Chalcoscirtus

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Chalcoscirtus
Male Chalcoscirtus diminutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Chalcoscirtus
Bertkau, 1880[1]
Type species
C. infimus
(Simon, 1868)
Species

45, see text

Chalcoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880.[2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek chalc-, meaning "copper", and scirt-, meaning "leap".[citation needed]

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As of June 2019 it contains forty-five species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Egypt:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Bertkau, P. (1880). "Verzeichniss der bisher bei Bonn beobachteten Spinnen". Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 37: 215–343.