Biology:Dexippus (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Dexippus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Dexippus
Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
D. kleini
Thorell, 1891
Species

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Dexippus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] The genus name is derived from Publius Herennius Dexippus, an ancient Greek historian.[citation needed] (As of June 2019), it contains four species, found only in Asia:[1]

  • Dexippus kleini Thorell, 1891 – India, Sumatra
  • Dexippus pengi Wang & Li, 2020 – India, China
  • Dexippus taiwanensis Peng & Li, 2002 – Taiwan
  • Dexippus topali Prószyński, 1992 – India

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Dexippus Thorell, 1891. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2614. Retrieved 2019-07-07. 
  2. Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24 (2): 1–149. 

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