Siler (spider)
Genus of spiders
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Siler is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[3] They specialize in hunting ants.[4]
| Siler | |
|---|---|
| |
| S. cupreus from Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Siler Simon, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. cupreus Simon, 1889 | |
| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of March 2024[update] it contains twelve species, found only in Asia:[1]
- Siler bielawskii Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
- Siler collingwoodi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan
- Siler cupreus Simon, 1889 (type) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Siler flavocinctus (Simon, 1901) – Singapore
- Siler hanoicus Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam
- Siler lewaense Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba)
- Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 - India
- Siler pulcher Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
- Siler ruber Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019 - Japan
- Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines
- Siler severus (Simon, 1901) – China
- Siler zhangae Wang & Li, 2020 - China
