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Monotypic Salticidae genera

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Paracyrba
Paracyrba is a genus of jumping spiders found only in Malaysia. It contains only one species, Paracyrba wanlessi. Its microhabitat are the water-filled hollow internodes of decaying bamboo, where it preys on aquatic animals, especially mosquito larvae. Paracyrba wanlessi and Evarcha culicivora, another jumping spider, are the only two spiders that have been experimentally studied and considered mosquito specialists, though the former preys on both adult and juvenile mosquitoes while the latter preys only on adult mosquitoes. In general only one specimen is found per occupied bamboo internode.
Opisthoncana
Opisthoncana is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Opisthoncana formidabilis. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1913, and is only found on New Ireland. The name is a variation of the salticid genus Opisthoncus.
Anaurus
Anaurus is a monotypic genus of Brazilian jumping spiders containing the single species, Anaurus flavimanus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900, and is only found in Brazil.
Madhyattus
Madhyattus is a genus of the jumping spiders found in India. It contains only one species, Madhyattus jabalpurensis.
Mabellina
Mabellina is a genus of jumping spiders only found in Panama. It contains only one species, Mabellina prescotti.
Bokokius
Bokokius is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Bokokius penicillatus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1942, and is only found on Bioko.
Imperceptus
Imperceptus is a genus of jumping spiders found in India. Its single described species is Imperceptus minutus.
Pachyonomastus
Pachyonomastus is a monotypic genus of East African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, and is only found in Africa. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honor of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.
Tarne
Tarne is a monotypic genus of West African jumping spiders containing the single species, Tarne dives. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886, and is found only in Africa.
Donaldius
Donaldius is a monotypic genus of Panamanian jumping spiders containing the single species, Donaldius lucidus. It was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946, and is only found in Panama.
Toticoryx
Toticoryx is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Toticoryx exilis is found in Guinea.
Ghumattus
Ghumattus is a monotypic genus of Indian jumping spiders containing a single species, Ghumattus primus. It was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1992 and is only found in India.
Lystrocteisa
Lystrocteisa is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to New Caledonia. It contains only one species, Lystrocteisa myrmex.
Yacuitella
Yacuitella is a monotypic genus of Argentinian jumping spiders containing the single species, Yacuitella nana. It was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1999, and is found in Argentina.
Huntiglennia
Huntiglennia is a genus of jumping spiders found in New South Wales, in the brigalow belt. Its single described species is Huntiglennia williamsi.
Hasarina
Hasarina is a genus of jumping spiders with a single described species, Hasarina contortospinosa. It is found in China.
Parafluda
Parafluda is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Parafluda banksi. It was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946, and is only found in Argentina and Panama. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Fluda. The species is named in honor of Nathan Banks.
Gorgasella
Gorgasella is a monotypic genus of Panamanian jumping spiders containing the single species, Gorgasella eximia. It was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946, and is only found in Panama. The genus is named after William Crawford Gorgas, who eliminated yellow fever in Panama.
Clynotoides
Clynotoides is a monotypic genus of Argentinian jumping spiders containing the single species, Clynotoides dorae. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1944, and is only found in Argentina. The name is a reference to Clynotis, meaning "having the likeness of Clynotis".
Hinewaia
Hinewaia is a genus of the jumping spiders found in New Zealand. Its single described species is Hinewaia embolica.
Jaluiticola
Jaluiticola is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to the Marshall Islands. Its only species is Jaluiticola hesslei.
Parasaitis
Parasaitis is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Parasaitis femoralis. It was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950, and is only found on the Greater Antilles. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Saitis.
Ogdenia
Ogdenia is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Ogdenia mutilla. It was first described by George Peckham in 1907, and is only found on Borneo.
Panachraesta
Panachraesta is a monotypic genus of Sri Lankan jumping spiders containing the single species, Panachraesta paludosa. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900, and is only found in Sri Lanka. Until 2016, it was a synonym of Myrmarachne.
Similaria
Similaria is a monotypic genus of Indian jumping spiders containing the single species, Similaria enigmatica. It was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1992, and is found only in India.
Pseudoplexippus
Pseudoplexippus is a monotypic genus of Tanzanian jumping spiders containing the single species, Pseudoplexippus unicus. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, and is found only in Tanzania. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (), meaning "false", and the salticid genus Plexippus.
Judalana
Judalana is a genus of jumping spiders. It is an ant mimic found only in Queensland. Its only species is Judalana lutea.
Pseudofluda
Pseudofluda is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1928. it contains only three species, found only in Brazil and Argentina: P. capandegui, P. pergeri, and P. pulcherrima. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (), meaning "false", and the salticid genus name Fluda.
Hyctiota
Hyctiota is a genus of the jumping spiders found on the Moluccas in Indonesia. It is only described species is Hyctiota banda. Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.
