Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[3]

Spartaeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Spartaeus
Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
S. spinimanus
(Thorell, 1878)
Species

19, see text

The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.[1]

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Spartaeus Thorell, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 24 (2): 1–149.
  3. ^ "Web building and predatory behaviour of Spartaeus spinimanus and Spartaeus thailandicus, primitive jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from South-East Asia". Research Gate. Retrieved 4 June 2016.