Plexippus (spider)
Plexippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. It is considered a senior synonym of Hissarinus and Apamamia.
Taxonomy
In Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae, Plexippus is placed in the tribe Plexippini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.
Distribution
Plexippus are found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands.
Species
, this genus includes forty species:Plexippus aper Thorell, 1881 – New GuineaPlexippus auberti Lessert, 1925 – Uganda, Kenya, TanzaniaPlexippus baro Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Guinea, EthiopiaPlexippus bhutani Żabka, 1990 – Bhutan, ChinaPlexippus brachypus Thorell, 1881 – Papua New Guinea Plexippus clemens – Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, Morocco?Plexippus coccinatus Thorell, 1895 – MyanmarPlexippus coccineus Simon, 1902 – Turkey Plexippus devorans – Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, AzerbaijanPlexippus frendens Thorell, 1881 – New GuineaPlexippus fuscus Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – GuineaPlexippus ignatius Caleb, 2022 – IndiaPlexippus incognitus Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – China, Korea, Taiwan, JapanPlexippus insulanus Thorell, 1881 – Indonesia Plexippus iranus Logunov, 2009 – IranPlexippus kondarensis – Kazakhstan, TajikistanPlexippus lutescens Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, MozambiquePlexippus minor Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates, IndiaPlexippus niccensis Strand, 1906 – JapanPlexippus ochropsis Thorell, 1881 – New GuineaPlexippus paykulli – Africa. Introduced to both Americas, Europe, Middle East, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, southern Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands Plexippus perfidus Thorell, 1895 – MyanmarPlexippus petersi – Asia. Introduced to Africa, Pacific is. MexicoPlexippus phyllus Karsch, 1878 – Australia Plexippus pokharae Żabka, 1990 – NepalPlexippus redimitus Simon, 1902 – India, Sri LankaPlexippus robustus – TanzaniaPlexippus rubroclypeatus – DR CongoPlexippus rubrogularis Simon, 1902 – South AfricaPlexippus scleroepigynalis Logunov, 2023 – IranPlexippus seladonicus C. L. Koch, 1846 – MexicoPlexippus sengleti Logunov, 2021 – AfghanistanPlexippus setipes Karsch, 1879 – Turkmenistan, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, JapanPlexippus strandi Spassky, 1939 – Israel, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan? Greece?Plexippus stridulator Pocock, 1898 – Papua New Guinea Plexippus taeniatus C. L. Koch, 1846 – MexicoPlexippus tortilis Simon, 1902 – West AfricaPlexippus tsholotsho Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe, South AfricaPlexippus wesolowskae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1998 – BangladeshPlexippus zabkai Biswas, 1999 – Bangladesh