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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Scientific name
  
Saitis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Family
  
Salticidae

Higher classification
  
Euophryinae

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Similar
  
Saitis barbipes, Jumping spider, Arachnid, Maratus, Euophrys

Saitis jumping spider courtship display


Saitis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The 30 recognized species are spread worldwide.

Contents

Mating dance of a saitis barbipes


Distribution

It is possible that the species from Australia belong to other genera, such as Maratus.

Species

Saitis Male Saitis Barbipes by Goshinsky on DeviantArt

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 Saitis Barbipes Thanks to a very good friend I have got Flickr

  • Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894 — Jamaica
  • Saitis aranukanus Roewer, 1944 — Gilbert Islands
  • Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 — Crete
  • Saitis auberti Berland, 1938 — New Hebrides
  • Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) — Mediterranean, Central Europe (introduced?)
  • Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951 — New Hebrides
  • Saitis 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 Australia
  • Saitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920 — Lord Howe Islands
  • Saitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013 — Sri Lanka
  • Saitis lacustris Hickman, 1944 — Central Australia
  • Saitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928 — Libya
  • Saitis magniceps (Keyserling, 1882) — Queensland
  • Saitis magnus Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia
  • Saitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948 — Brazil
  • Saitis mundus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — East, Southern Africa
  • Saitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012 — New South Wales
  • Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948 — Brazil
  • Saitis perplexides (Strand, 1908) — Jamaica
  • Saitis relucens (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi
  • Saitis sengleti (Metzner, 1999) — Greece, Crete
  • Saitis signatus (Keyserling, 1883) — Unknown
  • Saitis spinosus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) — Argentina
  • Saitis splendidus (Walckenaer, 1837) — Timor
  • Saitis taeniatus Keyserling, 1883 — Australia
  • Saitis tauricus Kulczynski, 1905 — Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine
  • Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
  • Saitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012 — New South Wales

  • Saitis Saitis barbipes Wikimedia Commons

    Saitis Saitis barbipes Wikipedia

    Saitis Saitis barbipes Wikimedia Commons

    Saitis Saitis barbipes Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Saitis Wikipedia