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Sassacus (spider)

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Sassacus
Female Sassacus papenhoei
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Sassacus

Type species
Sassacus papenhoei
Peckham & Peckham, 1895
Species

see text

Diversity
20 species

Sassacus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).[1]

Name

The genus is probably named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th century.

Species

The genus includes the following recognized species:[2]

References

  1. ^ Richman, David B. (2008). "Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 36 (1): 26–48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1. ISSN 0161-8202.
  2. ^ Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.