Thiratoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first circumscribed by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886. Thiratoscirtus is very diverse and contains many monophyletic groups. Phylogenetic analysis undertaken by Melissa Bonder and Wayne Maddison has shown that it is related to the genera Alfenus, Bacelarella, Longarenus and Malloneta. The genus is also closely related to Nimbarus. It is likely to have diverged between 16.3 and 18.7 million years ago. In 2012, Bodner and Wayne Maddison proposed a subfamily Thiratoscirtinae for the genus and its related genera. This overlapped with a group of gen
Thiratoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first circumscribed by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886. Thiratoscirtus is very diverse and contains many monophyletic groups. Phylogenetic analysis undertaken by Melissa Bonder and Wayne Maddison has shown that it is related to the genera Alfenus, Bacelarella, Longarenus and Malloneta. The genus is also closely related to Nimbarus. It is likely to have diverged between 16.3 and 18.7 million years ago. In 2012, Bodner and Wayne Maddison proposed a subfamily Thiratoscirtinae for the genus and its related genera. This overlapped with a group of genera named Thiratoscirtines after the genus, created by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017. Thiratoscirtus is a member of the subtribe Thiratoscirtina in the tribe Aelurillini. In 2015, Maddison listed the tribe to the subclade Simonida in the clade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida.
==Species== it contains thirty-nine species, found only in Africa, Argentina, and Brazil: Thiratoscirtus africanus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2024 – Gabon, Uganda Thiratoscirtus alveolus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus atakpa Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus bwindi Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Thiratoscirtus capito Simon, 1903 – West Africa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) Thiratoscirtus cinctus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon Thiratoscirtus clarus Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique Thiratoscirtus efik Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus elgonensis Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya Thiratoscirtus fuscorufescens Strand, 1906 – Cameroon Thiratoscirtus gambari Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus gimoii Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique Thiratoscirtus harpago Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus lamboji Seiter & Wesolowska, 2015 – Gabon Thiratoscirtus iyomii Pett, 2024 – Congo Thiratoscirtus kalisia Pett, 2024 – Congo Thiratoscirtus khonvoum Pett, 2024 – Congo Thiratoscirtus magnus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2013 – Congo Thiratoscirtus minimus Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya Thiratoscirtus mirabilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus monstrum Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus niveimanus Simon, 1886 – Brazil Thiratoscirtus oberleuthneri Seiter & Wesolowska, 2015 – Gabon Thiratoscirtus obesus Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Gabon Thiratoscirtus obudu Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus patagonicus Simon, 1886 (type) – Argentina Thiratoscirtus perspicuus Wiśniewski & Wesolowska, 2013 – Ivory Coast, Congo Thiratoscirtus procerus Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus remyi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea Thiratoscirtus silvestrisi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast Thiratoscirtus spiniferi Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Thiratoscirtus tenuisi Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Gabon, Uganda, Burundi, Mozambique Thiratoscirtus torquatus Simon, 1903 – West Africa Thiratoscirtus versicolor Simon, 1902 – Sierra Leone Thiratoscirtus vilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Thiratoscirtus yorubanus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
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