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Chalcoscirtus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Salticidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Chalcoscirtus

Similar
  
Pseudicius, Sibianor, Pellenes, Pseudeuophrys, Yllenus

Chalcoscirtus is a genus of spiders in the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in Eurasia, with a few species found in North America.

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Name

The genus name is a compound of the Ancient Greek roots chalc- "copper" and scirt- "leap".

Species

As of February 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Names brought to synonymy
  • Chalcoscirtus elegans Simon, 1885, a synonym for Rogmocrypta elegans (Simon, 1885)
  • Chalcoscirtus helverseni Metzner, 1999, a synonym for Chalcoscirtus parvulus Metzner, 1999

    • References

    Chalcoscirtus Wikipedia
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