Robertus (spider)


Robertus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. It is considered a senior synonym of Garritus.

Species

it contains forty-seven species, found in Europe, Asia, North America, the Congo, and on Greenland:
In synonymy:
  • R. asper = Robertus neglectus
  • R. exortus = Robertus frivaldszkyi
  • R. fuscus = Robertus fuscus
  • R. grasshoffi Wunderlich, 1973 = Robertus neglectus
  • R. palustris = Robertus laticeps
  • R. paradoxus Miller, 1967 = Robertus ungulatus Vogelsanger, 1944
  • R. terrestris = Robertus frontatus
  • R. umbilicatus Denis, 1961 = ''Robertus mazaurici''