Anasaitis is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950. The name is derived from the salticid genus Saitis.
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Anasaitis is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950. The name is derived from the salticid genus Saitis.
==Species== , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Anasaitis adorabilis Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola Anasaitis arcuatus (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba Anasaitis banksi (Roewer, 1951) – Hispaniola, Puerto Rico Anasaitis brunneus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin, 1925) – Panama, Colombia Anasaitis canosus (Walckenaer, 1837) – USA, Cuba Anasaitis champetera Galvis, Zapata-M & Malumbres-Olarte, 2020 – Colombia Anasaitis cubanus (Roewer, 1951) – Cuba Anasaitis decoris Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica Anasaitis elegantissimus (Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola Anasaitis emertoni (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba Anasaitis gloriae (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico Anasaitis hebetatus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola Anasaitis laxus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola Anasaitis locuples (Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola Anasaitis milesae Logunov, 2024 – Presumably Caribbean. Introduced to Britain Anasaitis morgani (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) (type species) – Jamaica, Hispaniola Anasaitis peckhami (Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Dominican Rep. Anasaitis perplexus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica, Hispaniola Anasaitis placidus (Bryant, 1947) – Puerto Rico (Mona Is.) Anasaitis scintillus Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica Anasaitis squamatus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Turks & Caicos Anasaitis venatorius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
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