Saitis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The 30 recognized species are spread worldwide.
It is possible that the species from Australia belong to other genera, such as Maratus .
Only fourteen species have diagnostic drawings of any sort, and it is likely that at least some species should be transferred to other genera (Hall 2009).
Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894 — Jamaica Saitis aranukanus Roewer , 1944 — Gilbert IslandsSaitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 — Crete Saitis auberti Berland , 1938 — New HebridesSaitis barbipes (Simon , 1868) — Mediterranean, Central Europe (introduced?)Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951 — New HebridesSaitis breviusculus Simon, 1901 — Gabon Saitis catulus Simon, 1901 — Venezuela Saitis chaperi Simon, 1885 — India , Sri Lanka Saitis cupidon (Simon, 1885) — New Caledonia Saitis cyanipes Simon, 1901 — Brazil Saitis graecus Kulczynski, 1905 — Balkans, Greece Saitis imitatus (Simon, 1868) — Croatia , Montenegro Saitis insectus (Hogg , 1896) — Central AustraliaSaitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920 — Lord Howe IslandsSaitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013 — Sri LankaSaitis lacustris Hickman, 1944 — Central AustraliaSaitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928 — Libya Saitis magniceps (Keyserling , 1882) — Queensland Saitis magnus Caporiacco, 1947 — EthiopiaSaitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948 — BrazilSaitis mundus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — East, Southern AfricaSaitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012 — New South Wales Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948 — BrazilSaitis perplexides (Strand , 1908) — JamaicaSaitis relucens (Thorell , 1877) — Sulawesi Saitis sengleti (Metzner, 1999) — Greece, CreteSaitis signatus (Keyserling, 1883) — UnknownSaitis spinosus (Mello-Leitão , 1945) — Argentina Saitis splendidus (Walckenaer, 1837) — TimorSaitis taeniatus Keyserling, 1883 — AustraliaSaitis tauricus Kulczynski, 1905 — Bulgaria , Greece, Macedonia , Turkey , Ukraine Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — ArgentinaSaitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012 — New South Wales