''Spartaeus'' is a

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 Asian

jumping spiders 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 ...

that was first described by

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

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 ''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 w ...

'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

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Spartaeus bani ''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 ...

'' (Ikeda, 1995) – Japan *''

Spartaeus banthamus ''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 w ...

'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos *''

Spartaeus ellipticus ''Spartaeus ellipticus'' is a species of jumping spiders found only in Taiwan. It has a total length (excluding legs) of nearly 6 mm. The carapace is dark brown with paler markings towards the rear and a black margin. The whole carapace is d ...

'' Bao & Peng, 2002 –

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

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Spartaeus emeishan ''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 ...

'' Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 – China *''

Spartaeus forcipiformis ''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 w ...

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

Spartaeus jaegeri ''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 w ...

'' 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 w ...

'' Song & Chai, 1991 – China *''

Spartaeus noctivagus ''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 w ...

'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos *''

Spartaeus pinniformis ''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 w ...

'' 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 w ...

'' 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 w ...

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

Spartaeus spinimanus ''Spartaeus spinimanus'', the spiny-legged jumper, is a species of spider of the genus ''Spartaeus''. It is found from Sri Lanka to Borneo, and Sumbawa Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, w ...

'' (Thorell, 1878) (

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) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...

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 there ...

) *''

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 w ...

'' 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 w ...

'' Wanless, 1984 – China,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

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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 w ...

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

Spartaeus uplandicus ''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 w ...

'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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Spartaeus wildtrackii ''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 ...

'' Wanless, 1987 –

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

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Spartaeus zhangi ''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 w ...

'' Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos

References

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