtoni'' Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
*'' Jotus ravus'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
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*'' Jotus remus'' Otto & Hill, 2016 – Australia (New South Wales)
References
Salticidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Australia
Salticidae genera
Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
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