Philaeus
Genus of spiders
Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.
01Species
As of August 2019 it contains seven species with a wide distribution. Most species are from the Mediterranean and West Africa, but single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands:
- Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) (type), Europe, North Africa to Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Korea
- Philaeus corrugatulus Strand, 1917, Algeria
- Philaeus daoxianensis Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000, China
- Philaeus fallax (Lucas, 1846), Algeria
- Philaeus raribarbis Denis, 1955, Morocco
- Philaeus ruber Peckham & Peckham, 1885, Guatemala
- Philaeus steudeli Strand, 1906, West Africa
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