Soesiladeepakius is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Soesiladeepakius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Soesiladeepakius
Makhan, 2007[1]
Diversity[1]
7 species

The type species S. aschnae is only known from male specimens. These are 2.4 mm long, with a brown carapace.

Name

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The genus is a combination of the given names Soesila and Deepak, the wife and son of the describer. The type species is named after the describer's daughter Aschna.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Soesiladeepakius Makhan, 2007". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  2. ^ Makhan, Dewanand (2007). "Soesiladeepakius aschnae gen. et sp. nov. and Soesilarishius amrishi gen. et sp. nov. from Suriname (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Calodema Supplementary Paper. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Ruiz, Gustavo & Maddison, Wayne P. (2012). "DNA sequences corroborate Soesiladeepakius as a non-salticoid genus of jumping spiders: placement with lapsiines, phylogeny, and description of six new species (Araneae, Salticidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (2): 274–295. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00815.x.