Thiratoscirtus
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| Thiratoscirtus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Thiratoscirtus Simon, 1886[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. patagonicus Simon, 1886 | |
| Species | |
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Thiratoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first circumscribed by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.[2] Thiratoscirtus is very diverse and contains many monophyletic groups.[3] Phylogenetic analysis undertaken by Melissa Bonder and Wayne Maddison has shown that it is related to the genera Alfenus, Bacelarella, Longarenus and Malloneta.[4] The genus is also closely related to Nimbarus.[5] It is likely to have diverged between 16.3 and 18.7 million years ago.[6] In 2012, Bodner and Wayne Maddison proposed a subfamily Thiratoscirtinae for the genus and its related genera.[7] This overlapped with a group of genera named Thiratoscirtines after the genus, created by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017.[8] Thiratoscirtus is a member of the subtribe Thiratoscirtina in the tribe Aelurillini.[9] In 2015, Maddison listed the tribe to the subclade Simonida in the clade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida.[10]
As of September 2025[update] it contains thirty-nine species, found only in Africa, Argentina, and Brazil:[1]
- Thiratoscirtus africanus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2024 – Gabon, Uganda
- Thiratoscirtus alveolus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus atakpa Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus bwindi Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Thiratoscirtus capito Simon, 1903 – West Africa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Thiratoscirtus cinctus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
- Thiratoscirtus clarus Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique
- Thiratoscirtus efik Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus elgonensis Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
- Thiratoscirtus fuscorufescens Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
- Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus gimoii Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique
- Thiratoscirtus harpago Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus lamboji Seiter & Wesolowska, 2015 – Gabon
- Thiratoscirtus iyomii Pett, 2024 – Congo
- Thiratoscirtus kalisia Pett, 2024 – Congo
- Thiratoscirtus khonvoum Pett, 2024 – Congo
- Thiratoscirtus magnus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2013 – Congo
- Thiratoscirtus minimus Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
- Thiratoscirtus mirabilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus monstrum Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus niveimanus Simon, 1886 – Brazil
- Thiratoscirtus oberleuthneri Seiter & Wesolowska, 2015 – Gabon
- Thiratoscirtus obesus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Gabon
- Thiratoscirtus obudu Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus patagonicus Simon, 1886 (type) – Argentina
- Thiratoscirtus perspicuus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2013 – Ivory Coast, Congo
- Thiratoscirtus procerus Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus remyi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea
- Thiratoscirtus silvestrisi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- Thiratoscirtus spiniferi Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Thiratoscirtus tenuisi Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Gabon, Uganda, Burundi, Mozambique
- Thiratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903 – West Africa
- Thiratoscirtus versicolor Simon, 1902 – Sierra Leone
- Thiratoscirtus vilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Thiratoscirtus yorubanus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
