''Trite'' is a

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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 ...

first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...

in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and

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, with several spread over islands of

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, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesia.

Species

According to 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 ...

in October 2018, there were twenty one recognised species: * ''

Trite albopilosa ''Trite'' is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesi ...

'' (

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, 1883) –

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, Victoria * ''

Trite auricoma ''Trite auricoma'', commonly known as the golden-brown jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider endemic to New Zealand. __TOC__ Description Adults are 8.4mm to 8.8mm in length. The cephalothorax is coloured dark brown and is shaped rect ...

'' (Urquhart, 1886) –

* ''

Trite caledoniensis ''Trite caledoniensis'' is a jumping spider species in the genus ''Trite''. The male was first identified in 2014 by Barbara Maria Patoleta. Distribution ''Trite caledoniensis'' is found in New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New ...

'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia * '' Trite concinna'' Rainbow, 1920 –

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* '' Trite gracilipalpis'' Berland, 1929 –

Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands Province (French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast o ...

* '' Trite grayi'' Richardson, 2016 – Lord Howe Islands * '' Trite guilberti'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia * '' Trite herbigrada'' (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand * '' Trite ignipilosa'' Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia * '' Trite lineata'' Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia * '' Trite longipalpis'' Marples, 1955 –

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Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

* '' Trite mustilina'' (Powell, 1873) – New Zealand * '' Trite ornata'' Rainbow, 1915 – South Australia * ''

Trite parvula ''Trite parvula'', commonly known as the house hopper spider, is a small and relatively common jumping spider (Salticidae) endemic to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It ...

'' (pp Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand * ''

Trite pennata ''Trite'' is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesi ...

'' Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia * '' Trite planiceps'' Simon, 1899 – New Zealand * '' Trite pollardi'' Patoleta & Żabka, 2017 – New Zealand * ''

Trite ponapensis ''Trite'' is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polyn ...

'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 –

Caroline Islands The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the centra ...

* ''

Trite rapaensis ''Trite'' is a genus (biology), genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reac ...

'' Berland, 1942 – Rapa * '' Trite simoni'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands * ''

Trite urvillei ''Trite'' is a genus (biology), genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reac ...

'' (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand

References

External links

Photograph of ''T. planiceps''
Salticidae Spiders of Oceania Salticidae genera {{Salticidae-stub