Selimus is a monotypic genus of Brazilian jumping spiders containing the single species, Selimus venustus. It was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1901,[2] known from a single male found in Brazil.[1] The species name is derived from Latin venustus "charming".[2]

Selimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Selimus
Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1]
Species:
S. venustus
Binomial name
Selimus venustus
Peckham & Peckham, 1901

In 2006 Michael Saaristo erroneously erected a genus of the same name in the family Theridiidae for the species Anelosimus placens.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Selimus Peckham & Peckham, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1901). "Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 13: 282–358.