''Stertinius'' is a
genus
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of Asian
jumping spiders
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that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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''Stertinius'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
Species
it contains twelve species, found only in Asia:
*''Stertinius borneensis'' Logunov, 2018 – Malaysia ...
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Logunov, 2018 –
Malaysia
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(
Borneo
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)
*''
Stertinius capucinus''
Simon, 1902 –
Indonesia
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Java
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)
*''
Stertinius cyprius''
Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (
Sulawesi
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)
*''
Stertinius dentichelis''
Simon, 1890 (
type
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) – Mariana Is.
*''
Stertinius kumadai''
Logunov, Ikeda & Ono, 1997 –
Japan
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*''
Stertinius magnificus''
Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*''
Stertinius niger''
Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*''
Stertinius nobilis''
( Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*''
Stertinius onoi''
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold
Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (23 November 1930 – 26 March 2025) was a Dutch arachnologist. She specialized in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of ...
, 2013 – Borneo
*''
Stertinius patellaris''
Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (
Moluccas
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)
*''
Stertinius pilipes''
Simon, 1902 –
Philippines
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*''
Stertinius splendens''
Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
References
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Asia
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