Spartaeus
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| Spartaeus | |
|---|---|
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| S. zhangi from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Spartaeus Thorell, 1891[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) | |
| Species | |
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19, see text | |
Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[3]
The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.[1] It is named after the son of the Rhodian nymph Himalia and Zeus in Greek mythology.
