Anasaitis is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950.[3] The name is derived from the salticid genus Saitis.

Anasaitis
Female Anasaitis canosa from Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Anasaitis
Bryant, 1950[1]
Type species
A. morgani
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)
Species

21, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Maeotella Bryant, 1950[2]

Species

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As of April 2024, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Anasaitis Bryant, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ^ Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2015). "Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny". Zootaxa. 3938 (1): 15. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1. PMID 25947489.
  3. ^ Bryant, E. B. (1950). "The salticid spiders of Jamaica". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 103: 163–209.