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Chalcovietnamicus
Sign in to saveChalcovietnamicus is a genus of jumping spiders in the tribe Euophryini of the family Salticidae. The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Chalcoscirtus by Marusik in 1991 and was elevated to full genus rank by Logunov in 2020. The genus is found in Southeast Asia and southern China, with species recorded from Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySalticidae
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Chalcovietnamicus is a genus of jumping spiders in the tribe Euophryini of the family Salticidae. The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Chalcoscirtus by Marusik in 1991 and was elevated to full genus rank by Logunov in 2020. The genus is found in Southeast Asia and southern China, with species recorded from Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
==Taxonomy== The genus Chalcovietnamicus was originally established by Marusik in 1991 as a subgenus of Chalcoscirtus to accommodate Chalcoscirtus vietnamensis, which Żabka had described from Vietnam in 1985. The subgenus was elevated to full genus status by Logunov in 2020.
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