Paraphilaeus
Paraphilaeus is a genus of the jumping spiders found in Queensland and New South Wales. It contains only one species, Paraphilaeus daemeli. Though it has been known for a long time, in 2003, closer investigation showed that it represents a new genus and is neither related to Plexippus nor Trite. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Philaeus.
Nicylla
Nicylla is a monotypic genus of Sumatran jumping spiders containing the single species, Nicylla sundevalli. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890, and is only found on Sumatra. Briefly considered a synonym of Thiania, it was elevated back to genus status in 2017.
Vatovia
Vatovia is a monotypic genus of Ethiopian jumping spiders containing the single species, Vatovia albosignata. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940, and is found in Ethiopia. Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.
Udalmella
Udalmella is a monotypic genus of Panamanian jumping spiders containing the single species, Udalmella gamboa. It was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1994, and is found in Panama.
Uluella
Uluella is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Uluella formosa. It was first described by Arthur M. Chickering in 1946, and is found in Panama and Ecuador. The spider is an iridescent ant mimic about 4 mm in length. It lives in association with bambusoid grasses of the tropical rainforests from which it constructs retreats made from rolled leaves.
Ballognatha
Ballognatha is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with the single species B. typica. It occurs in Karakorum.
Rhombonotus
Rhombonotus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Rhombonotus gracilis. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1879, and is found only in Queensland. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "rhumbo", meaning "rhombus", and "notos", meaning "back". The species name is from Latin gracilis, meaning "slender".
Thianella
Thianella is a possible monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Thianella disjuncta. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1907, and is found only on Java. Based on a male specimen, Roewer placed it close to Thiania, but his placements of salticids have often been questionable and no drawings currently exist. The name is an alteration of the salticid genus Thiania, and the species name is from Latin '''' "separated". The World Spider Catalog regards the genus and species names as nomina dubia (dubious names).
Fritzia
Fritzia is a monotypic genus of South American jumping spiders containing the single species, Fritzia muelleri. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879, and is only found in Argentina and Brazil.
Pseudocorythalia
Pseudocorythalia is a monotypic genus of Guatemalan jumping spiders containing the single species, Pseudocorythalia subinermis. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1938, and is found only in Guatemala. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (), meaning "false", and the salticid genus name Corythalia.
Rarahu
Rarahu is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Samoa. , it contains only one species, Rarahu nitida. Berland probably adapted the genus name Rarahu from Pierre Loti's book of the same name, which was published in 1880. Loti himself either used the rare Tahitian word "rarahu", meaning (amongst other things) "to eat tapu things", or changed the name of the volcano "Raraku". The species name is from Latin nitida "shining", "handsome", or "neat" (a false cognate).
Leuserattus
Leuserattus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2012 by Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold. , it contains only one species, Leuserattus gunung, found in Sumatra.
Saitissus
Saitissus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Saitissus squamosus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1938, and is found only in Papua New Guinea. The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".
Poessa
Poessa is a monotypic genus of Malagasy jumping spiders containing the single species, Poessa argenteofrenata. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902, and is only found on Madagascar.
Pseudopartona
Pseudopartona is a genus of the jumping spiders only found in French Guiana. , it contains only one species, Pseudopartona ornata.
Pellolessertia
Pellolessertia is a monotypic genus of African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pellolessertia castanea. It was first described in 1927, and is only found in Africa. Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué gave the distribution range as Zad're to Ethiopia.
Arachnotermes
Arachnotermes is a genus of jumping spiders. Its sole described species, Arachnotermes termitophilus, is only found in Brazil.
Araneotanna
Araneotanna is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae with only one species, A. ornatipes, that occurs only on the New Hebrides.
Thyenillus
Thyenillus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Thyenillus fernandensis. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1910, and is found only on Bioko.
Tarodes
Tarodes is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Tarodes lineatus. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899, and is found only on the Bismarck Archipelago of New Britain. The species name lineatus means "striped" in Latin.
Dolichoneon
Dolichoneon is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Dolichoneon typicus. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1935, and is only found in Karakorum. Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.
Spilargis
Spilargis is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Spilargis ignicolor. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902, and is found only in Papua New Guinea and on the Moluccas. A subspecies, Spilargis ignicolor bimaculata, is found on the Moluccas. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots spil- "spot" and arg- "shining". The species name is Latin for "the color of fire". bimaculata is Latin for "with two spots".
Marchena
Marchena is a genus of jumping spiders only found in the United States. Its only described species, M. minuta, dwells on the barks of conifers along the west coast, especially California, Washington and Nevada.
Paraneaetha
Paraneaetha is a monotypic genus of Egyptian jumping spiders containing the single species, Paraneaetha diversa. It was first described by J. Denis in 1947, and is only found in Egypt. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Neaetha.