Plexippus devorans is a jumping spider that has a distribution that stretches from Greece to Central Asia and also includes Algeria.[1] Originally placed in the genus Salticus by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1872,[2] the species was transferred into the genus Hasarius by Eugène Simon in 1876, into Menemerus by Jerzy Prószyński in 1984, and eventually into Plexippus by Prószyński in 2003.[1]

Plexippus devorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Plexippus
Species:
P. devorans
Binomial name
Plexippus devorans

Synonyms

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Synonyms for the species include:[1]

  • Plexippus coccineus Simon, 1902
  • Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939

References

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  1. ^ a b c World Spider Catalog (2017). "Plexippus devorans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). "General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 40 (1): 212–354.