Erasinus
| Erasinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Erasinus Simon, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Erasinus flagellifer Simon, 1899
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| Species | |
Erasinus is a
Salticidae (jumping spiders
).
All three described species are only known from males. Simon thought that they were close to Epeus, which was split from Viciria in 1984.[1]
Erasinus labiatus was transferred to Portia by Fred R. Wanless in 1978.[2]
Name
Erasinos was a river god of Arkadia and Argos in southern Greece.[3]
Species
- Erasinus flagellifer Simon, 1899 – Sumatra
- Erasinus flavibarbis Simon, 1902 – Java
- Erasinus gracilis Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 284
- ^ Platnick 2007
- ^ ERASINUS: River god of Argolis in Greece ; Greek mythology : ERASINOS
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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