Charippus is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Charippus Thorell, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Charippus errans Thorell, 1895
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The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek Χάριππος, (literally, "graceful rider"), according to Thorell taken from Persian mythology.
Species edit
As of May 2022[update] it contains eleven species, found in Asia:[1]
- Charippus asper Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Borneo
- Charippus bukittimah Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Singapore
- Charippus callainus Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Borneo
- Charippus denjii Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Hainan
- Charippus errans Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Charippus heishiding Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – China
- Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Borneo
- Charippus minotaurus Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Borneo
- Charippus wanlessi Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022 – Borneo
- Charippus yinae Wang & Li, 2020 – China
- Charippus yunnanensis (Cao & Li, 2016) – China
References edit
- ^ "Gen. Charippus Thorell, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- Tamerlan Thorell 1895: Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma p. 350
- Murphy, F. & Murphy, J. (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, United Selangor Press Sdn. Bhd.
Further reading edit
- Thorell, T. (1895): Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma. London: 1-406.
- Simon, E. (1901): Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 381-668. (in French)
- Prószyński, J. (1984): Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach 2: 1-177. (in Polish)
- Wanless, F.R. (1988): A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region. New Zealand J. Zool. 15: 81-172.
External links edit
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