Artabrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Artabrus
Simon, 1902[1]

Artabrus is a genus of jumping spiders with only two species. The type species, Artabrus erythrocephalus, was described in 1846 by C. L. Koch as Plexippus erythrocephalus and transferred to his new genus Artabrus by Eugène Simon in 1902. It remained the only species in the genus until a second species was described in 2020.[1][2]

This genus resembles Epeus in body shape and eye pattern, but has a different genital structure. It is said to be close to Pseudamycus.[3]

Species

As of July 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted two species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Artabrus Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-07-13
  2. Hurni-Cranston, T.; Hill, D. E. (2020), "Description of a new jumping spider, Artabrus aurantipilosus sp. nov. (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina), from Banda Neira, Indonesia" (PDF), Peckhamia, 222 (1): 1–19, retrieved 2021-07-13
  3. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, p. 282f

Further reading

  • Zabka, M. & Nentwig, W. (2002), "The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective", Annales zoologici 52(3), 465–474, PDF


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