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Hyllus (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Araneae

Subfamily
  
Plexippinae

Higher classification
  
Plexippinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Salticidae

Scientific name
  
Hyllus

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Jumping spider, Hyllus diardi, Arachnid, Thyene, Plexippus

Hyllus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

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Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar, many in Australasia up to India. H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran; however, it is considered misplaced in this genus.

Name

Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology.

Species

  • Hyllus acutus (Blackwall, 1877) — Comoro Islands, Seychelles
  • Hyllus aethiopicus Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus africanus Lessert, 1927 — Congo basin
  • Hyllus albofasciatus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Hyllus albomarginatus (Lenz, 1886) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus albooculatus (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus alboplagiatus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Hyllus angustivulvus Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus argyrotoxus Simon, 1902 — West, East, Southern Africa
  • Hyllus atroniveus Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus aubryi (Lucas, 1858) — Gabon
  • Hyllus bifasciatus Ono, 1993 — Madagascar
  • Hyllus bos (Sundevall, 1833) — India
  • Hyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902 — Ethiopia to South Africa
  • Hyllus carbonarius Lessert, 1927 — Congo
  • Hyllus congoensis Lessert, 1927 — Ivory Coast, Congo
  • Hyllus cornutus (Blackwall, 1866) — Africa
  • Hyllus decellei Wanless & Clark, 1975 — Ivory Coast
  • Hyllus decoratus Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
  • Hyllus deyrollei (Lucas, 1858) — Gabon, Ivory Coast
  • Hyllus diardi (Walckenaer, 1837) — Myanmar, China to Java
  • Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) — Sudan to Southern Africa, Yemen
  • Hyllus duplicidentatus Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus erlangeri Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus flavescens Simon, 1902 — South Africa
  • Hyllus fur Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus fusciventris Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus giganteus C. L. Koch, 1846 — Sumatra to Australia
  • Hyllus giganteus whitei Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
  • Hyllus gulosus (Simon, 1877) — Philippines
  • Hyllus holochalceus Simon, 1910 — Bioko
  • Hyllus insularis Metzner, 1999 — Greece, Iran
  • Hyllus interrogationis (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus jallae Pavesi, 1897 — Africa
  • Hyllus janthinus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Myanmar to Java
  • Hyllus juanensis Strand, 1907 — Mozambique
  • Hyllus keratodes (Hasselt, 1882) — Sumatra
  • Hyllus lacertosus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Vietnam to Java
  • Hyllus lacertosus borneensis (Thorell, 1892) — Borneo
  • Hyllus leucomelas (Lucas, 1858) — West Africa
  • Hyllus lugubrellus Strand, 1908 — Madagascar
  • Hyllus lugubris (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus lwoffi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Guinea
  • Hyllus madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus manensis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus manu John T. D. Caleb, Christudhas A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M, 2014 — Chennai
  • Hyllus maskaranus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Hyllus minahassae Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Hyllus mniszechi (Lucas, 1858) — Gabon
  • Hyllus multiaculeatus Caporiacco, 1949 — Kenya
  • Hyllus nebulosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Hyllus nossibeensis Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
  • Hyllus nummularis (Gerstäcker, 1873) — Zanzibar
  • Hyllus pachypoessae Strand, 1907 — Cameroon
  • Hyllus plexippoides Simon, 1906 — Ivory Coast to Egypt
  • Hyllus pudicus Thorell, 1895 — India, Myanmar
  • Hyllus pulcherrimus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Hyllus pupillatus (Fabricius, 1793) — China
  • Hyllus ramadanii (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) — Tanzania
  • Hyllus robinsoni Hogg, 1919 — Sumatra
  • Hyllus rotundithorax Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
  • Hyllus sansibaricus Roewer, 1951 — Zanzibar
  • Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) — India, Sri Lanka
  • Hyllus senegalensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Senegal
  • Hyllus stigmatias (L. Koch, 1875) — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus suillus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Hyllus thyeniformis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus treleaveni Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Hyllus tuberculatus Wanless & Clark, 1975 — Ivory Coast
  • Hyllus viduatus Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
  • Hyllus vinsoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) — Madagascar
  • Hyllus virgillus Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
  • Hyllus walckenaeri (White, 1846) — Borneo, Sulawesi

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