Hyllus (spider)

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Hyllus
Hyllus semicupreus.jpg
Hyllus semicupreus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Hyllus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Hyllus giganteus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

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Hyllus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar, with many in Australasia and north to India. H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran, but it is considered misplaced in this genus,[1] and is now Evarcha insularis.[2]

Hyllus semicupreus hunting a grasshopper

Name[]

Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology.

Species[]

As of March 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepted these species:[2]

  • (Blackwall, 1877) – Comoro Islands, Seychelles
  • (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Lessert, 1927 – Congo basin
  • (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Gabon
  • Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar
  • (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
  • Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • Simon, 1902 – West, East, Southern Africa
  • Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
  • Ono, 1993 – Madagascar
  • (Sundevall, 1833) – India
  • Simon, 1902 – Ethiopia to South Africa
  • Lessert, 1927 – Ivory Coast, Congo
  • (Blackwall, 1866) – Africa
  • & Clark, 1975 – Ivory Coast
  • Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar
  • (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon, Ivory Coast
  • (Walckenaer, 1837) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China to Indonesia (Java)
  • (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Sudan to Southern Africa, Yemen
  • Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Simon, 1902 – South Africa
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Hyllus giganteus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Sumatra to Australia
  • (Simon, 1877) – Philippines
  • Simon, 1910 – Bioko
  • (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
  • Pavesi, 1897 – Africa
  • Strand, 1907 – Mozambique
  • (Hasselt, 1882) – Sumatra
  • (Lucas, 1858) – West Africa
  • (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
  • Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
  • (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
  • Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
  • (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • John T. D. Caleb, Christudhas A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M, 2014 – Chennai
  • Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  • Merian, 1911 – Sulawesi
  • (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
  • Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
  • Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
  • (, 1873) – Zanzibar
  • Strand, 1907 – Cameroon
  • Simon, 1906 – Ivory Coast to Egypt
  • Thorell, 1895 – India, Myanmar
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
  • Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017 – China
  • Hyllus ramadanii (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania
  • Hyllus remotus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
  • Hogg, 1919 – Sumatra
  • Hyllus rotundithorax Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
  • Roewer, 1951 – Zanzibar
  • Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri Lanka
  • (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Senegal
  • (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia
  • Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
  • Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Ivory Coast
  • Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Madagascar
  • Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
  • (White, 1846) – Borneo, Sulawesi

References[]

  1. ^ Logunov 2001
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Hyllus C. L. Koch, 1846", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2019-03-03

Further reading[]

  • (2001): New and poorly known species of the jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) from Afghanistan, Iran and Crete. Arthropoda Selecta 10: 59-66.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
  • Caleb, J. T. D., Christudhas, A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M (2014): A new species of Hyllus from India
  • Metzner, H. (1999): Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279.

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