''Trite'' 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 ...

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...

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 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in

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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

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in October 2018, there were twenty one recognised species: * '' Trite albopilosa'' ( Keyserling, 1883) –

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* '' Trite auricoma'' (Urquhart, 1886) –

* '' Trite caledoniensis'' Patoleta, 2014 –

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* ''

Trite concinna ''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 Polynes ...

'' Rainbow, 1920 –

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* '' Trite gracilipalpis'' Berland, 1929 –

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* '' 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 ''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 Polynes ...

'' Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia * ''

Trite longipalpis ''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 Polynes ...

'' Marples, 1955 –

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* '' Trite mustilina'' (Powell, 1873) – New Zealand * '' Trite ornata'' Rainbow, 1915 – South Australia * '' Trite parvula'' (pp Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand * '' Trite pennata'' Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia * ''

Trite planiceps ''Trite planiceps'', commonly known as the black-headed jumping spider, is a common jumping spider (Salticidae) endemic to New Zealand and one of about 150 species of jumping spiders in New Zealand. Taxonomy ''Trite planiceps'' was first des ...

'' Simon, 1899 – New Zealand * '' Trite pollardi'' Patoleta & Żabka, 2017 – New Zealand * '' Trite ponapensis'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 –

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* '' Trite rapaensis'' Berland, 1942 – Rapa * '' Trite simoni'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands * '' Trite urvillei'' (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand

References

External links

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