Nannenus
Genus of spiders
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Nannenus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2]
| Nannenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Nannenus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| N. syrphus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Description
Both sexes are about 4 millimetres (1⁄4 in) long. The cephalus is high, the eye region blackish with the area between the rear eyes lighter. The rest of the thorax is brown with a whitish lateral band on each side. The abdomen is small and light yellowish with a vague white pattern.[3]
Species
As of July 2019[update] it contains six species, found only in Asia:[1]
- Nannenus constrictus (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
- Nannenus lyriger Simon, 1902 – Singapore
- Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Nannenus menghaiensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
- Nannenus siedleckii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902 (type) – Singapore
