Sassacus | |
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Female Sassacus papenhoei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Sassacus Peckham & Peckham, 1895 [1] |
Type species | |
S. papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895
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Species | |
21, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. [4] It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.
As of August 2019 [update] it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica: [1]
Sassacus | |
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Female Sassacus papenhoei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Sassacus Peckham & Peckham, 1895 [1] |
Type species | |
S. papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895
| |
Species | |
21, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. [4] It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.
As of August 2019 [update] it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica: [1]