Pharacocerus
Genus of spiders
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Pharacocerus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] Males are about 4 to 6 millimetres (0.16 to 0.24 in) long, and they are likely related to Plexippus.[3]
| Pharacocerus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pharacocerus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. sessor Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
As of August 2019[update] it contains seven species and two subspecies, found only in Africa:[1]
- Pharacocerus castaneiceps Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
- Pharacocerus ebenauensis Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Pharacocerus ephippiatus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
- Pharacocerus fagei Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast
- Pharacocerus rubrocomatus Simon, 1910 – Congo
- Pharacocerus sessor Simon, 1902 (type) – Madagascar
- Pharacocerus xanthopogon Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
