Sassacus cyaneus is a species of jumping spider. It used to be the only described species of the genus Agassa, but was transferred to the genus Sassacus in 2008. It seems to be closely related to S. papenhoei, but differs in the form of the carapace.[1]
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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: | Sassacus |
| Species: | S. cyaneus
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| Sassacus cyaneus (Hentz, 1846)
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S. cyaneus is native to Sonora in Mexico, and parts of the United States.[2]
Footnotes edit
References edit
- Richman, David B. (2008): Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America. Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 26-48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1 Full Article
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links edit
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