Colopsus
Genus of jumping spiders
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Colopsus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] It was synonymized with Evarcha in 1984,[3] but the name was revalidated in 2021.[4] It is a senior synonym of Cheliceroides.[5]
| Colopsus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Colopsus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. cancellatus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text. | |
Species
As of November 2024[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted five species:[1]
- C. cancellatus Simon, 1902 (type) – Sri Lanka
- C. ferruginus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- C. magnus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- C. peppara Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – India
- C. tenuesi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
