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Aelurillus

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Aelurillus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae
Observations recorded11,856

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
41
Family
Salticidae
Collections
MCZ, ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
Thailand, South Africa, Southern Africa

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  • Description
  • Habits
  • Species
  • References
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Aelurillus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

==Distribution== Species of the genus Aelurillus occur in the Palaearctic and Africa, with a few species known from India (A. improvisus, A. minimontanus) and Sri Lanka (A. kronestedti, A. quadrimaculatus). Aelurillus subfestivus is found in Japan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aelurillus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.