Artabrus is a genus of jumping spiders with only two species. The type species, Artabrus erythrocephalus, was described in 1846 by C. L. Koch as Plexippus erythrocephalus and transferred to his new genus Artabrus by Eugène Simon in 1902. It remained the only species in the genus until a second species was described in 2020.[1][2]
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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: | Artabrus Simon, 1902[1] |
This genus resembles Epeus in body shape and eye pattern, but has a different genital structure. It is said to be close to Pseudamycus.[3]
Species edit
As of July 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted two species:[1]
- Artabrus aurantipilosus Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 – Banda Islands
- Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Java, Singapore
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Artabrus Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-07-13
- ^ Hurni-Cranston, T.; Hill, D. E. (2020), "Description of a new jumping spider, Artabrus aurantipilosus sp. nov. (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina), from Banda Neira, Indonesia" (PDF), Peckhamia, 222 (1): 1–19, retrieved 2021-07-13
- ^ Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, p. 282f
Further reading edit
- Zabka, M. & Nentwig, W. (2002), "The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective", Annales zoologici 52(3), 465–474, PDF
External links edit
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photograph of A. erythrocephalus
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