Sigytes

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Sigytes
Sigytes sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Sigytes
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
S. paradisiacus
Simon, 1902
Species

Sigytes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only three species, found only on Fiji, in Australia, and Sri Lanka: S. albocinctus, S. diloris, and S. paradisiacus.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Sigytes Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71: 389–421.