Saitissus
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| Genus: | Saitissus Roewer, 1938
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| Species: | S. squamosus
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| Saitissus squamosus Roewer, 1938
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Saitissus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, S. squamosus, has only been found on New Guinea.
Name
The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".
Further reading
Roewer, C.F. (1938). Araneae. In Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Leopold de Belgique. Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. 3(19): 1-94.
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